Ontario Libertarian Party
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Ontario Libertarian Party Parti libertarien de l'Ontario | |
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| Leader | Sean Conroy |
| President | Michelle Lashbrook[1] |
| Deputy Leader | Justin Leroux |
| Chairperson | Michelle Lashbrook |
| Vice Chairman | Scott Marshall |
| Secretary | Coreen Corcoran[2] |
| Chief Financial Officer | Neal Donnelly |
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| Headquarters | 5115 County Road 10 Fournier ON K0B 1G0 |
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The Ontario Libertarian Party (OLP; Template:Langx) is a minor libertarian party in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The party is guided by a charter of principles, and proposes an Ontario charter of rights and freedoms which includes a section on immigration language restrictions.[3] It holds that Ontario is a "sovereign state within the nation of Canada", and seeks to increase provincial autonomy.[4]
In 1978, a benefit concert named "Rock Against Repression" was organised by the punk group Battered Wives; proceeds were split between the CCLA and Ontario Libertarian Party.[5]
Election results
In the 2007 general election, the party fielded 25 candidates and obtained a total of 9,249 votes.[6]
In the 2011 general election, the party ran 51 candidates and won a total of 19,387 votes; the party received 0.45% of the popular vote, which was more than double the number of candidates and votes received in 2007.[7]
In the 2018 Ontario general election, the Libertarian Party ran in 117 out of 124 ridings, receiving 0.74% of the overall vote.
The party fielded only 16 candidates in the 2022 Ontario general election.
In 1986, president Kaye Sargent received 93 votes in the Cochrane North by-election.[8] In 2024, leader Mark Snow received 129 votes, 0.35%, in a by-election in Bay of Quinte.[9][10]
The party has never won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[11]
| Election year | Leader | No. of overall votes |
% of overall total |
No. of candidates run |
No. of seats won |
+/− | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Terry Coughlin | 4,752 | 0.13% | 17 | 0 / 125
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New Party | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1977 | Paul Mollon | 9,961 | 0.30% | 31 | 0 / 125
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1981 | Scott Bell | 7,087 | 0.22% | 12 | 0 / 125
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1985 | 12,831 | 0.4% | 17 | 0 / 125
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 1987 | Kaye Sargent | 13,514 | 0.36% | 25 | 0 / 130
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1990 | James Stock | 24,613 | 0.61% | 45 | 0 / 130
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1995 | John Shadbolt | 6,085 | 0.15% | 7 | 0 / 130
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1999 | Sam Apelbaum | 2,337 | 0.05% | 7 | 0 / 103
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2003 | 1,991 | 0.04% | 5 | 0 / 103
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0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2007 | 9,249 | 0.21% | 25 | 0 / 107
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2011 | 19,447 | 0.45% | 51 | 0 / 107
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2014 | Allen Small | 37,696 | 0.81% | 74 | 0 / 107
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2018 | 42,918 | 0.75% | 117 | 0 / 124
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2022 | Mark Snow | 5,242 | 0.11% | 16 | 0 / 124
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2025 | 7,684 | 0.15% | 17 | 0 / 124
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
See also
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- Libertarian Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election
- List of Ontario general elections
- List of political parties in Canada
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Registered Political Parties". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Coreen Corcoran". Ontario Libertarian Party. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ontario Charter of Rights and Freedoms". libertarian.on.ca. Libertarian Party of Ontario. January 4, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Durkin, Tim. "Ontario Libertarian Leader running in Bay of Quinte". Quinte News. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.oldnews.com https://www.oldnews.com/en/record?lang=en&record_id=record-10835-43307636. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Summary of Valid Ballots Cast" (PDF). Elections Canada. October 21, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McLarty, Jeffrey (2011). "Candidates, Vote Tally Doubled over 2007". libertarian.on.ca. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^ "No Contest as Fontaine Romps", A1 A2, The Windsor Star Aug 15 1986 • Windsor, Ontario
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Durkin, Tim. "Ontario Libertarian Leader running in Bay of Quinte". Quinte News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baldwin, Derek (September 20, 2024). "Allsopp wins Bay of Quinte byelection with 38.69% of the vote". Belleville Intelligencer. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Powers, Lucas (June 3, 2022). "Ontario's Progressive Conservatives sail to 2nd majority, NDP and Liberal leaders say they will resign". CBC News.
External links
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