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Ontario Liberal Party Parti libéral de l'Ontario | |
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| Abbreviation | OLP PLO |
| Leader | Bonnie Crombie |
| President | Kathryn McGarry[1][2] |
| Parliamentary leader | John Fraser[3] |
| House leader | Lucille Collard[4] |
| 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[5] |
| Ideology | Liberalism (Canadian) |
| National affiliation | None[nb 1] |
| Colours | Red |
| Seats in Legislature | 14 / 124 |
| Website | |
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The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; French: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO)[6] is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by Bonnie Crombie since December 2023.[7]
The party espouses the principles of liberalism, 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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10] In the 2022 provincial election, the Liberals saw a modest increase in support, finishing second in popular vote, but only winning eight seats.[11] The party regained official party status in the 2025 Ontario general election under the leadership of Bonnie Crombie.
- ^ "Ontario Liberals Welcome Kathryn McGarry as President". www.ontarioliberal.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ Thomson, Chris (March 5, 2023). "Former Cambridge mayor Kathryn McGarry elected Ontario Liberals president". CTV Kitchener. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ "Ontario Liberals reshuffle critic portfolios to hold Doug Ford to account". www.ontarioliberal.ca. Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "Ontario Liberals reshuffle critic portfolios to hold Doug Ford to account". www.ontarioliberal.ca. Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "Ontario Liberal Party Eliminates 2022 Campaign Debt, Over 100,000 to Vote in 2023 Leadership Race". Ontario Liberal Party. October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Parti libéral de l'Ontario". 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ^ "Ontario Liberals elect Bonnie Crombie as New Leader". Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ "Ontario Liberals move to regroup". Ottawa Journal. April 26, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Gillis, Wendy (June 7, 2018). "Kathleen Wynne resigns Liberal leadership". The Toronto Star.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "The Votes are In – 2022 Ontario Election Results". McCarthy Tétrault. June 3, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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