27 Facts About Derek Sloan

Shortly after being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election, Sloan ran as a candidate for the Conservative Party leadership in 2020 and was eliminated after the first ballot.

Derek Sloan has received national news coverage for his controversial views on LGBTQ issues, and making allegedly racist remarks.

On January 20,2021, Derek Sloan was expelled from the Conservative Party caucus after it was revealed that he had received a donation from white supremacist and perennial political candidate Paul Fromm.

Derek Sloan was born in 1984 and raised near Waterford, Ontario.

Derek Sloan attended Kingsway College, a private Seventh-day Adventist Church-affiliated high school in Oshawa.

In 2003, Derek Sloan enrolled at Pacific Union College, a private university in Napa Valley, California associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In 2014, Derek Sloan began a law degree at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario; he finished articling in 2018.

At the nomination meeting, Derek Sloan defeated three other candidates: a city councillor who had served for fifteen years in Belleville, a lawyer who had lived in the area for twenty years, and a local business owner.

Derek Sloan defeated one-term Liberal incumbent Mike Bossio in the 2019 federal election, becoming the first Seventh-day Adventist ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons.

Derek Sloan announced his candidacy for the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election on January 22,2020.

Derek Sloan's comments were criticized by his former election campaign manager, Eric Lorenzen.

Derek Sloan stated that were he elected leader he would permit Conservative MPs to reopen the debate on abortion or introduce private members' bills aimed at overturning same-sex marriage.

Derek Sloan voiced opposition to Bill C-16, which protects people from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

Derek Sloan vowed to vote against a federal ban on the pseudoscientific practice of conversion therapy, arguing that parents should be able to make children identify with the body they are born with.

Derek Sloan has been widely criticized in the media and even within the Conservative Party for these views.

Three days later, Derek Sloan characterized the protesters as "radical extremists" and called on the Ontario Provincial Police to enforce an injunction to remove the blockade.

Derek Sloan called it part of the Liberals' electoral strategy, while O'Toole declined to say whether or not he would expel him from caucus.

In October 2020, Derek Sloan voted against a bill banning various forms of conversion therapy.

Derek Sloan claimed that the bill would outlaw prayer and "amounts to child abuse", using it for fundraising purposes following the vote.

Derek Sloan signed an E-petition that raised questions about the safety of a future coronavirus vaccine.

Derek Sloan pointed out on social media that the Conservative party had taken a ten percent cut of the donation.

Derek Sloan was voted out of the Conservative caucus on January 20,2021.

Derek Sloan has attended demonstrations in Ottawa, Peterborough, Stratford, and Chatham.

Derek Sloan was charged in relation to the event in Aylmer and has been investigated by Belleville police regarding a gathering at Zwicks Park.

In July 2021, Derek Sloan announced his plan to form a new political party.

Derek Sloan came fifth while the Conservative incumbent, Blake Richards, was re-elected.

In December 2021, Derek Sloan was announced as the new Leader of the Ontario Party, intending to contest the 2022 Ontario general election.