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Ontario Party
The Ontario Party is a minor right-wing populist and socially conservative political party in the Canadian province of Ontario, founded in 2018.
The Ontario Party was founded on May 17, 2018, during the 2018 Ontario general election, 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 from running 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.
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. Later that month, Chatham-Kent—Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls joined the party to become its first sitting member in the Legislative Assembly.
The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election. Sloan cited the newness of the party for the results and announced he would stay on as leader.
The Ontario Party was de-registered on February 17, 2023.
On January 28, 2024, Sloan requested to reserve the party name with Elections Ontario; on April 10, 2024, the party was officially re-registered.
The Ontario Party is a conservative, right-wing populist party which has been noted for attracting some right-wing Christian group members, anti-vaccination advocates, and organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa. After the election of Derek Sloan as leader, media and experts began styling the party as "right-wing" to "far-right" in its ideology.
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Ontario Party
The Ontario Party is a minor right-wing populist and socially conservative political party in the Canadian province of Ontario, founded in 2018.
The Ontario Party was founded on May 17, 2018, during the 2018 Ontario general election, 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 from running 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.
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. Later that month, Chatham-Kent—Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls joined the party to become its first sitting member in the Legislative Assembly.
The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election. Sloan cited the newness of the party for the results and announced he would stay on as leader.
The Ontario Party was de-registered on February 17, 2023.
On January 28, 2024, Sloan requested to reserve the party name with Elections Ontario; on April 10, 2024, the party was officially re-registered.
The Ontario Party is a conservative, right-wing populist party which has been noted for attracting some right-wing Christian group members, anti-vaccination advocates, and organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa. After the election of Derek Sloan as leader, media and experts began styling the party as "right-wing" to "far-right" in its ideology.