Executive Council of Ontario

Executive Council of Ontario
Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario

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Nickname	Cabinet of Ontario
Formation	July 20, 1867 (154 years ago) (1867-07-20)
Membership	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Premier of Ontario and other ministers of the Crown
Monarch of Canada	Elizabeth II
Represented by	Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor
Chair	Doug Ford, Premier
Staff	Government of Ontario

Politics of Ontario
Crown
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II Lieutenant Governor (list): Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Provincial legislature
Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker: Ted Arnott Current assembly (list) Political parties Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Green Recent elections: 2014 2018 Next By-elections Electoral districts
Government
Premier (list): Doug Ford Cabinet: Executive Council of Ontario Official Opposition Opposition Leader: Andrea Horwath Shadow cabinet
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The Ontario Cabinet of 1891. Clockwise, starting at centre foreground: O. Mowat, A.S. Hardy, J.M. Gibson, R. Harcourt, E.H. Bronson, J. Dryden, G.W. Ross, C.F. Fraser.

The Executive Council of Ontario (French: Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario), often informally referred to as the Cabinet of Ontario (French: Cabinet de l'Ontario), is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Ontario. It comprises ministers of the provincial Crown, who are selected by the premier of Ontario (the first minister of the Crown) and appointed by the lieutenant governor. The activities of the Government of Ontario are directed by the Executive Council.

The Executive Council is almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Though the lieutenant governor does not generally attend Cabinet meetings, directives issued by the Crown on the advice of the ministers are said to be ordered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council. Ministers hold the honorific prefix "The Honourable" while members of the council.

The Cabinet is similar in structure and role to the federal Privy Council for Canada, though smaller in size, and, whereas the federal Cabinet is actually a committee of the Privy Council, the Executive Council of Ontario and Cabinet of Ontario are one and the same. Also, unlike the Privy Council, members of the Ontario Executive Council are not appointed for life, and are not entitled to post-nominal letters.

Current Cabinet[]

Doug Ford and his Cabinet were sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29, 2018, following the 2018 general election. This is the current cabinet of Ontario:^[1]

Former portfolios[]

• Ministry of Children's Services (2003–2004)
• Ministry of Citizenship and Culture (1983–1987)
• Ministry of Citizenship (1987–1995; 2001–2003)
• Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation (1995–2001)
• Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2016-2018)
• Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade (2003–2016)
• Ministry of Colleges and Universities (1972–1993)
• Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services (2002–2003)
• Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (2003-2019)
• Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (2003–2005)
• Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972–2001)
• Ministry of Correctional Services (1972–1993; 1999–2002)
• Ministry of Culture and Communications (1987–1993)
• Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation (1993–1995)
• Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (1995–1999; 2008–2011)
• Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999−2008)
• (1993–1999)
• Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (2007–2010)
• Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology (1997–2002)
• Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (2002–2003)
• (1993–1997; 2002)
• (1986–1993)
• Ministry of Health (1972–1999)
• (1973–1981; 1985–1995)
• Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology (1985–1993)
• International Trade
• (1985–1995; 2003–2004)
• Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal (2005−2008)
• Ministry of Public Safety and Security (2002–2003)
• Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (2013–2018)
• Ministry of Revenue (1968–2012)
• (1985–1993)
• Ministry of the Solicitor General (1972–1993; 1999–2002)
• Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (1993–1999)
• Ministry of Tourism (1999–2001)
• (2001–2002)
• (1971–1987)
• (1978–1993)
• Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario (from 1961 Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship) (list) (1867–1975)

Ontario Shadow Cabinet[]

• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 42nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario

See also[]

• Order of precedence in Ontario

References[]

External links[]

• Cabinet of Ontario