What is Green Party of Ontario?
[[File:Greens at Queen's Park (2340642217).jpg|thumb|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 [[Ontario general election, 1985|1985 general election]]. The party got its largest share of the total vote in the [[Ontario general election, 2007|2007 general election]]. Support of the GPO has declined since then. In November 2009, [[Mike Schreiner]] became the party leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontarios-greens-pick-mike-schreiner-as-new-leader/article1204632/|title=Ontario's Greens pick Mike Schreiner as new leader|date=14 November 2009|website=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref> 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 [[Ontario general election, 2018|2018 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/green-party-leader-mike-schreiner-makes-history-with-victory-in-guelph.html|title=Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner makes history with victory in Guelph|date=7 June 2018|last=Kalinowski|first=Tess|website=The Star|accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4260536/ontario-election-mike-schreiner-green-party-elected/|title=Mike Schreiner becomes first Green Party candidate to be elected in Ontario|date=7 June 2018|last=Nielsen|first=Kevin|website=Global News|accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{official website|https://gpo.ca}} [[Category:1983 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Political parties of Ontario]] [[Category:Green political parties]] {{multistub|politics|Canada}}