42nd Parliament of Ontario
42nd Parliament of Ontario | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
July 11, 2018 – present | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Hon. Doug Ford June 29, 2018 – present | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Andrea Horwath June 29, 2018 – present | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | New Democratic Party | ||
Unrecognized | Liberal Party Green Party New Blue Party | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Hon. Ted Arnott July 11, 2018 – present | ||
Government House Leader | Hon. Todd Smith June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019 | ||
Hon. Paul Calandra June 20, 2019 – present | |||
Opposition House Leader | Gilles Bisson June 17, 2018 - February 16, 2021 | ||
Peggy Sattler February 16, 2021 - present | |||
Members | 124 MPP seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – present | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Elizabeth Dowdeswell September 23, 2014 – present | ||
Sessions | |||
1st Session July 11, 2018 – September 12, 2021 | |||
2nd Session October 4, 2021 – present | |||
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The 42nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the current legislature of the province of Ontario, Canada.
The current Premier of Ontario is Progressive Conservative Party leader Doug Ford, as the party leader that won a majority of seats in the 2018 Ontario general election. The Official Opposition, and the only other recognized party, is the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Andrea Horwath.[1] The Ontario Liberal Party and Green Party of Ontario also have seats in the legislature, but neither elected enough MPPs for official party status.
Ford was officially sworn in as Premier of Ontario by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on June 29, 2018.[2] The first session of the 42nd Legislative Assembly was opened on July 11, 2018 with the election of Ted Arnott as Speaker.[3]
Election and appointments[]
The Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) that served in the Legislative Assembly of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario were elected in the general election held on June 7, 2018. The election returned 76 Progressive Conservatives, 40 NDP members, 7 Liberals, and 1 Green. This allowed the Progressive Conservative Party to form a majority government with its leader Doug Ford becoming Premier and the NDP forming the Official Opposition.[4] Neither the Liberals, nor the Green Party had sufficient number of seats to provide them with party status in the legislative assembly.[5] Ford assembled a 21-member Cabinet which was sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29. The cabinet featured Ford as Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs with former Progressive Conservative leadership candidates Christine Elliott as Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Caroline Mulroney as Attorney General. Former interim leaders of the Progressive Conservatives Vic Fedeli and Jim Wilson were assigned to be Minister of Finance and Minister of Economic Development, respectively. This initial cabinet also featured Lisa MacLeod as both Minister of Community and Social Services and Minister of Children and Youth Services, Lisa Thompson as Minister of Education, Rod Phillips as Minister of the Environment, and John Yakabuski as Minister of Transportation.[6] In addition, 26 other Progressive Conservative MPPs were appointed to be parliamentary assistants. Todd Smith was appointed Government House Leader and Ted Arnott was elected Speaker.[3]
The first change to the Cabinet came on November 2, 2018, when Jim Wilson resigned to sit as an independent and Todd Smith assumed his role as Minister of Economic Development.[7] The first major cabinet shuffle came on June 20, 2019, as the premier expanded the cabinet to 28 members[8] with 31 other Progressive Conservative MPPs being parliamentary assistants.[9] Doug Downey, Paul Calandra, Stephen Lecce and Ross Romano were promoted to cabinet to be Attorney General, Government House Leader, Minister of Education, and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, respectively. Jill Dunlop, Kinga Surma, and Prabmeet Sarkaria were promoted to be Associate Ministers. Rod Phillips became Minister of Finance, Jeff Yurek the Minister of the Environment, Todd Smith the Minister of Children and Youth Services, Caroline Mulroney the Minister of Transportation, Vic Fedeli the Minister of Economic Development, Lisa Thompson the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, Lisa MacLeod the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Laurie Scott the Minister of Infrastructure, and Monte McNaughton the Minister of Labour. Bill Walker and Michael Tibollo were demoted from ministerial positions to be Associate Ministers, and Christine Elliott's portfolio split with Merrilee Fullerton taking over the newly created Ministry of Long-Term Care.
In February 2021, Peter Bethlenfalvy replaced Rod Phillips as Minister of Finance following criticism of his international vacations during the COVID pandemic,[10] though he returned to cabinet in June as the Minister of Long-Term Care. That June shuffle removed 5 members (Jeff Yurek, John Yakabuski, Laurie Scott, Bill Walker, and Ernie Hardeman) and introduced 6 new members to cabinet, including David Piccini as Minister of the Environment, Parm Gill as Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Khaleed Rasheed as Associate Minister of Digital Government, Stan Cho as Associate Minister of Transportation, Nina Tangri as Associate Minister for Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, and Jane McKenna as the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues. Kinga Surma and Jill Dunlop were promoted from their associate minister roles to be Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Colleges and Universities, respectively, with Prabmeet Sakaria being promoted from associate minister to President of the Treasury Board.[11]
First session[]
2018-19[]
The first session of the 42nd Parliament began on July 11, 2018, with the Speech from the Throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Dowdeswell on behalf of the Premier Ford and the Progressive Conservative government. In the summer session two bills were adopted. The first bill, adopted by the Parliament on July 26, was the Urgent Priorities Act (Bill 2) which enacted back-to-work legislation to end strike action at York University, canceled the White Pines wind project, and required Hydro One create new compensation packages for their chief executive officer and board of directors which would be subject to government approval.[12] The second bill, titled Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5) removed the City of Toronto's powers to determine the composition of City Council and the division of the City into wards and replaced it with a requirement that the City's wards follow the provincial riding boundaries, as well as eliminate elected chair positions in the regions of Peel, York, Niagara and Muskoka, in favour of appointed positions — all applicable to the 2018 municipal elections.[13]
In the fall 2018 sitting of the first session, seven more bills were adopted. Bill 4 repealed the province's emissions trading legislation, the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act[14] and Bill 34 repealed the Green Energy Act. Bill 32 amended the Ontario Energy Board Act to spread of the cost of expanding the natural gas distribution system to all rate-payers rather than those immediately benefiting from the expansion. Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act, retracted the planned 2019 increase to the minimum wage while tying future increases to a calculation of inflation, replaced a mandatory provision for all employees to be provided two paid sick days with unpaid leave days, eliminated mandatory pay-equity for part-time and casual workers, deleted the allowance of a trade union to obtain a list of employees and closed the Ontario College of Trades.[15] Bill 57 was an omnibus bill that made numerous amendments to various acts, including closing the office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, and the office of the Environmental Commissioner, repeals the Ontario Place Corporation Act and the Trillium Trust Act, expanding the area Metrolinx provides service to while deleting the requirement that it consider all forms of transportation it is plans, exempting the Royal Canadian Legion from property taxes, allowing professional full-time fire-fighters to also work part-time at a different fire department,[16] increasing the maximum allowable contributions that can be made to political parties while removing the prohibition of MLAs from attending fund-raising events, proclaiming March 27, 2019, to be Special Hockey Day, creating a Low-Income Individuals and Families tax credit, closing the offices of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner and the French Language Services Commissioner while moving their duties to the offices of the Integrity Commissioner and the Ombudsman, respectively.[17] Also, Bill 36 created a licensing system for private cannabis retail stores and allowed cannabis consumption in all areas where the smoking of tobacco is allowed and Bill 67 disallowed strike action by the unionized workers of the Ontario Power Generation.[18]
In the spring 2019 sitting, several more bills were adopted. The Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act (Bill 66) was another omnibus bill that amended numerous unrelated acts, as well as repealed the Pawnbrokers Act, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, and the Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2013. Bill 48 amended several education-related acts to make provisions for service animals in schools, require applicants for the Ontario College of Teachers to demonstrate proficiency in mathematics, and amend the provisions regarding teacher-student sexual abuse.[19] Bill 68 repealed and replaced the Police Services Act and the Police Oversight Act with the Community Safety and Policing Act and the Special Investigations Unit Act.[20] In addition to repealing the Lung Health Act, Bill 74 enacted the Connecting Care Act to create a new Crown agency titled Ontario Health intended to merge the 14 Local Health Integration Network and several crown agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario, the Gift of Life Network, eHealth Ontario, HealthForceOntario, and provide the ability for the government to create Integrated Care Delivery Systems (or Health Teams) to deliver health care services.[21] Bill 115 terminated the province's agreement with The Beer Store in favour of making alcoholic beverages available for sale through grocery stores and convenience outlets.[22] Bill 107 transferred, to Metrolinx from the City of Toronto, the responsibility for designing and developing rapid transit within the city.[23] Bill 108 amended 13 acts, including the Endangered Species Act by inserting new abilities for the Ministry of the Environment to delay listing species on the endangered list and provide exemptions from the protections under the act for listed species,[24] the Environmental Assessment Act by allowing for exemptions to routine class environmental assessments, the Ontario Heritage Act by creating a formal process for property owners to appeal a heritage designation, the Development Charges Act and Planning Act regarding what and how certain services may be charged development cost charges, community benefits charges and municipal parkland acquisitions, allow for inclusionary zoning and create lower timelines for local governments to decide on rezoning and subdivision applications, and the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act by amending the practices and procedures of the tribunal.
Few bills were adopted during the fall 2019 sitting but they amended, created or repealed numerous acts. Bill 136 repealed the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and replaced it with the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act.[25] Bill 124 caps public sector wage increases to no more than 1% per year.[26] Bill 138 repealed the Toronto Stock Exchange Act; enacted the Egyptian Heritage Month Act, the Hellenic Heritage Month Act, the Provincial Day of Action on Litter Act, and the Supply Chain Management (Government, Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities) Act; repealed and replaced the Liquor Licence Act and the Wine Content and Labelling Act with the new Liquor Licence and Control Act; amended cannabis-related acts to allow for online and telephone purchases from private cannabis retail stores and allowed peace officers and judges to refer a youth to an education program rather than pursuing conviction of a cannabis offense, and created a lower aviation fuel tax rate applicable to purchases made in Northern Ontario. Bill 132, aimed at red tape reduction eliminated or lowered certain penalties for contravening the Environmental Protection Act; repealed the Residential Complex Sales Representation Act, Local Planning Appeal Support Centre Act, Farm Products Grades and Sales Act, Partnerships for Jobs and Growth Act, Paperback and Periodical Distributors Act, Statute Labour Act, and the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act; permits Algoma University and Ontario College of Art & Design University to award degrees and diplomas in all branches of learning; and amended Pesticides Act to allow for more use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes, among other provisions.[27]
2020-21[]
The legislature reconvened in 2020 but the events of the Covid pandemic came to dominant the agenda. Covid-related legislation adopted in 2020 included budgetary measures in Bill 188;[28] Bill 186 to create an unpaid leave of absence within the Employment Standards Act for infectious disease emergencies and to repeal the SARS Assistance and Recovery Strategy Act; Bill 187 to allow local governments to hold meetings through electronic means; Bill 189 to suspend loan repayments in the Ontario Student Assistance Program;[29] Bill 190 to allow provincially-regulated organizations to conduct business remotely (e.g. use of electronic signatures, filings, affidavits); Bills 192 & 204 to suspend evictions of commercial tenants and freeze residential rents;[30] Bill 195 to allow the Ontario Provincial Police to enforce covid-related regulations on gatherings; Bill 218 indemnifies workers and organizations from legal actions relating to covid exposures.[31]
Other bills adopted in 2020 included Bill 197 to amend the Environmental Assessment Act to prioritize assessments by anticipated impact, allow for a streamlined-class of assessment, and reduce mandated timelines of other assessments; amend the Planning Act addressing community benefits charges and enhancing order making powers for the minister responsible; amend the Education Act to allow for demonstration schools; create an appeal process for those denied farm business registration; amend the Payday Loans Act to cap fees for dishonoured cheques, pre-authorized debits, and loans under $1,500; create the new Transit-Oriented Communities Act; and repeal and replace the Burden Reduction Reporting Act, 2014 and the Reducing Regulatory Costs for Business Act, 2017 with the new Modernizing Ontario for People and Businesses Act, 2020.[32] Bill 213, titled the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 was adopted to repeal the Ontario Highway Transport Board Act, grant university status and rename several Christian colleges, remove residency requirements for corporate directors, and allow the Ministry of the Environment to levy new fees for providing documents. Bill 215 removes local government ability to regulate noise associated with the delivery of goods, and increases fines for unlicenced ridesharing. Bill 229 reduces the authority of conservation authorities and allows municipalities to opt out;[33] removes promotion of renewable energy generation from the list of objectives of the Ontario Energy Board; exempts Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada from paying property tax; creates the "seniors' home safety tax credit"; creates iGaming as a subsidiary of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation; creates the Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.; exempts forestry operations on crown land from complying with the Endangered Species Act; updates and modernizes the Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act; repeals and replaces the Film Classification Act with the new Film Content Information Act; and repeals the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act.[34] Bill 236 creates government regulations applicable to food delivery services.[35]
Second session[]
Speech from the Throne was read on October 4, 2021.
Timeline of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario[]
The following notable events occurred during the 2018–present period:
- July 11, 2018: The 42nd Parliament of Ontario begins its first session. Ted Arnott, MPP for Wellington—Halton Hills, is elected as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[36]
- July 12, 2018: Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell addresses the speech from the throne.[37]
- November 2, 2018: Progressive Conservative MPP Jim Wilson (Simcoe—Grey) resigns from cabinet and the PC caucus after allegations of sexual misconduct.[38]
- November 29, 2018: Progressive Conservative MPP Amanda Simard (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell) leaves the PC caucus after opposing the government's cuts to French-language services.[39]
- February 20, 2019: Progressive Conservative MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) is suspended from the PC caucus by Premier Doug Ford for being disrespectful toward parents concerned about cuts to autism funding.[40]
- July 31, 2019: Liberal MPP Nathalie Des Rosiers (Ottawa—Vanier) resigns from the legislature accept a position as Principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto.[41]
- September 20, 2019: Liberal Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans) resigns from the legislature after being nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the federal riding of Orléans in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[42]
- January 16, 2020: Independent MPP Amanda Simard (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell) joins the Liberal caucus.[43]
- July 21, 2020: Progressive Conservative MPP Belinda Karahalios (Cambridge) is removed from the PC caucus after voting against a government bill extending emergency powers for up to two years.[44]
- January 15, 2021: Progressive Conservative MPP Roman Baber (York Centre) is removed from the PC caucus after releasing an open letter to end the province-wide lockdown, saying it was "deadlier than COVID".[45]
- January 18, 2021: Independent MPP Belinda Karahalios (Cambridge) forms the New Blue Party of Ontario caucus in the Legislative Assembly.[46]
- August 17, 2021: Liberal MPP Michael Coteau (Don Valley East) resigns to run in the 44th Canadian general election as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the federal riding of Don Valley East.
- August 19, 2021: Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls (Chatham-Kent-Leamington) is removed from the PC Caucus by Premier Doug Ford for failing to get vaccinated against Covid-19. [47]
- September 12, 2021: Ford prorogues the first session and states that the Second Session will start on October 4, 2021.
- October 22, 2021: Progressive Conservative MPP Lindsey Park (Durham) resigns from the PC Caucus after allegations that she misrepresented her vaccination status to the Premier's office.[48]
Summary of seat changes[]
Seat | Date | Member | Reason | Previous Party | Party After |
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Simcoe—Grey | November 2, 2018[38] | Jim Wilson | Resigned from cabinet and caucus due to allegations of sexual misconduct. | █ PC | █ Independent |
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | November 29, 2018[39] | Amanda Simard | Resigned from caucus after opposing the government's cuts to francophone services. | █ PC | █ Independent |
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston | February 20, 2019[40] | Randy Hillier | Suspended from caucus after autism comments. | █ PC | █ Independent |
Ottawa—Vanier | July 31, 2019[41] | Nathalie Des Rosiers | Resigned to accept position at Massey College of the University of Toronto. | █ Liberal | Vacant |
Orléans | September 20, 2019[42] | Marie-France Lalonde | Resigned to run in the federal election for its equivalent seat. | █ Liberal | Vacant |
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | January 16, 2020[43] | Amanda Simard | Joined Liberal Party. | █ Independent | █ Liberal |
Ottawa—Vanier | February 27, 2020[49] | Lucille Collard | Won By-Election. | Vacant | █ Liberal |
Orléans | February 27, 2020[49] | Stephen Blais | Won By-Election. | Vacant | █ Liberal |
Cambridge | July 21, 2020[44] | Belinda Karahalios | Removed from caucus after voting against Bill 195. | █ PC | █ Independent |
York Centre | January 15, 2021[50] | Roman Baber | Removed from caucus after speaking out against lockdown. | █ PC | █ Independent |
Cambridge | January 18, 2021 | Belinda Karahalios | Co-created (alongside with her husband) the New Blue Party, and officially joined soon right after. | █ Independent | █ New Blue |
Don Valley East | August 17, 2021 | Michael Coteau | Resigned to run in the federal election for its equivalent seat. | █ Liberal | Vacant |
Chatham-Kent-Leamington | August 19, 2021 [51] | Rick Nicholls | Removed from caucus due to refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19. | █ PC | █ Independent |
Durham | October 22, 2021 [52] | Lindsey Park | Resigned from caucus due to allegations that she had misrepresented her Covid-19 vaccination status. | █ PC | █ Independent |
Party standings[]
Affiliation | Leader | Status | Members | |
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Progressive Conservative | Doug Ford | Government | 69 | |
New Democratic | Andrea Horwath | Official Opposition | 40 | |
Liberal | Steven Del Duca | Unrecognized | 7 | |
Green | Mike Schreiner | Unrecognized | 1 | |
New Blue | Jim Karahalios | Unrecognized | 1 | |
Independent | 5 | |||
Vacant | 1 | |||
Total | 124 | |||
Government Majority | 18 |
Membership changes[]
Party | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||||||
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Jun. 7 | Nov. 2 | Nov. 29 | Feb. 20 | Jul. 31 | Sep. 20 | Jan. 16 | Feb. 27 | Jul. 21 | Jan. 15 | Jan. 18 | Aug. 17 | Aug. 19 | Oct. 22 | ||
Progressive Conservative | 76 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 69 | |||||||
New Democratic | 40 | ||||||||||||||
Liberal | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
Green | 1 | ||||||||||||||
New Blue | – | 1 | |||||||||||||
Independent | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Total members | 124 | 123 | 122 | 124 | 123 | ||||||||||
Vacant | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||
Government Majority | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
Seating plan[]
Hassan | Farrell | Harden | Rakocevic | Morrison | Glover | Bell | Bourgouin | Arthur | Berns-McGown | Burch | Vacant | Collard | Karahalios | Park | |||
Kernaghan | West | Stevens | Gates | Gretzky | French | Miller | G. Singh | Andrew | Hatfield | Karpoche | Blais | Simard | Hillier | Baber | |||
Stiles | Armstrong | Mantha | Taylor | Yarde | Begum | Mamakwa | Shaw | Mae Lindo | Sattler | Hunter | Gravelle | Wilson | Nicholls | ||||
Gélinas | Fife | S. Singh | Vanthof | Bisson | Horwath | Natyshak | Tabuns | Fraser | Wynne | Schreiner | |||||||
Arnott | |||||||||||||||||
Gill | Lecce | Mulroney | Calandra | Fedeli | Ford | Elliott | Bethlenfalvy | Sarkaria | Clark | T. Smith | Jones | Downey | MacLeod | Rickford | |||
Parsa | Khanjin | Coe | McNaughton | Dunlop | Fullerton | Piccini | Surma | McKenna | Cho | Rasheed | Phillips | Thompson | Tibollo | Romano | Tangri | Cho | Hardeman |
Walker | McDonell | Hogarth | Yakabuski | Crawford | Bailey | Sandhu | Pettapiece | Skelly | Martin | Barrett | Roberts | Scott | Harris | Miller | Yurek | Cuzzetto | Bouma |
Kramp | Pang | Fee | Triantafilopoulos | Oosterhoff | Sabawy | Thanigasalam | Ke | D. Smith | Ghamari | Wai | Babikian | Kusendova | Anand | Kanapathi | Martow | Mitas |
Note: Bold text designates the party leader, John Fraser serves as the Parliamentary leader of the Ontario Liberal Party as their leader does not have a seat in the Legislature.
List of members[]
Name | Party | Riding | First Elected | Left office | Notes | |
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Rod Phillips | Progressive Conservative | Ajax | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Michael Mantha | New Democratic | Algoma—Manitoulin | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Michael Parsa | Progressive Conservative | Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Andrea Khanjin | Progressive Conservative | Barrie—Innisfil | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Doug Downey | Progressive Conservative | Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Todd Smith | Progressive Conservative | Bay of Quinte | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Rima Berns-McGown | New Democratic | Beaches—East York | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Sara Singh | New Democratic | Brampton Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Gurratan Singh | New Democratic | Brampton East | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Kevin Yarde | New Democratic | Brampton North | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Prabmeet Sarkaria | Progressive Conservative | Brampton South | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Amarjot Sandhu | Progressive Conservative | Brampton West | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Will Bouma | Progressive Conservative | Brantford—Brant | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Bill Walker | Progressive Conservative | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Jane McKenna | Progressive Conservative | Burlington | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | Was defeated in the same riding during the 2014 Ontario general election. Regained her seat in 2018 general election. | |
Belinda Karahalios | New Blue | Cambridge | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | Was Progressive Conservative until July 21, 2020. Was Independent until officially January 18, 2021. | |
Goldie Ghamari | Progressive Conservative | Carleton | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Rick Nicholls | Independent | Chatham-Kent—Leamington | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | Progressive Conservative until August 19, 2021. | |
Marit Stiles | New Democratic | Davenport | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Michael Coteau | Liberal | Don Valley East | October 6, 2011 | August 17, 2021 | ||
Vincent Ke | Progressive Conservative | Don Valley North | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Kathleen Wynne | Liberal | Don Valley West | October 2, 2003 | Incumbent | Currently the longest serving female member. Former Premier of Ontario. | |
Sylvia Jones | Progressive Conservative | Dufferin—Caledon | October 10, 2007 | Incumbent | ||
Lindsey Park | Independent | Durham | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | Progressive Conservative until October 22, 2021. | |
Robin Martin | Progressive Conservative | Eglinton—Lawrence | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Jeff Yurek | Progressive Conservative | Elgin—Middlesex—London | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Taras Natyshak | New Democratic | Essex | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Kinga Surma | Progressive Conservative | Etobicoke Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Christine Hogarth | Progressive Conservative | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Doug Ford | Progressive Conservative | Etobicoke North | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Donna Skelly | Progressive Conservative | Flamborough—Glanbrook | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Amanda Simard | Liberal | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | Progressive Conservative until November 29, 2018. Independent until January 16, 2020. | |
Mike Schreiner | Green | Guelph | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | First Green Party member. | |
Toby Barrett | Progressive Conservative | Haldimand—Norfolk | June 8, 1995 | Incumbent | ||
Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | October 2, 2003 | Incumbent | Resigned seat on January 8, 2009 to allow PC leader John Tory to enter legislature. Regained seat in 2011 general election. | |
Andrea Horwath | New Democratic | Hamilton Centre | May 13, 2004 | Incumbent | ||
Paul Miller | New Democratic | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | October 10, 2007 | Incumbent | ||
Monique Taylor | New Democratic | Hamilton Mountain | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Sandy Shaw | New Democratic | Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Daryl Kramp | Progressive Conservative | Hastings—Lennox and Addington | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Tom Rakocevic | New Democratic | Humber River—Black Creek | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Lisa Thompson | Progressive Conservative | Huron—Bruce | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Merrilee Fullerton | Progressive Conservative | Kanata—Carleton | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Greg Rickford | Progressive Conservative | Kenora—Rainy River | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Sol Mamakwa | New Democratic | Kiiwetinoong | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Stephen Lecce | Progressive Conservative | King—Vaughan | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Ian Arthur | New Democratic | Kingston and the Islands | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Laura Mae Lindo | New Democratic | Kitchener Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Mike Harris Jr. | Progressive Conservative | Kitchener—Conestoga | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Amy Fee | Progressive Conservative | Kitchener South—Hespeler | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Monte McNaughton | Progressive Conservative | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Randy Hillier | Independent | Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston | October 10, 2007 | Incumbent | Progressive Conservative until February 20, 2019. | |
Steve Clark | Progressive Conservative | Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | March 4, 2010 | Incumbent | ||
Teresa Armstrong | New Democratic | London—Fanshawe | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Terence Kernaghan | New Democratic | London North Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Peggy Sattler | New Democratic | London West | August 1, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Paul Calandra | Progressive Conservative | Markham—Stouffville | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Logan Kanapathi | Progressive Conservative | Markham—Thornhill | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Billy Pang | Progressive Conservative | Markham—Unionville | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Parm Gill | Progressive Conservative | Milton | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Natalia Kusendova | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Kaleed Rasheed | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga East—Cooksville | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Sheref Sabawy | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Erin Mills | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Rudy Cuzzetto | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Lakeshore | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Deepak Anand | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Malton | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Nina Tangri | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Streetsville | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Guy Bourgouin | New Democratic | Mushkegowuk—James Bay | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Lisa MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | Nepean | March 30, 2006 | Incumbent | ||
Christine Elliott | Progressive Conservative | Newmarket—Aurora | March 30, 2006 | Incumbent | Previously represented Whitby—Ajax and Whitby—Oshawa. Resigned seat on August 28, 2015. Regained a seat in 2018 general election. | |
Jeff Burch | New Democratic | Niagara Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Wayne Gates | New Democratic | Niagara Falls | February 13, 2014 | Incumbent | ||
Sam Oosterhoff | Progressive Conservative | Niagara West | November 17, 2016 | Incumbent | ||
France Gélinas | New Democratic | Nickel Belt | October 10, 2007 | Incumbent | ||
Vic Fedeli | Progressive Conservative | Nipissing | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
David Piccini | Progressive Conservative | Northumberland—Peterborough South | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Stephen Crawford | Progressive Conservative | Oakville | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Effie Triantafilopoulos | Progressive Conservative | Oakville North—Burlington | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Marie-France Lalonde | Liberal | Orléans | June 12, 2014 | September 20, 2019 | ||
Stephen Blais | Liberal | Orléans | February 27, 2020 | Incumbent | ||
Jennifer French | New Democratic | Oshawa | June 12, 2014 | Incumbent | ||
Joel Harden | New Democratic | Ottawa Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
John Fraser | Liberal | Ottawa South | August 1, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Nathalie Des Rosiers | Liberal | Ottawa—Vanier | November 17, 2016 | July 31, 2019[41] | ||
Lucille Collard | Liberal | Ottawa—Vanier | February 27, 2020 | Incumbent | ||
Jeremy Roberts | Progressive Conservative | Ottawa West—Nepean | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Ernie Hardeman | Progressive Conservative | Oxford | June 8, 1995 | Incumbent | ||
Bhutila Karpoche | New Democratic | Parkdale—High Park | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Norm Miller | Progressive Conservative | Parry Sound—Muskoka | March 22, 2001 | Incumbent | ||
Randy Pettapiece | Progressive Conservative | Perth—Wellington | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Dave Smith | Progressive Conservative | Peterborough—Kawartha | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Peter Bethlenfalvy | Progressive Conservative | Pickering—Uxbridge | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
John Yakabuski | Progressive Conservative | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | October 2, 2003 | Incumbent | ||
Daisy Wai | Progressive Conservative | Richmond Hill | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Jennie Stevens | New Democratic | St. Catharines | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Bob Bailey | Progressive Conservative | Sarnia—Lambton | October 10, 2007 | Incumbent | ||
Ross Romano | Progressive Conservative | Sault Ste. Marie | June 1, 2017 | Incumbent | ||
Aris Babikian | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough—Agincourt | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Christina Mitas | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Mitzie Hunter | Liberal | Scarborough—Guildwood | August 1, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Raymond Cho | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough North | September 1, 2016 | Incumbent | ||
Vijay Thanigasalam | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough—Rouge Park | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Doly Begum | New Democratic | Scarborough Southwest | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Jim Wilson | Independent | Simcoe—Grey | September 6, 1990 | Incumbent | Currently the longest serving member, alongside Ted Arnott and Gilles Bisson. Was Progressive Conservative until November 2, 2018 | |
Jill Dunlop | Progressive Conservative | Simcoe North | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Chris Glover | New Democratic | Spadina—Fort York | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Jim McDonell | Progressive Conservative | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Jamie West | New Democratic | Sudbury | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Gila Martow | Progressive Conservative | Thornhill | February 13, 2014 | Incumbent | ||
Judith Monteith-Farrell | New Democratic | Thunder Bay—Atikokan | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Michael Gravelle | Liberal | Thunder Bay—Superior North | June 8, 1995 | Incumbent | Currently the longest serving Liberal member. | |
John Vanthof | New Democratic | Timiskaming—Cochrane | October 6, 2011 | Incumbent | ||
Gilles Bisson | New Democratic | Timmins | September 6, 1990 | Incumbent | Currently the longest serving member, alongside Ted Arnott and Jim Wilson, and the longest serving NDP member. | |
Suze Morrison | New Democratic | Toronto Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Peter Tabuns | New Democratic | Toronto—Danforth | March 30, 2006 | Incumbent | ||
Jill Andrew | New Democratic | Toronto—St. Paul's | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Jessica Bell | New Democratic | University—Rosedale | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Michael Tibollo | Progressive Conservative | Vaughan—Woodbridge | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Catherine Fife | New Democratic | Waterloo | September 6, 2012 | Incumbent | ||
Ted Arnott | Progressive Conservative | Wellington—Halton Hills | September 6, 1990 | Incumbent | Currently the longest serving member, alongside Gilles Bisson and Jim Wilson, and the longest serving PC member. | |
Lorne Coe | Progressive Conservative | Whitby | February 11, 2016 | Incumbent | ||
Stan Cho | Progressive Conservative | Willowdale | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Percy Hatfield | New Democratic | Windsor—Tecumseh | August 1, 2013 | Incumbent | ||
Lisa Gretzky | New Democratic | Windsor West | June 12, 2014 | Incumbent | ||
Roman Baber | Independent | York Centre | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | Progressive Conservative until January 15, 2021. | |
Caroline Mulroney | Progressive Conservative | York—Simcoe | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent | ||
Faisal Hassan | New Democratic | York South—Weston | June 7, 2018 | Incumbent |
Officeholders[]
Officeholders in the Legislature
Speaker[]
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Ted Arnott
Other Chair occupants[]
- Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole: Rick Nicholls[53] (July 18, 2018 - October 5, 2021)
- Bill Walker (October 5, 2021 - present)
- First Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole: Lisa Gretzky[53]
- Second Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole: Percy Hatfield[53]
- Third Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole: Jennifer French[53]
Party leaders[]
- Premier of Ontario: Hon. Doug Ford (Progressive Conservative)
- Leader of the Opposition: Andrea Horwath (New Democratic)
- Leader of the Liberal Party:
- John Fraser (interim, June 14, 2018 - March 7, 2020; parliamentary leader, March 8, 2020 – present)
- Steven Del Duca (March 7, 2020 – present) (from outside the legislature)
- Leader of the Green Party: Mike Schreiner
- Leader of the New Blue Party: Jim Karahalios
Floor leaders[]
- Government House Leader: Paul Calandra
- Opposition House Leader: Gilles Bisson
- Liberal House Leader: Kathleen Wynne
Whips[]
- Chief Government Whip: Lorne Coe
- Official Opposition Whip: John Vanthof
- Liberal Whip: Mitzie Hunter
Front benches[]
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External links[]
- Terms of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- 2018 establishments in Ontario
- 2018 in Canadian politics
- 2019 in Canadian politics
- 2020 in Canadian politics
- 2018 in Ontario
- 2019 in Ontario
- 2020 in Ontario