Talk:Reform Party of Ontario

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Thanks to Paul for posting additional information on Reform in Ontario. I have edited it significantly because what was posted reflected the writer's personal view very strongly. Wikipedia aims to provide dispassionate factual information. I have also tried to sort out some of the longer, more complicated sentences. These may be difficult to understand for some, especially those who do not speak English as a first language. If I have misconstrued any of the important facts or dates, please correct me. Thanks.

I've edited this again for the same reason: to make it neutral in tone. Words like 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' are both vague and value-laden. I have also removed the link to Democrat because with a 'D' this word refers to a member of the US Democratic Party of the Australian democrats. Neither of these makes sense here. With a 'd', democrat means someone who supports democracy, which includes anyone who is a member of any organizaed political party in canada, with the arguable exception of the Communist and Marxist-Leninist parties, so it does not add any information to the article. (See the definition at the link to democrat.)

Finally, I don't understand why it is in anyway relevant that Agnes Macphail and John Diefenbaker were born in the same region of Ontario. Did Agnes Macphail, a sometime-CCFer, influence John Diefenbaker, a Tory? Probably not. One could list bunches of other people who were also born in Gey and Bruce counties, but to what end?

If anyone disagrees with my edits, let's have a discussion here, instead of just reversing them. Thanks. Kevintoronto 14:35, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * And here, since the anonymous editor can't be bothered to follow the link, is the definition from Wikipedia of "democrat" and "Democrat":
 * In political science, a democrat (lowercase d) is an advocate, follower, or proponent of democracy. See also: republican, monarchist
 * In politics, a Democrat (uppercase D) is a member, delegate, or supporter of a Democratic political party such as the Democratic Party in the United States or the Australian Democrats in Australia.
 * Kevintoronto 13:08, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know who the nominal RPO candidate was in 1995? CJCurrie 04:13, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * (I've checked this; there wasn't one. The federal party reserved the name, but it was not officially registered.)  CJCurrie 01:15, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Unofficial Reform -> Representative Party?
http://www.reformontario.on.to/, provided as the "Reform Ontario website (and still bearing the html title tag "Reform Association of Ontario ON Party Canada CA Association Réformiste de l'Ontario Parti Réformiste de l'Ontario" and a bunch of related metas) now promotes the Representative Party of Ontario. If there's been a wholesale transition from unofficial Reform Ontario to the proposed Representative Party, but details are not provided there... Samaritan 22:25, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed this as well. Bill Cook, the sole Independent Reform candidate from 2003, is now the interim leader of the Representative Party, and the new party is using the old Reform Party "R" as part of its graphic. My guess is that there was a wholesale transition. CJCurrie 21:15, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Candidates from 1995
I've read that there were 15 Reform Association candidates in 1995. Does anyone have a complete list of who they were? CJCurrie 01:15, 25 November 2005 (UTC)