Introducing the provincial parties you’ve never heard of

While most people in Ontario will be filling out a ballot to elect a member of one of the province's three top political parties on June 7, there are several parties running across the province that many people have never heard of.

1310 NEWS spoke with three candidates from independent parties across the province. 

Raphael Louis, a candidate in the Nepean riding for the None of the Above Party, said they're a party focused on providing an option outside of your traditional government options.

“It was the idea to boycott government that is not representing the will of the people,” Louis said, speaking about how the party was founded. 

He believes he has a good chance at winning his riding, campaigning on bringing better bus service to that area of the city. 

The None of the Above Party has between 30 and 40 candidates running across the province. 

A brand new party is taking a mathematical approach to politics. 

Derrick Matthews is the President of the Party of Objective Truth. 

“It's socializing capitalism,” Matthews said of his party's policies. “It's not much socialist, but it's based on an economic plan primarily to address the current deficit crisis.” 

This party has just two candidates. Matthews is running in the riding of Nepean, and the second candidate is hoping to claim a London, Ontario riding. 

At the age of 49, Matthews said he has never voted in his life. 

The Consensus Ontario Party is looking to bring a fresh perspective to Ontario politics. 

They've adopted the political landscape that's used in Northern Canada, where there are no parties, but only candidates you can vote for.

“The political spectrum generally is working with left, right, and centre parties,” said Brad Harness, the leader of the Consensus Ontario Party. “We're not working really with any party at all. That's our ultimate goal. We need a party to get rid of all the parties including our own, and replace it with a system of independent MPPs.” 

Harness described the party as being full of candidates that are former politicians, and explained that the party first began as a public affairs think tank. 

The Consensus Ontario Party has 11 candidates across Ontario.