The Ontario Moderate Party is a minor centrist political party in Ontario, Canada founded in 2014.[1][2] The party's stated foci are improving manufacturing and industry in Ontario, reducing taxes, promoting healthy eating,[3] decriminalizing marijuana, and promoting renewable energy.[2]
Ontario Moderate Party | |
|---|---|
| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | Yuri Duboisky |
| President | Ihor Nesterenko |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | 21567 McCowan Rd Mount Albert, Ontario L0G 1M0 |
| Ideology | Centrism Economic liberalism |
| Colours | Navy blue |
| Seats in Legislature | 0 / 124
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| Website | |
| ontariomoderate | |
OMP nominated two candidates in the 2014 provincial election; party leader Yuri Duboisky ran in the riding of Richmond Hill[4] and Ian Lytvyn ran in the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Neither candidate gained a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the party received approximately 0.01% of the popular vote. In the 2018 Provincial Election, the party ran 16 candidates. None won a seat and the party received approximately 0.04% of the vote.[5] The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.
Election results edit
| Election year | No. of overall votes |
% of overall total |
No. of candidates run |
No. of seats won |
+/− | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 295 | 0.01 | 2 | 0 / 107
|
New Party | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2018 | 2,191 | 0.04 | 16 | 0 / 124
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2022 | 1,645 | <0.00 | 17 | 0 / 124
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Extra-parliamentary |
Notes edit
- ^ "Registered Political Parties in Ontario". Elections Ontario. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Ontario voting options include Vegan Party and Paupers". CBC News. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "About Us". Ontario Moderate Party. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Gerster, Jane (12 June 2014). "Liberal incumbents win Oak Ridges-Markham and Richmond Hill". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Ontario, Elections. "Province-Wide Election Night Results". www.elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
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