I promised I would come back to the number of women who ran for minor parties. 25 out of 177 total minor candidates (not including the Greens, but including independents) Certainly those running for such parties are very unlikely to be elected. The point is not about electoral success but about spreading a message. I'm not including the Green Party of Ontario in this group because unlike the minor parties the Green's ran candidates in all 107 ridings and generally posted returns of over 1000 votes. While not contenders for electoral success they can make a much more significant impact on the returns of the three main parties and have consistent generalizable support. Minor parties don't have the same generalizable support and are less likely to significantly impact on the competitions between the Liberals, P.C.s and NDP, unless its a very, very close race. An argument can be made that ALL of these parties (as there is one that runs under the moniker of none-of-the-abov...
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