Ontario Moderate Party

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Ontario Moderate Party
Active provincial party
Leader Yuri Duboisky
PresidentIhor Nesterenko
Founded2014 (2014)
Headquarters21567 McCowan Rd
Mount Albert, Ontario
L0G 1M0
Ideology Centrism
Economic liberalism
ColoursNavy blue
Seats in Legislature
0 / 124
Website
ontariomoderate.com

The Ontario Moderate Party is a minor centrist political party in Ontario, Canada founded in 2014. [1] [2] The party's stated foci are improving manufacturing and industry in Ontario, reducing taxes, promoting healthy eating, [3] decriminalizing marijuana, and promoting renewable energy. [2]

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OMP nominated two candidates in the 2014 provincial election; party leader Yuri Duboisky ran in the riding of Richmond Hill [4] and Ian Lytvyn ran in the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Neither candidate gained a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the party received approximately 0.01% of the popular vote. In the 2018 Provincial Election, the party ran 16 candidates. The party won no seats and it received approximately 0.04% of the vote province wide. [5] The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Election results

Election results
Election yearNo. of
overall votes
 % of
overall total
No. of
candidates run
No. of
seats won
+/Government
2014 2950.012
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New PartyExtra-parliamentary
2018 2,1910.0416
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Steady2.svgExtra-parliamentary
2022 1,645<0.0017
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Steady2.svgExtra-parliamentary

Notes

  1. "Registered Political Parties in Ontario". Elections Ontario. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Ontario voting options include Vegan Party and Paupers". CBC News. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. "About Us". Ontario Moderate Party. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. Gerster, Jane (12 June 2014). "Liberal incumbents win Oak Ridges-Markham and Richmond Hill". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. Ontario, Elections. "Province-Wide Election Night Results". www.elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-06-10.


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