The Northern Ontario Heritage Party is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada that was formed in 1977 to campaign for provincial status for Northern Ontario. No member was ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The party disbanded in the 1980s, and was re-registered by Elections Ontario in 2010.
The party's founder, Ed Deibel of North Bay, travelled Northern Ontario in the late 1960s and early 1970s to promote the idea of creating a separate province, and to sign up supporters for the party.
The party later dropped the idea of a separate province from its platform, and continued to promote Northern Ontario's interests within Ontario.
Read more about Northern Ontario Heritage Party: Origins of The Party, Party Program, 2010 Revival
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