Ontario Party

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Ontario Party
Parti Ontario
Active provincial party
Leader Derek Sloan
PresidentRaphael Rosch
FounderJay Tysick
Founded2018
Split from Ontario Alliance
HeadquartersPO Box 47051, Scarborough Town Center Scarborough, ON M1P 4Z7
Ideology
Political position Right-wing [2] [3] to far-right [4] [5] [6]
ColoursBlue Zodiac
Website
www.ontarioparty.ca

The Ontario Party (French : Parti Ontario) is [7] a minor social conservative, economic liberal and right-wing populist [2] political party in the Canadian province of Ontario, founded in 2018. [8]

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History

The Ontario Party was founded in May 2018, during the 2018 Ontario general election, by members of the Ontario Alliance leadership who left that party, claiming that the CFO and president of the Alliance were not complying with the constitution of the party or the decisions made by the board of directors. [9]

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 a new party after being prevented from running for the PC nomination in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton. [10] [11] Tysick had been disqualified from standing as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives due to his socially conservative views.

In 2021, the party selected Joel Shepheard as its leader and Raphael Rosch as its president. Shepheard was replaced in December by former Member of Parliament Derek Sloan. [12] Later that month, Chatham-Kent—Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls joined the party to become its first sitting member in the Legislative Assembly. [13]

The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election. [14] Sloan cited the newness of the party for the results and announced he would stay on as leader. [15]

The Ontario Party was de-registered on February 17, 2023. [16]

On January 28, 2024, Sloan requested to reserve the party name with Elections Ontario, [17] and on April 10, 2024, the party was officially re-registered. [7]

Ideology and principles

The Ontario Party is a conservative, right-wing populist party which has been noted for attracting some right-wing Christian group members, anti-vaccination advocates, and organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa. [18] [19] After the election of Derek Sloan as leader, media and experts began styling the party as "right-wing" to "far-right" in its ideology. [4] [5]

The Ontario Party strongly favours conservative economic policies. The party's charter opposes government monopolies, maintains support for balanced budgets, and opposes what it calls "excessive" taxation. [20]

The Ontario Party espouses right-wing and socially-conservative opinions on social issues. [21] The party has raised opposition to the complex legal theory known as Critical Race Theory, opposing its teaching in Ontario schools. [19] [22] The party supports a role for private education through a voucher system. [23] As party leader, Sloan has emphasized an opposition to what he calls "gender ideology", namely standing in opposition to transgender rights, a position he has maintained since prior to his appointment as leader. [24] [25] [26] The party opposes reforms to the province's sex education curriculum and, in 2021, announced they would be collaborating with Queenie Yu, the founder and leader of the socially-conservative Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Party. [27] The party has espoused conspiratorial views, particularly around the World Economic Forum, which the party claims is advancing a "digital ID" program, and which party leader Sloan said is trying to place "microchips in our bodies and in our heads". [28] [29] [30]

As of the 2022 Ontario election, the Ontario Party has emphasized an opposition to COVID-19 public health measures, with party leader Sloan expressing opposition to "authoritarian, unconstitutional lockdowns and mandates". [31]

Election results

Election results
Election yearNo. of
overall votes		 % of
overall total		No. of
candidates run		No. of
seats won		+/−Government
2018 2,3160.04%
5 / 124
0 / 124
New PartyExtra-parliamentary
2022 84,2511.81%
105 / 124
0 / 124
Decrease2.svg 1Extra-parliamentary

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  1. ↑ Baldwin, Derek. "Sloan takes another run at politics helming new Ontario Party". The Intelligencer. Retrieved May 4, 2022. ... the Ontario Party said Sloan's 'refusal to go along with the "Liberal Lite" direction of the CPC under Erin O'Toole saw him turfed from caucus, but he distinguished himself as an independent by continuing to stand for freedom and for truly conservative positions in everything from opposing legislation promoting radical gender ideology, to amassing a collection of citations for speaking at anti-lockdown freedom rallies.'
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  5. 1 2 Kovach, Joelle (March 21, 2022). "Freedom Convoy official Tom Marazzo running in Peterborough-Kawartha for Ontario Party in June provincial election". The Peterborough Examiner . Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. ... declared he's running in Peterborough-Kawartha for the far-right Ontario Party in the June 2 provincial election
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  19. 1 2 Barker, Jacob (May 3, 2022). "Ontario Party hopes to make breakthrough in Windsor-Essex, but experts say chances are slim". CBC Windsor. Archived from the original on May 8, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Ontario Party Charter" (PDF).
  21. ↑ "Ontario Party Platform".
  22. ↑ @OntarioParty (April 13, 2022). "See our platform: http://ontarioparty.ca/our_platform_en #onpoli #CRT" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Twitter.
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  24. ↑ Baldwin, Derek (March 28, 2022). "Sloan takes another run at politics helming new Ontario Party". The Intelligencer (Belleville) . Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. ... he distinguished himself as an independent by continuing to stand for freedom and for truly conservative positions in everything from opposing legislation promoting radical gender ideology, to amassing a collection of citations for speaking at anti-lockdown freedom rallies.
  25. ↑ Woodrow, Hazel; Buhr, Justin (June 18, 2021). "Excommunicated Politicians Partner With Christian Nationalists In COVID Conspiracy Movement Hazel Woodrow and Justin Buhr". Canadian Anti-Hate Network. Archived from the original on May 8, 2022.
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  27. ↑ @OntarioParty (December 20, 2021). "Queenie Yu, leader of the Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Party, is supporting Derek Sloan and the Ontario Party! This is exciting news, and a great example of the alliance of true conservatives we will build to defend Freedom, Faith and Family from Doug Ford" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Twitter.
  28. ↑ @OntarioParty (May 4, 2022). "The Ontario Party stands firmly against Digital ID. Sign our petition to keep this dystopian program out of Ontario: http://ontarioparty.ca/petition_digital_id #onpoli" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Twitter.
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  30. ↑ Coyne, Andrew (May 26, 2022). "The paranoid style in Conservative politics has deep roots". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Mr. Poilievre hasn't come right out and said what he thinks the WEF is up to (unlike former Conservative leadership candidate Derek Sloan, now the leader of the Ontario Party, who earlier this month accused the organization's leaders of plotting to put microchips in 'our bodies and our heads').
  31. ↑ Baldwin, Derek (March 28, 2022). "Sloan takes another run at politics helming new Ontario Party". The Intelligencer . Belleville. Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Sloan said his new so-called Ontario Party is focused on 'accountability for the authoritarian, unconstitutional lockdowns and mandates imposed by the Ford government, a parents' first approach to education, and the protection of inalienable civil liberties for every citizen'.
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