VEGANS, COMMUNISTS, ‘THE PEOPLE’

While the top three mainstream parties (PC, Liberal and NDP) snagged 94 per cent of the votes cast — a share that rises to over 98 per cent by adding the Greens (who won their first seat ever) — there were 24 other political parties vying for ballot support, including the serious, the single-issue and the frivolous.

Stop the New Sex-Ed

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Agenda (1,078 votes): Likely to find comfort under Ford’s PC government.

The People (626 votes):

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Ford spoke a lot about being “for the people,” but this party, with six Toronto area candidates, claimed to be “the people.”

Go Vegan (256 votes): Selfexplanatory,

■ with two Toronto candidates. Independent (8,644 votes):

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More than 30 candidates across Ontario questioned the need to belong to any party.

Ontario Moderate Party

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(2,191 votes): Moderation apparently didn’t resonate in this election.

None of the Above Direct

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Democracy Party (16,186 votes): 42 candidates campaigned for electoral reform, including Windsor West’s Chad Durocher (435 votes). Consensus Ontario (2,684

■ votes): A party working to abolish itself — as soon as Ontario agrees to a legislature of independent MPPs. Communist (1,471): Class

■ struggle seems to resonate with few.

Paupers (111 votes, the lowest

■ total): Leader John Turmel holds Guinness World Record for most elections contested (more than 90, so far).