Socialist Party of Ontario
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Socialist Party of Ontario
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| Unregistered provincial party | |
| Chairperson | Michael Laxer |
| Spokesperson | Natalie Lochwin, Jan Maxwell |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Dissolved | 2016 |
| Split from | Ontario New Democratic Party |
| Ideology | Democratic Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Yellow, Red |
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| http://socialistpartyofontario.blogspot.ca | |
The Socialist Party of Ontario (SPO) is an unregisteredpolitical party in Ontario, Canada. SPO was founded in 2011 by political activists, trade unionists, community leaders, feminists and socialists, many of whom were former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). They decided to launch a new leftist party to challenge the NDP's shift to the centre of the political spectrum. Modelled after Québec solidaire and the United Left Alliance in Ireland, the party adopted the name of the historic Socialist Party of Canada, though maintained no connections to the former entity. The party fielded five candidates in the October 2011 Ontario general election and two candidates in the 2014 Ontario general election before becoming inactive and, by 2016, de-registered by the provincial elections authority.
On 28 May 2011, the Socialist Party of Ontario was formed at a founding convention in Toronto. Its constitution and preliminary policy platform were voted on and passed, maintaining a socialist preamble in its constitution that was inspired by the Regina Manifesto of the defunct Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The Party had a collective leadership, with no single member functioning as the traditional "party leader". In place of a leader, the party operated with two spokespeople, one male and one female, and, at its founding, elected Jan Maxwell and Michael Laxer to these positions. Laxer was named chair of the party executive to fulfill Elections Ontario's requirements to designate a "Leader" and a "President". The party registered with Elections Ontario on September 13, 2011.
The SPO nominated five candidates in the 2011 provincial election Its first candidate, Dr. Ken Ranney, was nominated by the party to run in Peterborough on 31 August 2011. Subsequently, the party nominated candidates in Etobicoke–Lakeshore, Leeds–Grenville, St. Paul's, and Trinity–Spadina.
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