Ontario Alliance

Last updated
Ontario Alliance
Active provincial party
Leader Joshua E. Eriksen (interim)
PresidentJoshua E. Eriksen
Founded2017
Split from Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
HeadquartersPO Box 121, Stn A,
Etobicoke, Ontario
M9C 4V2
Ideology Social conservatism [1]
Right-wing populism
Political position Right-wing
ColoursNavy Blue
Seats in Legislature
0 / 124
Website
http://www.ontario-alliance.ca

The Ontario Alliance is a minor social conservative [2] and right-wing populist political party in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in November 2017 by Jay Tysick, the party was led during the 2018 Ontario provincial election by William Cook. [3]

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History

The Ontario Alliance was founded in 2017 by members of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party disaffected with then-leader Patrick Brown. Joined by members of the single-issue Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda party, the disbanded New Reform Party of Ontario, and social conservative activists with the federal Conservative Party, the new Alliance took issue with Brown's positions on social issues and control of candidate nominations for the 2018 Ontario general election. [4]

Jay Tysick, the party's first leader, is a former member of the Progressive Conservatives and chief of staff for Ottawa City Councillor Rick Chiarelli. Tysick indicated to media that he was driven to organize the party after being turned down for the PC nomination in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton. [5] [6] Tysick said he was disqualified from standing as a candidate due to his right-wing views. [7]

Tysick was challenged by PC candidate for Carleton, Goldie Ghamari, for making 'libellous' comments about her prior to the nomination meeting from which he was disqualified. [8]

In the lead-up to the 2018 Ontario Provincial Elections, members of party's leadership left the Alliance, claiming that the party's CFO and president were not complying with the constitution or the decisions made by the board of directors. This break-away faction established the competing right-wing populist Ontario Party in protest. [9]

The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Positions

The Ontario Alliance outlines its principles in a set of nine points in its charter. These points include:

For the 2018 election, the Alliance campaigned on a 7-point platform entitled "Bringing Ontario Back: A Seven Point Plan towards a Better Ontario together!" This platform called for a balanced budget, reduced taxes, downloading of responsibilities to municipalities, increased privatization of health care provision, and implementing legislation that allows for the recall of MPPs and citizen-initiated referendums. It opposed a Carbon Tax and updates to the provincial sexual education curriculum. [11]

Election results

Election year# of
overall votes
 % of
overall total
# of
candidates run
# of
seats won
+/–Government
2018 8020.01%
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New PartyExtra-parliamentary

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