Phillip Blancher ran in the 1995 Ontario general election

Ontario general election, 1995

The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...

 as an independent candidate while attending high school at age 18 in the riding of Leeds-Grenville. To this date, he is the youngest person in Ontario history to run for provincial office. He received 438 votes, and briefly ran in the 1997 Federal Election, securing the party nomination for the Canadian Action Party

Canadian Action Party

The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T...

. Resigning from the nomination in a dispute with riding association funding, Mr. Blancher continued as a freelance journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

 and a web developer

Web developer

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External links

• Blancher's website