Ontario Liberal Party
Provincial political party in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; French: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO)[5] is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by Bonnie Crombie since December 2023.
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Ontario Liberal Party Parti libéral de l'Ontario | |
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Active provincial party | |
Abbreviation | OLP (English) PLO (French) |
Leader | Bonnie Crombie |
President | Kathryn McGarry[1][2] |
House leader | Lucille Collard[3] |
Founded | 1857; 167 years ago (1857) |
Preceded by | Clear Grits |
Headquarters | 344 Bloor Street W. Suite 306 Toronto, Ontario M5S 3A7 Canada |
Youth wing | Ontario Young Liberals |
Women's wing | Ontario Women’s Liberal Commission |
Membership (2023) | 103,206[4] |
Ideology | Liberalism (Canadian) Social liberalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
National affiliation | Liberal Party of Canada (until 1976) |
Colours | Red |
Seats in Legislature | 9 / 124 |
Website | |
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The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum,[6] with their rival the Progressive Conservative Party positioned to the right and the New Democratic Party (who at times aligned itself with the Liberals during minority governments), positioned to their left.
The party has strong informal ties to the Liberal Party of Canada, but the two parties are organizationally independent and have separate, though overlapping, memberships. The provincial party and the Ontario wing of the federal party were organizationally one entity until members voted to split in 1976.[7]
The Liberals lost official party status in the 2018 Ontario provincial election having fallen to only seven seats, the worst defeat of a governing party in Ontario history.[8] Prior to the 2018 election, the party had won every election since the beginning of the 21st century and had governed the province for the previous 15 years.[9] In the 2022 provincial election, the Liberals saw a modest increase in support, finishing second in popular vote, but only winning eight seats.[10]