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Green Party of Ontario facts for kids

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Green Party members at the Ontario Legislative Building

The Green Party of Ontario (GPO) is a political party in Ontario, Canada. It organized in 1983. It first ran candidates in the 1985 general election. The party got its largest share of the total vote in the 2007 general election. Support of the GPO has declined since then.

In November 2009, Mike Schreiner became the party leader. He became the first member of the Green Party in history to have a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was elected in the 2018 elections.

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  • GPO logo

    The previous GPO logo

  • Mike Schreiner and Frank de Jong Hart House 2009

    Frank De Jong (right), with his successor as GPO Leader, Mike Schreiner (left)

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