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Trillium Party of Ontario

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Trillium Party of Ontario
LeaderBob Yaciuk
Founded2014
Headquarters95 Cousins Drive
Aurora, Ontario
IdeologyConservatism, Economic Liberalism, Social Libertarianism
Political positionCentre to Centre-Right
ColoursPurple
Seats in Legislature
1 / 107
Website
http://www.trilliumpartyontario.ca

The Trillium Party of Ontario is a right-of-centre party in the province of Ontario, Canada founded in 2014.[1]

The Trillium Party gained its first member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario after Jack MacLaren, the Progressive Conservative MPP for Carleton—Mississippi Mills who left the PC party in May 2017.[2]

Election results

The party participated in the 2014 provincial election as well as the 2016 Scarborough-Rouge-River by-election.

References

  1. ^ "About the Party". Trillium Party of Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ottawa-area MPP Jack MacLaren expelled from PC caucus". CBC News. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Hours after being expelled, however, MacLaren issued a statement on Twitter announcing he had joined the Trillium Party of Ontario 'after months of deliberation and discussion with my constituents.'