Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party
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| Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party | |
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| Active Provincial Party | |
| Founded | April 26, 1989 |
| Leader | None |
| President | Eileen Butson |
| Headquarters | 24 Auchmar Rd Hamilton, Ontario L9C 1C5 |
| Political ideology | Conservatism, Canadian nationalism, anti-bilingualism |
| International alignment | None |
| Colours | Green, yellow |
| Website | http://home.mountaincable.net/~galloway/cor/ |
The Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party is a minor political party in Ontario, Canada, the provincial branch of the now-defunct Confederation of Regions Party of Canada. The party was founded in 1989, around the time the federal CoR was dissolved, and remains the last Confederation of Regions Party in Canada.
The CoR survives only in Ontario, though the original raison d'etre of the federal CoR was to promote the rights of regions other than Ontario and Quebec.
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[edit] Party platform
The party campaigns on the promotion of direct democracy, protection of Canadian heritage and environmental sustainability, while opposing urban sprawl onto farmland, 'big business' and unionization. The party's proposed health care plan would "give individuals more responsibility over their own health care", however, it would not support a two tier health care system.
If elected, the party would replace the Ontario Civil Code with a common law system, hold a referendum on the French Language Services Act, and halt all multicultural funding.
[edit] Election results
Results of recent elections for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
| Year of election | # of candidates | # of seats won | # of votes | % of popular vote |
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| 1990 | 33 | 0 | 75,873 | 1.9% |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | 14,108 | 0.4% |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 282 | 0.01% |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 293 | 0.01% |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 209 | >0.01% |
In the 1990 election, CoR candidates in Algoma, Cochrane South, Nickel Belt, Sudbury, Sudbury East and Sault Ste. Marie placed ahead of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party candidates. The party has since declined in popularity, receiving less than 0.01% of the popular vote in the 2007 election.
[edit] Party leaders
Dean Wasson has been the party's only leader, heading the party in the 1990 election. The party has not fielded a leader in any subsequent election, considering itself to be a grass roots organization, and will choose a leader if a caucus is won. The party's one candidate is nominated in the 2003 election - Richard Butson - is, however, often cited as the de facto leader.
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