Protestant Protective Association
The Protestant Protective Association was an
French-Canadians in politics, and warned Protestants that Catholics were attempting to take over Ontario. It aimed to eliminate French language education in schools in Ontario and western Canada (particularly Manitoba
), and to roll back or block Catholic school systems in those provinces.
Ontario
The party began to achieve success following the surprise victory of
In
Ontario Conservative Party
.
No PPA candidates ran in the 1898 Ontario election, or in any subsequent Ontario election. William Henry Reid of the Durham West riding was the only PPA MPP to return to the 1898 provincial legislature, but in 1898 he ran and was elected as a member of the Conservative Party.
Federal
The PPA ran several candidates in Ontario for the
Conservative Party's conflicted position on the Manitoba Schools Question. The PPA failed to win any seats in the House of Commons of Canada, but was instrumental in defeating Conservative candidates in four of the five ridings
in which it nominated candidates.
References
- ^ ISSN 0008-3755. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- James T. Watt, "Anti-Catholicism in Ontario Politics: The Role of the Protestant Protective Association in the 1894 Election," Ontario History, Nov 1967, Vol. 59 Issue 2, pp 57–67
