Ontario Libertarian Party

Ontario Libertarian Party
Parti libertarien de l'Ontario
LeaderMark Snow[1]
PresidentMichelle Lashbrook[2]
Deputy leaderCoreen Corcoran[3]
Founded1975 (1975)
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Ideology
ColoursYellow
Website
libertarian.on.ca

The Ontario Libertarian Party (OLP; French: Parti libertarien de l'Ontario) is a minor libertarian party in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1975 by Bruce Evoy and Vince Miller, the party was inspired by the 1972 formation of the United States Libertarian Party.[4] The party is guided by a charter of principles, and its own Ontario charter of rights and freedoms.[5]

In the 2018 Ontario general election, the Libertarian Party ran a candidate in a majority of the province's electoral districts. Jacques Boudreau was appointed interim party leader in March 2021, replacing the departing leader Keith Komar. In October 2021, Mark Snow was elected leader at the Party's convention.[6] Under Snow, the party promotes an Ontario charter of rights which includes a section on immigration restrictions based on the eligibility of obtaining a job at an English speaking workplace.[7] The party fielded only 16 candidate in the 2022 Ontario general election, over 100 fewer candidates than the province's previous election held in 2018.

In 2024, its leader Mark Snow ran in a by-election in Bay of Quinte.[8] He placed last out of 7 candidates with 129 votes or 0.35%.[9]

  1. ^ https://www.quintenews.com/2024/09/07/ontario-libertarian-leader-running-in-bay-of-quinte/
  2. ^ "Registered Political Parties". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Coreen Corcoran". Ontario Libertarian Party. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Miller, Vince. Taking Liberty Global, archived version: Archived July 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, August 4, 2005. Retrieved on December 25, 2007.
  5. ^ "Ontario Charter of Rights and Freedoms". libertarian.on.ca. Libertarian Party of Ontario. January 4, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Boudreau, Jacques [@voteboudreau] (October 25, 2021). "Congratulations to Mark Snow on being elected as the new leader of the Ontario Libertarian Party yesterday at the convention. I am looking forward to working with Mark to advance the cause of Liberty" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Ontario Charter of Rights and Freedoms". libertarian.on.ca. Libertarian Party of Ontario. January 4, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  8. ^ https://www.quintenews.com/2024/09/07/ontario-libertarian-leader-running-in-bay-of-quinte/
  9. ^ Baldwin, Derek (September 20, 2024). "Allsopp wins Bay of Quinte byelection with 38.69% of the vote". Belleville Intelligencer. Retrieved October 22, 2024.