Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Active provincial party

Leader	Doug Ford
President	Brian Patterson
Founded	1854; 169 years ago (1854) (Conservative Party of Canada West)
Preceded by	Upper Canada Tories
Headquarters	56 Aberfoyle Crescent Unit 400 Toronto, Ontario M8X 2X1
Student wing	Ontario PC Campus Association
Youth wing	Ontario PC Youth Association
Membership (2018)	133,000
Ideology	Conservatism Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Blue
Seats in Legislature	73 / 124
Political parties

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is a centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was organized in 1854 by Sir John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. It has formed the government of Ontario for 80 of the last 147 years, including the period from 1943 to 1985.

In the 2014 provincial general election, the party won 28 out of 107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. On July 2, 2014, Jim Wilson (Canadian politician) was chosen to be the temporary leader of the party and Leader of the Opposition.

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John Sandfield Macdonald
Party logo in 1985
Party logo in 1987
Party logo in 1990
Logo of the Ontario PC Party from 1995 to 2003
Ontario's 22nd Premier Mike Harris
John Tory, leader (2004–2009)
Ontario PC logo, 2006–2010
Tim Hudak, Leader 2009–2014
Patrick Brown, Leader 2015–2018
Doug Ford, Leader 2018 - Present

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