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Ontario Liberal Party Parti libéral de l'Ontario | |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Abbreviation | OLP (English) PLO (French) |
| Leader | Bonnie Crombie |
| President | Kathryn McGarry[1][2] |
| House leader | Lucille Collard[3] |
| Founded | 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 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.
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; they had 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]
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- ^ Thomson, Chris (5 March 2023). "Former Cambridge mayor Kathryn McGarry elected Ontario Liberals president". CTV Kitchener. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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- ^ "Ontario Liberal Party Eliminates 2022 Campaign Debt, Over 100,000 to Vote in 2023 Leadership Race". Ontario Liberal Party. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Parti libéral de l'Ontario". 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Michael McGrath, John (January 8, 2020). "Should the Liberals stay left or go back to the centre?' Here's why that's the wrong question". TVO.
- ^ "Ontario Liberals move to regroup". Ottawa Journal. April 26, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Gillis, Wendy (7 June 2018). "Kathleen Wynne resigns Liberal leadership". The Toronto Star.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "The Votes are In – 2022 Ontario Election Results". McCarthy Tétrault. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.