Party of Objective Truth | |
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Leader | Derek Lionel Matthews [1] |
President | Derek Lionel Matthews [1] |
Founded | 2018 |
Dissolved | 2019 |
Headquarters | 388 Talbot St., St. Thomas, Ontario [1] |
Ideology | Meritocratic social democracy |
Seats in Legislature | 0 / 124 |
Website | |
objectivetruth | |
The Party of Objective Truth (listed on the ballots as P.O.T.) was a minor political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was registered as a party on the last possible day for the 2018 election, and ran candidates in two ridings in that election. [2]
The party website contains a map with a pin placed at the party headquarters, 388 Talbot St., St. Thomas, Ontario,[ citation needed ] which falls within the riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London, where the P.O.T. had nominated Henri Barrette as its candidate. Derrick Lionel Matthews ran for the P.O.T. in Nepean.
Election year | No. of overall votes | % of overall total | No. of candidates run | No. of seats won | +/− | Government |
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2018 | 212 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | New Party | Extra-parliamentary |
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