Family Coalition Party of Ontario
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New Reform Party of Ontario
Nouveau Parti Reformiste de l’Ontario |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Dissolved | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Ideology | Populism, Fiscal Conservatism, Social Conservatism, Grassroots Democracy, Libertarianism, Localism |
| Colours | Blue, Green |
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The New Reform Party of Ontario (NRP; French: Nouveau Parti Reformiste de l’Ontario) was a minor provincial political party in Ontario, Canada that promoted a populist, fiscally conservative, socially conservative, libertarian, and localist ideology.
It was formed in Hamilton in 1987 as the Family Coalition Party of Ontario (FCP) through 11,000 signatures fulfilling the Elections Ontario requirements by members from the Liberals for Life (a splinter group of the Liberal Party of Canada) and members of the anti-abortion organization Campaign Life Coalition. It has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then. None of its candidates were ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
In late 2015, the FCP renamed itself the "New Reform Party of Ontario", which maintained the party's conservative social values, while also promoting conservative fiscal values. It began to overhaul its principles, policies, and platform, reorganizing the central office, and aiming to reestablish is provincial executive council regionally in time for the next provincial election in Fall 2018.
The last leader of the NRP was James Gault and provincial party president was Lynne Scime.
The party was deregistered by Elections Ontario in January 2016.
The first leader and founder of the FCP was Donald Pennell, who had been a candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party in the Burlington South riding during the 1975 provincial election. He served as leader from 1987 to 1997. Pennell campaigned for the Canadian Alliance in the Burlington riding during the 2000 federal election.
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