Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda

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Stop the New sex-Ed agenda
Active provincial party
Leader John Kanary [1]
PresidentJohn Kanary [1]
Founded2016 (2016)
Headquarters550 Egllainton Ave. W, PO Box 38002, Toronto ON M5N 1B0 [1]
Ideology Social conservatism
Seats in Legislature
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Website
stopwynnesexed.ca

Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda is a minor social conservative provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded by Queenie Yu, who also served as its original leader. [1] It is a single issue party with a platform based on being in opposition to the updated sexual education curriculum for Ontario public schools implemented in 2015. Yu has stated on multiple occasions that the goal of the party is not to win seats but rather to encourage others to oppose the curriculum. [2] [3] [4]

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History

Prior to the foundation of the party, Queenie Yu ran as an independent candidate in the September 1, 2016 byelection in Scarborough—Rouge River, [2] coming in fourth with 582 votes.

Yu and other protesters opposed to the Ontario government's February 2015 update of the Ontario sex education curriculum founded the party in October 2016. [5] It ran one candidate each in the 2016 by-elections in Ottawa—Vanier [2] and Niagara West—Glanbrook. [3] In the 2018 Ontario general election, the party ran a total of three candidates, none of which won their seats.

The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election. [6]

The party achieved its best ever result in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election, receiving 3.29% of the vote. [7]

In 2024, John Kanary became the new leader of the party. [1]

Election results

Ontario provincial by-elections, November 17, 2016
RidingCandidate's NameNotesVotes %Rank
Ottawa—Vanier Elizabeth de Viel Castel3991.325/11
Niagara West—Glanbrook Queenie Yu760.238/9
2018 Ontario general election
RidingCandidate's NameNotesVotes %Rank
Mississauga Centre Alex Pacis8902.045/7
Toronto Centre Theresa Snell1020.238/10
Spadina—Fort York Queenie Yu860.177/7
2022 Ontario general election
RidingCandidate's NameNotesVotes %Rank
University—Rosedale John Kanary140 [8] 0.376/6
Toronto Centre Jennifer Snell105 [9] 0.308/8
Spadina—Fort York Jan Osko95 [10] 0.286/6
2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election
RidingCandidate's NameNotesVotes %Rank
Scarborough—Guildwood Tony Walton5083.294/12

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