Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Progressive Conservative Party
of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party; of Ontario
Active provincial party
Leader	Doug Ford
President	Brian Patterson
Founded	1854; (Conservative Party of Canada West)
Preceded by	Upper Canada Tories
Headquarters	400-56 Aberfoyle Cres.; Toronto ON M8X 2W4
Student wing	Ontario PC Campus Association
Youth wing	Ontario PC Youth Association
Membership (2018)	133,000
Ideology	Conservatism; Liberal conservatism; Populism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Colours	Blue
Seats in Legislature	83 / 124
Website
	www.ontariopc.ca
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is a centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was organized in 1854 by Sir John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. It has formed the government of Ontario for 80 of the last 147 years, including the period from 1943 to 1985.

In the 2014 provincial general election, the party won 28 out of 107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. On July 2, 2014, Jim Wilson was chosen to be the temporary leader of the party and Leader of the Opposition. In the 2018 Ontario general election, they won a full majority of seats under the leadership of Doug Ford.

↑ Jeffords, Shawn (2 February 2018). "Interim Ontario PC leader says party has 67,000 fewer members than claimed". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "What We Stand For". Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2019-06-08.