Libertarians step up to run in Ontario election

Eric Cummings 

Eric Cummings is running for the Libertarian Party | Timmins Today:

May 2, 2022 - "Temiskaming Shores resident Eric Cummings has announced his candidacy for the upcoming provincial election as a candidate for the Ontario Libertarian Party in the Timiskaming-Cochrane riding. Cummings grew up in the Temagami area and has an education background in natural resource management and work experience in both the public and private sectors.

"He ... is an advocate for conservation and has sat on the Fisheries Management Zone 11 Committee and has been a long-time member/supporter of Ducks Unlimited Canada. In a news release he says he 'is adherent to the principles of the Ontario Libertarian Party, individual freedom, personal responsibility, respect, and fairness.'"
Read more: https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/libertarian-party-candidate-enters-race-in-the-timiskaming-cochrane-riding-5318912

Ontario election officially on | Brantford Expositor - Michelle Ruby:

May 4, 2022 - "It’s election time in Ontario and races in Brantford-Brant and surrounding ridings are underway. In Brantford-Brant, six candidates are registered so far for the June 2 election, attempting to unseat incumbent Progressive Conservative Will Bouma, who is seeking his second term as MPP. They are Liberal Ruby Toor, Harvey Bischof for the NDP, Karleigh Csordas for the Green Party, Tad Brudzinski for the New Blue Party of Ontario and Libertarian Rob Ferguson.... 

"Ferguson served as the interim Libertarian party leader in 2019. He has been a candidate municipally, provincially and federally. In 2019, he withdrew from both the federal election and the leadership race for the Ontario Libertarian Party due to health reasons."
Read more: https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/ontario-election-officially-on

Gventer seeks NDP nomination ahead of provincial election | Owen Sound Sun Times - Postmedia News:

May 3, 2022 - "Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound’s runner-up in 2018 ... Karen Gventer is seeking the local NDP nomination ahead of the 2022 Ontario general election.... If successful in the nomination bid, Gventer will join a field that includes Grey County Warden Selwyn Hicks, who is running for the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Liberals. Rick Byers has been appointed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford as the Progressive Conservative candidate. Grey Highlands Coun. Danielle Valiquette is running for the Green Party, paralegal Suzanne Coles will represent the Ontario Party, while Great Lakes freighter engineer Dan Little runs for the Ontario Libertarian Party and Vince Grimaldi has entered the race for the New Blue Party of Ontario."
Read more: https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/gventer-seeks-ndp-nomination-ahead-of-provincial-election-3

Provincial election: Who are the candidates? | Sudbury.com

May 5, 2022 - "With the Ontario Legislature dissolving yesterday, it’s official provincial election season in Ontario between now and voters hitting up polling stations on June 2. That is, in addition to the 10 days of advance voting that have been allowed this election season. Although candidates have until 2 p.m. on May 12 to file their nomination paperwork, the following are Greater Sudbury’s candidates as of today.... 

Sudbury.... 
Ontario Libertarian Party – Adrien Berthier....

"The Ontario Libertarian Party follows the libertarian mindset of independence from government and 'challenges the right of government to restrict trade in any way, or to force citizens to support through taxes projects they will not willingly support on the free market,' according to their website."
Read more: https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/provincial-election-who-are-the-candidates-5334765

Ontario Election Roundup: Who will represent ridings across Simcoe Muskoka | CTV News - Kim Phillips:

May 5, 2022 - "Campaigning is underway for the June 2 provincial election, with several familiar faces vying for a seat at Queen's Park....Here's a look at the candidates in Simcoe Muskoka and surrounding areas....

YORK-SIMCOE....
Zachary Tisdale - Libertarian."
Read more: https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/ontario-election-roundup-who-will-represent-ridings-across-simcoe-muskoka-1.5890687

Libertarian Little sees campaign as base-building

Local candidates celebrated win or lose | Owen Sound Sun Times - Scott Dunn:

October 21, 2019 - "Less than an hour after local polls closed in Owen Sound, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound NDP, Green, People’s Party and Libertarian candidates celebrated their achievements, win or lose. About 10:10 p.m., CBC declared the Liberals would win the election nationally, though most of the rest of the country’s results had yet to be tabulated and local results had only just begun to come in....

"Libertarian candidate Dan Little said he wasn’t surprised with the results in Eastern Canada which were strongly Liberal and was buoyed when a supporter told him he was leading local People’s Party of Canada candidate Bill Townsend. That was with too few polls reporting to celebrate yet and as this story was being filed, Townsend was well ahead of Little.

"Little said if he got 300 votes he’d be happy with the result. [He received 306 according to election-night reporting - ed.].... 'But then that just builds the base and we can expand from there.'

"That would be one more vote than Jim Turner got in the riding of Bruce-Grey in 1980 while running under the Libertarian banner. That represented 0.8 per cent of the vote. In 1993, Ralph Hanke received just 152 votes or 0.3 of the vote....

"Little mostly campaigned outside the liquor store in Owen Sound, favouring that method over door-knocking, which he said he finds too intrusive. He mostly talked about taxes being too high, that we’re not properly represented and monetary system faults.

"He’s a marine engineer who works on ships and so only started campaigning in person 10 days into the campaign, once he returned to his home in Owen Sound. He campaigned here, Meaford, Wiarton, Markdale, Flesherton and Hanover."

Read more: https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/local-candidates-celebrated-win-or-lose
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12 Ontario Libertarians running federally

Ontario Libertarian Party, Facebook:

October 20, 2019 - The Ontario Libertarian Party would like to take the opportunity before voting day this federal election, to recognize the hard work of all the men and women within our membership who have taken it upon themselves to carry the torch of liberty high within federal politics, and give the constituents of their ridings a liberty minded choice on the ballot.

• Patrick Bernier - PPC [People's Party of Canada] - Kitchener Centre - @ppcpatrick
• Jacques Boudreau - LPOC [Libertarian Party of Canada] - London West - @voteboudreau
• Coreen Corcoran - LPOC - Ottawa Centre
• Darcy Neal Donnelly - LPOC - Glengary-Prescott-Russell
• John Kitteridge - LPOC - Don Valley West
• Keith Komar - LPOC - York-Simcoe - @libertykkomar
• Serge Korovitsyn - LPOC - Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill
• Dan Little - LPOC - Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
• Michael Staffieri - PPC - Eglinton-Lawrence - @staff_ieri
• Richard Styve - LPOC - Elgin-Middlesex-London
• Sabile Trimm - PPC - Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry - @sabiletrimm
• Markian Wojo Wrzesniewski - LPOC - Etobicoke Centre

"Ontario Libertarian Party would like to applaud your efforts federally, and appreciates your continued support fighting for liberty provincially.

"Good luck to you all!"

https://www.facebook.com/Ontario.Libertarian.Party/posts/2640582319340163