Ontario Party

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Ontario Party
Parti Ontario
Active provincial party
LeaderDerek Sloan
PresidentRaphael Rosch[1]
Founded2018
Split fromOntario Alliance
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
ColoursSky blue
Seats in Legislature
1 / 124
Website
www.ontarioparty.ca

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

History[]

The Ontario Party was founded in May 2018, during the 2018 Ontario Provincial Elections, 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.[3]

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 to run for the PC nomination in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton.[4][5] 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.[6] Later that month, Chatham-Kent—Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls joined the party to become its first sitting member in the Legislative Assembly.[7]

Principles and Policies[]

The Ontario Party sets out a process for policy development whereby the average citizen can submit policy ideas to their electoral district association (EDA) president, or regional representative, and the most commonly supported policies become the party's platform.

The guiding principles of the party's platform include open-source government, direct-democracy, free enterprise, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, property rights, regional autonomy, small government, pro-life beliefs, environmental protection and economic growth.[8]

For the 2018 Ontario provincial election, the party set forth the following policies as the official platform:[9]

  • Opposing the carbon tax,
  • Revoking feed-in tariff contracts as means to reduce electricity costs,
  • Repealing of changes to the provincial sex education curriculum,
  • Paying the provincial debt to eliminate interest payment on that debt, and
  • Opposing the use of whipped party votes, allowing each MPP to vote according to conscience and as best represents their constituency.

The party's current platform summary includes the following policies:[10]

  • Referendums
  • Recall elections
  • Opposition to abortion
  • Simplification of environmental laws
  • Community beautification
  • Repave damaged roads
  • Expand public transit
  • Publicly funded counselling for homeless
  • Ending exproriation of homes
  • Regional autonomy

Election results[]

Election results
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall total 		No. of
candidates run 		No. of
seats won 		+/− Government
2018 2,316 0.04%
5 / 124
0 / 124
 		New Party Extra-parliamentary

References[]

  1. ^ "Registered Political Parties". finances.elections.on.ca. Elections Ontario. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Elections Ontario, "Registered Political Parties in Ontario", elections.on.ca". Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Armstrong, Kenneth. "Local candidate Thomas Mooney switches from Ontario Alliance to Ontario Party", Guelph Today, May 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Reevley, David. "Reevely: Carleton Tories get another new candidate — politico Jay Tysick", Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 2016.
  5. ^ Zarzour, Kim. "Provincial Tories express anger, alienation over party leadership", YorkRegion.com, July 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Risdon, Melanie (December 14, 2021). "Ontario Party selects former MP as its new leader". The Western Standard. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Shreve, Ellwood (December 22, 2021). "Chatham-Kent—Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls officially joins the Ontario Party". Chatham Daily News. Postmedia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ontario Party • for those who love Ontario". OntarioParty.ca. Ontario Party. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  9. ^ Ontario Party. Official Party Platform, BringOntarioBack.ca, June 1, 2018.
  10. ^ "Ontario Party • for those who love Ontario". OntarioParty.ca. Ontario Party. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
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