Ontario Moderate Party
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| name = Ontario Moderate Party
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| _subheader = Active provincial party
| logo = Ontario_Moderate_Party_logo.png
| leader = Yuri Duboisky
| president = Ihor Nesterenko
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| foundation = {{Start date|2014}}
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| headquarters = 21567 McCowan Rd
Mount Albert, Ontario
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| ideology = Centrism
Economic liberalism
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| colours = Navy blue
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| colorcode = #009bef
| blank1_title = Fiscal policy
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| blank2_title = Social policy
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| seats1_title = Seats in the House of Commons
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| seats3_title = Seats in Legislature
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=#A23BEC}}
| website = {{URL|http://ontariomoderate.com/}}
| country = Canada
| state = Ontario
| parties_dab1 = List of political parties in Ontario
| elections_dab1 = List of Ontario general elections
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The Ontario Moderate Party is a minor centrist political party in Ontario, Canada founded in 2014.{{cite web|title=Registered Political Parties in Ontario|url=http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/PoliticalParties/RegisteredPoliticalPartiesinOntario.htm|publisher=Elections Ontario|access-date=11 August 2015|date=20 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005129/http://www.elections.on.ca/en-CA/CandidatesAndParties/PoliticalParties/RegisteredPoliticalPartiesinOntario.htm|archive-date=11 October 2007}}{{cite news|title=Ontario voting options include Vegan Party and Paupers|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-votes-2014/ontario-voting-options-include-vegan-party-and-paupers-1.2668896|access-date=11 August 2015|work=CBC News|date=8 June 2014}} The party's stated foci are improving manufacturing and industry in Ontario, reducing taxes, promoting healthy eating,{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://ontariomoderate.com/about-us-provincial-election/|publisher=Ontario Moderate Party|access-date=11 August 2015}} decriminalizing marijuana, and promoting renewable energy.
OMP nominated two candidates in the 2014 provincial election; party leader Yuri Duboisky ran in the riding of Richmond Hill{{cite news|last1=Gerster|first1=Jane|title=Liberal incumbents win Oak Ridges-Markham and Richmond Hill|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario_election/riding_profiles/2014/06/12/liberal_candidate_dr_helena_jaczek_leads_oak_ridgesmarkham_liberal_candidate_reza_moridi_leads_richmond_hill.html|access-date=11 August 2015|work=Toronto Star|date=12 June 2014}} 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. The party won no seats and it received approximately 0.04% of the vote province wide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/en/election-results/provincial-results.html|title=Province-Wide Election Night Results|last=Ontario|first=Elections|website=www.elections.on.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608145649/https://www.elections.on.ca/en/election-results/provincial-results.html|archive-date=2018-06-08|url-status=dead}} The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.
Election results
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! scope="col" | No. of ! scope="col" | % of ! scope="col" | No. of ! scope="col" | No. of ! scope="col" | +/− ! scope="col" | Government |
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scope="row" | 2014
| 295 | 0.01 | 2 | {{Composition bar|0|107|hex=Lightgrey}} | New Party | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2018
|2,191 |0.04 | 16 | {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=Lightgrey}} |{{steady}} | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2022
|1,645 |<0.00 | 17 | {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=Lightblue}} |{{steady}} | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
scope="row" | 2025
|2,181 |0.04 | 12 | {{Composition bar|0|124|hex=Lightblue}} |{{steady}} | {{eliminated|Extra-parliamentary}} |
Notes
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External links
- {{official website|http://ontariomoderate.com/}}
{{Ontario provincial political parties}}
Category:Provincial political parties in Ontario
Category:Political parties established in 2014
Category:2014 establishments in Ontario
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