Ontario Libertarian Party

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Ontario Libertarian Party
Parti libertarien de l'Ontario
Leader Mark Snow [1]
Deputy leader (Interim)Scott Marshall
ChairmanMichelle Lashbrook [2]
Vice ChairmanJoel Eckert
SecretaryCoreen Corcoran [3]
Chief Financial OfficerJim McIntosh
Founded1975 (1975)
Headquarters5115 County Road 10 Fournier ON K0B 1G0
Ideology
Colours Yellow
Website
libertarian.on.ca

The Ontario Libertarian Party (OLP; French : Parti libertarien de l'Ontario) is a minor libertarian party in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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The party is guided by a charter of principles, and proposes an Ontario charter of rights and freedoms which includes a section on immigration language restrictions. [4] It holds that Ontario is a "sovereign state within the nation of Canada", and seeks to increase provincial autonomy. [5]

In 1978, a benefit concert named "Rock Against Repression" was organised by the punk group Battered Wives with proceeds split between the CCLA and Ontario Libertarian Party. [6]


Election results

Results of the 2014 Ontario general election showing support for Libertarian candidates by riding Ontario general election, 2014 results by riding - Libertarian Party strength.svg
Results of the 2014 Ontario general election showing support for Libertarian candidates by riding

In the 2007 general election, the party fielded 25 candidates and obtained a total of 9,249 votes. [7]

In the 2011 general election, the party ran 51 candidates and won a total of 19,387 votes; the party received 0.45% of the popular vote, which was more than double the number of candidates and votes received in 2007. [8]

In the 2018 Ontario general election, the Libertarian Party ran in 117 out of 124 ridings, receiving 0.74% of the overall vote.

The party fielded only 16 candidates in the 2022 Ontario general election.

In 1986, president Kaye Sargent received 93 votes in the Cochrane North by-election. [9] In 2024, leader Mark Snow received 129 votes, 0.35%, in a by-election in Bay of Quinte. [10] [11]

The party has never won a seat in any Ontario general election. [12]

Election results
Election yearLeaderNo. of
overall votes		% of
overall total		No. of
candidates run		No. of
seats won		+/−Presence
1975 Terry Coughlin4,7520.13%17
0 / 125
New PartyExtra-parliamentary
1977 Paul Mollon9,9610.30%31
0 / 125
0Extra-parliamentary
1981 Scott Bell7,0870.22%12
0 / 125
0Extra-parliamentary
1985 12,8310.4%17
0 / 125
0Extra-parliamentary
1987 Kaye Sargent13,5140.36%25
0 / 130
0Extra-parliamentary
1990 James Stock24,6130.61%45
0 / 130
0Extra-parliamentary
1995 John Shadbolt6,0850.15%7
0 / 130
0Extra-parliamentary
1999 Sam Apelbaum2,3370.05%7
0 / 103
0Extra-parliamentary
2003 1,9910.04%5
0 / 103
0Extra-parliamentary
2007 9,2490.21%25
0 / 107
0Extra-parliamentary
2011 19,4470.45%51
0 / 107
0Extra-parliamentary
2014 Allen Small37,6960.81%74
0 / 107
0Extra-parliamentary
2018 42,9180.75%117
0 / 124
0Extra-parliamentary
2022 Mark Snow5,2420.11%16
0 / 124
0Extra-parliamentary
2025 7,6840.15%17
0 / 124
0Extra-parliamentary

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ontario Libertarian Leader running in Bay of Quinte".
  2. ↑ "Registered Political Parties". Elections Ontario . Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Coreen Corcoran". Ontario Libertarian Party. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ontario Charter of Rights and Freedoms". libertarian.on.ca. Libertarian Party of Ontario. January 4, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ Durkin, Tim. "Ontario Libertarian Leader running in Bay of Quinte". Quinte News. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ www.oldnews.com https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-10835-43307636 . Retrieved August 12, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast" (PDF). Elections Canada. October 21, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ McLarty, Jeffrey (2011). "Candidates, Vote Tally Doubled over 2007". libertarian.on.ca. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "No Contest as Fontaine Romps", A1 A2, The Windsor Star Aug 15 1986 • Windsor, Ontario
  10. ↑ Durkin, Tim. "Ontario Libertarian Leader running in Bay of Quinte". Quinte News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  11. ↑ Baldwin, Derek (September 20, 2024). "Allsopp wins Bay of Quinte byelection with 38.69% of the vote". Belleville Intelligencer. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  12. ↑ Powers, Lucas (June 3, 2022). "Ontario's Progressive Conservatives sail to 2nd majority, NDP and Liberal leaders say they will resign". CBC News .
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