Official Party Status
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New Brunswick Greens and People’s Alliance to receive official party statusUnder the legislature's standing rules, a party must win five seats or 20 per cent of the vote to be recognized as an official party. Neither the Greens or the People's Alliance met those benchmarks.PoliticsOct 27, 2020
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Wexit Saskatchewan applies for official party status: ‘We’re on the cusp of something big’A group calling for Western Canada to separate from the rest of the country has applied for official party status in Saskatchewan.PoliticsMar 3, 2020
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Manitoba Liberal leader says party deserves status even with three seatsThe Manitoba Liberals are hoping to change a provincial law and get official party status in the legislature.PoliticsOct 2, 2019
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Ontario government to raise seat count needed for official party statusProgressive Conservative House Leader Todd Smith says the new threshold will be 10 per cent of the house, or 12 seats, up from the current eight.CanadaNov 13, 2018
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Ontario’s outgoing Liberals gather for final cabinet meetingThe Liberals remain one seat short of qualifying for official party status.PoliticsJun 13, 2018
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Ontario election: What does losing official party status mean?The broad collapse of Liberal support throughout the province meant the party claimed just seven seats.PoliticsJun 8, 2018
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Kathleen Wynne won her seat, but the Liberals lost official party statusThe Liberals fell just shy of the eight seats needed to maintain official party status in the province of Ontario, with MPs elected in just seven ridings.CanadaJun 8, 2018
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