List of political parties in Ontario

The following is a list of political parties in Ontario, Canada.

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
 Name Founded Ideology Leader MPPs Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 1854 Conservatism Doug Ford 73 Ontario New Democratic Party 1961 Social democracy Andrea Horwath 40 Ontario Liberal Party 1857 Liberalism John Fraser  7 Green Party of Ontario 1983 Green politics Mike Schreiner 1

Other parties registered with Elections Ontario
Parties listed in the order they are alphabetized by Elections Ontario.

 Name   Founded  Ideology  Leader  Notes  Canadian Economic PartyParti Économique Canadien  2018   Patrick Geoffrey Knight   Canadians' Choice PartyLe Parti du choix des Canadiens et Canadiennes  2011  Libertarian conservatism, right-wing populism   Bahman Yazdanfar Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)  1940  Communism  Dave McKee Known as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1941 to 1949. Had two MPPs from 1943 to 1951, and one from 1951 to 1955.  Consensus Ontario  2017  Populist, consensus governmentCrawford, Blair. "Here is every political party running in Ontario's June 7 election," Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 2018.  Brad Harness  Cultural Action Party of Ontario  2016  Social conservatism, anti-immigration  Arthur Smitherman Formerly the Canadian Constituents' Party (2016-2017) Equal Parenting Party  2014  Fathers' rights, Single-issue politics  Dennis Valenta  Freedom Party of OntarioParti de la Liberté - Ontario 1984  Libertarianism, Objectivism  Paul McKeever   Go Vegan  2011  Environmentalism, animal rights Paul Figueiras  Formerly the Vegan Environmental Party (2011-2018) Multicultural Party of OntarioParti Multiculturel de l'Ontario  2018  Single-issue politics  Wasyl Luczkiw  None of the Above Direct Democracy PartyAucune de ces Réponses Démocratie Directe Parti 2014  Direct democracy  Greg Vezina   Northern Ontario PartyNord de l'Ontario Parti  1977  Regionalism  Trevor Holliday Revived in 2010 Ontario AllianceAlliance de l'Ontario 2017  Social conservatism, right-wing populism  Joshua Erikson  Ontario Libertarian PartyParti libertarien de l'Ontario  1975  Libertarianism  Rob Ferguson  Ontario Moderate Party  2014  Centrism  Yuri Duboisky  Ontario PartyParti de l'Ontario 2018  Social conservatism, right-wing populism  Jay Tysick  Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party  1989  Canadian nationalism, social conservatism, anti-bilingualism  Murray Reid  Ontario Social Reform PartyParti de la reforme sociale de l'Ontario  2018  CentrismOntario Social Reform Party, "Who We Are," Facebook.com, April 25, 2018.  Abu Alam Parliamentary Freedom PartyParlementaire Liberté  2018  Consensus government  Rob McMenemy  Party for People with Special NeedsParti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux2007  Disability Rights activism, Single-issue politics  Hilton Milan   Party of Objective TruthParti de la Vérité Objectif  2018   Derrick L. Matthews  Pauper Party of OntarioParti Pauvre de l'Ontario 2011  Social credit, libertarianism  John C. Turmel  Stop Climate ChangeArrêtons le Changement Climatique  2018  Environmentalism, Single-issue politics  Ken Ranney   Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda  2016  Social Conservatism, Single-issue politics  Queenie Yu  The Peoples Political Party  2011  Left-wing populism  Kevin Clarke  The New People's Choice Party of Ontario  2017  Centre-left  Daryl Christoff  Trillium Party of OntarioParti Trillium de l’Ontario  2014  Social conservatism, right-wing populism  Bob Yaciuk Briefly held one seat in the legislature from 2017-2018 after PC MPP Jack MacLaren crossed the floor to the party.

Unregistered parties
 League for Socialist Action
 North American Labour Party
 Ontario Humanist Party
Socialist Party of Ontario 

Historical parties that held seats in the Legislative Assembly
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (first election 1934) 1932–1961
 (Independent) Labour 1874-1937
 Labor-Progressive Party 1941-1959
 Liberal-Labour 1943-1970s
 Liberal-Progressive 1934-1940
 Soldier 1919-1923
 Patrons of Industry 1894
 Protestant Protective Association 1894
 United Farmers of Ontario 1918-1940

Pre-Confederation parties
 Clear Grits pre-Confederation
 Reform Party pre-Confederation
 Family Compact (pre-1837 ruling clique)

Other historical parties
 Name  Period  Notes Natural Law Party of Ontario  1993-2000  New Reform Party of Ontario  1987-2016 Known as Family Coalition Party of Ontario from 1987-2015 Ontario Alternative  2007  Party for Human Rights in Ontario  2011  People First Republican Party of Ontario  2007  Reform Party of Ontario  1989-2015  Representative Party of Ontario  2005  Social Credit Party of Ontario/Union of Electors  1945-1970s  Unparty  1980-1983  Succeeded by Freedom Party of Ontario

Toronto municipal parties
 Name  PeriodToronto Party  2007Civic Action (CIVAC)  1969Metro New Democratic Party  1969-1990s Civic Liberals  1969

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