Protestant Protective Association

The Protestant Protective Association was an Ontario based anti-Catholic group associated with the Orange Order that campaigned against the rights of Catholics and French-Canadians. It was particularly concerned about eliminating French language education in schools in Ontario and western Canada (particularly Manitoba) and trying to roll back or block Catholic school systems in those provinces. . The PPA ran several candidates in Ontario for the 1896 federal election as a protest against the Conservative Party's conflicted position on the Manitoba Schools Question. The PPA failed to elect any MPs but were instrumental in defeating Conservative candidates in four of the five ridings they ran in.

See also: List of political parties in Canada