- Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party
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Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party 
Active provincial partyLeader None President Eileen Butson Founded April 26, 1989 Headquarters 24 Auchmar Rd
Hamilton, Ontario
L9C 1C5Ideology Conservatism, Canadian nationalism, anti-bilingualism Official colours Green, yellow Website home.mountaincable.net/~galloway/cor/ Politics of Ontario
Political parties
ElectionsThe 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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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 hold a referendum on the French Language Services Act, and halt all multicultural funding.
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 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 0 446 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.
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.
See also
Provincial political parties in Ontario 
Legislative Assembly Other parties recognized by Elections Ontario Communist · Confederation of Regions · Family Coalition · Freedom · Green · Libertarian · Northern Ontario Heritage · People with Special Needs · Reform · Republican · SocialistHistorical parties represented in the legislature Co-operative Commonwealth Federation · Labour (Independent) · Labor-Progressive · Liberal-Labour · Liberal-Progressive · Patrons of Industry · Soldier · Protestant Protective Association · United FarmersPre-confederation parties Categories:- Provincial political parties in Ontario
- Conservative parties in Canada
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