Ontario Libertarian Party

Template:Short description Template:Self-published Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox political party The Ontario Libertarian Party (OLP; Template:Langx) is a minor libertarian party in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The party is guided by a charter of principles, and proposes an Ontario charter of rights and freedoms which includes a section on immigration language restrictions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It holds that Ontario is a "sovereign state within the nation of Canada", and seeks to increase provincial autonomy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1978, a benefit concert named "Rock Against Repression" was organised by the punk group Battered Wives with proceeds split between the CCLA and Ontario Libertarian Party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Election results

Results of the 2014 Ontario general election showing support for Libertarian candidates by riding

In the 2007 general election, the party fielded 25 candidates and obtained a total of 9,249 votes.<ref name="elxn2014">Template:Cite web</ref>

In the 2011 general election, the party ran 51 candidates and won a total of 19,387 votes; the party received 0.45% of the popular vote, which was more than double the number of candidates and votes received in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the 2018 Ontario general election, the Libertarian Party ran in 117 out of 124 ridings, receiving 0.74% of the overall vote.

The party fielded only 16 candidates in the 2022 Ontario general election.

In 1986, president Kaye Sargent received 93 votes in the Cochrane North by-election.<ref>"No Contest as Fontaine Romps", A1 A2, The Windsor Star Aug 15 1986 • Windsor, Ontario</ref> In 2024, leader Mark Snow received 129 votes, 0.35%, in a by-election in Bay of Quinte.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The party has never won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Election results

Election year	Leader	No. of overall votes	% of overall total	No. of candidates run	No. of seats won	+/−	Presence
1975	Terry Coughlin	4,752	0.13%	17	Template:Composition bar	New Party	Template:Eliminated
1977	Paul Mollon	9,961	0.30%	31	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
1981	Scott Bell	7,087	0.22%	12	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
1985		12,831	0.4%	17	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
1987	Kaye Sargent	13,514	0.36%	25	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
1990	James Stock	24,613	0.61%	45	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
1995	John Shadbolt	6,085	0.15%	7	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
1999	Sam Apelbaum	2,337	0.05%	7	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2003		1,991	0.04%	5	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2007		9,249	0.21%	25	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2011		19,447	0.45%	51	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2014	Allen Small	37,696	0.81%	74	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2018		42,918	0.75%	117	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2022	Mark Snow	5,242	0.11%	16	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated
2025		7,684	0.15%	17	Template:Composition bar	0	Template:Eliminated

See also

• Libertarian Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election
• List of Ontario general elections
• List of political parties in Canada

External links

• Template:Official website