Ontario Libertarian Party


The Ontario Libertarian Party is a minor libertarian party in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The party is guided by a charter of principles, and proposes an Ontario charter of rights and freedoms which includes a section on immigration language restrictions. It holds that Ontario is a "sovereign state within the nation of Canada", and seeks to increase provincial autonomy.
In 1978, a benefit concert named "Rock Against Repression" was organised by the punk group Battered Wives with proceeds split between the CCLA and Ontario Libertarian Party.

Election results

In the 2007 general election, the party fielded 25 candidates and obtained a total of 9,249 votes.
In the 2011 general election, the party ran 51 candidates and won a total of 19,387 votes; the party received 0.45% of the popular vote, which was more than double the number of candidates and votes received in 2007.
In the 2018 Ontario general election, the Libertarian Party ran in 117 out of 124 ridings, receiving 0.74% of the overall vote.
The party fielded only 16 candidates in the 2022 Ontario general election.
In 1986, president Kaye Sargent received 93 votes in the Cochrane North by-election. In 2024, leader Mark Snow received 129 votes, 0.35%, in a by-election in Bay of Quinte.
The party has never won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Election yearLeaderNo. of
overall votes
% of
overall total
No. of
candidates run
No. of
seats won
+/−Presence
1975Terry Coughlin4,7520.13%17New Party
1977Paul Mollon9,9610.30%310
1981Scott Bell7,0870.22%120
1985Scott Bell12,8310.4%170
1987Kaye Sargent13,5140.36%250
1990James Stock24,6130.61%450
1995John Shadbolt6,0850.15%70
1999Sam Apelbaum2,3370.05%70
2003Sam Apelbaum1,9910.04%50
2007Sam Apelbaum9,2490.21%250
2011Sam Apelbaum19,4470.45%510
2014Allen Small37,6960.81%740
2018Allen Small42,9180.75%1170
2022Mark Snow5,2420.11%160
2025Mark Snow7,6840.15%170