Ontario Party


The Ontario Party is a minor social conservative and right-wing populist political party in the Canadian province of Ontario founded in 2018.

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.
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. Tysick had been disqualified from standing as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives due to his socially conservative views.

Positions

The Ontario Party sets out a process for policy development whereby the average citizen can submit policy ideas to their electoral district association president, or regional representative, and the most commonly supported policies become the party's platform. For the 2018 Ontario provincial election, the party set forth the following policies as the official platform:
Election yearNo. of
overall votes		% of
overall total		No. of
candidates run		No. of
seats won		+/−Government
20182,3100.04%New Party