43rd Parliament of Ontario
| 43rd Parliament of Ontario | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 8 August 2022 – present | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Hon. Doug Ford 29 Jun 2018 – present | ||
| Cabinet | Ford ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Andrea Horwath 29 Jun 2018 – 28 Jun 2022 | ||
| Peter Tabuns 28 Jun 2022 – 4 Feb 2023 | |||
| Marit Stiles 4 Feb 2023 – present | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Opposition | New Democratic Party | ||
| Unrecognized | |||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Ted Arnott 11 Jul 2018 – present | ||
| Government House Leader | Hon. Paul Calandra 20 Jun 2019 – present | ||
| Opposition House Leader | Peggy Sattler 16 Feb 2021 – present | ||
| Members | 124 MPP seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 Feb 1952 – 8 Sep 2022 | ||
| Charles III 8 Sep 2022 – present | |||
| Lieutenant Governor | Elizabeth Dowdeswell 23 Sep 2014 – 14 Nov 2023 | ||
| Edith Dumont 14 Nov 2023 – present | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session August 8, 2022 – present | |||
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| See also |
| Politics by province / territory |
The 43rd Parliament of Ontario is the session of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario which began on August 8, 2022, with the membership having been determined by the results of the 2022 general election held on June 2.[1]
It is led by a Progressive Conservative Party majority government under the premiership of Doug Ford.
Current leadership of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Presiding officers
[edit]There are currently five presiding officers of the Legislative Assembly. The officers, ordered by seniority, are:
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Ted Arnott,
Speaker of the Assembly -
Donna Skelly,
Deputy Speaker of the Assembly -
Bhutila Karpoche,
First Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House -
Patrice Barnes,
Second Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House -
Lucille Collard,
Third Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House
Government leadership (Progressive Conservative)
[edit]| Office | Photo | Officer | Riding | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | _(cropped).jpg)
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Doug Ford | Etobicoke North | March 10, 2018 |
| Deputy Leader | 
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Sylvia Jones | Dufferin-Caledon | June 24, 2022 |
| Government House leader | 
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Paul Calandra | Markham—Stouffville | June 20, 2019 |
Opposition leadership (New Democratic)
[edit]| Office | Photo | Officer | Riding | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | .jpg)
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Marit Stiles | Davenport | February 4, 2023 |
| Deputy Leaders | 
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Doly Begum
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Scarborough Southwest
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July 13, 2023 |
| Opposition House Leader
Chief Whip |
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John Vanthof | Timiskaming—Cochrane | July 13, 2022 |
List of members
[edit]| Name | Party | Electoral district | First elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrice Barnes | Progressive Conservative | Ajax | 2022 | |
| Michael Mantha | Independent[a] | Algoma—Manitoulin | 2011 | |
| Michael Parsa | Progressive Conservative | Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill | 2018 | |
| Andrea Khanjin | Progressive Conservative | Barrie—Innisfil | 2018 | |
| Doug Downey | Progressive Conservative | Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte | 2018 | |
| Todd Smith (until August 16, 2024) | Progressive Conservative | Bay of Quinte | 2011 | |
| Tyler Allsopp (from September 19, 2024) | Progressive Conservative | Bay of Quinte | 2024 | |
| Mary-Margaret McMahon | Liberal | Beaches—East York | 2022 | |
| Charmaine Williams | Progressive Conservative | Brampton Centre | 2022 | |
| Hardeep Grewal | Progressive Conservative | Brampton East | 2022 | |
| Graham McGregor | Progressive Conservative | Brampton North | 2022 | |
| Prabmeet Sarkaria | Progressive Conservative | Brampton South | 2018 | |
| Amarjot Sandhu | Progressive Conservative | Brampton West | 2018 | |
| Will Bouma | Progressive Conservative | Brantford—Brant | 2018 | |
| Rick Byers | Progressive Conservative | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | 2022 | |
| Natalie Pierre | Progressive Conservative | Burlington | 2022 | |
| Brian Riddell | Progressive Conservative | Cambridge | 2022 | |
| Goldie Ghamari | Independent[b] | Carleton | 2018 | |
| Trevor Jones | Progressive Conservative | Chatham-Kent—Leamington | 2022 | |
| Marit Stiles | New Democratic | Davenport | 2018 | |
| Adil Shamji | Liberal | Don Valley East | 2022 | |
| Vincent Ke | Independent[c] | Don Valley North | 2018 | |
| Stephanie Bowman | Liberal | Don Valley West | 2022 | |
| Sylvia Jones | Progressive Conservative | Dufferin—Caledon | 2007 | |
| Todd McCarthy | Progressive Conservative | Durham | 2022 | |
| Robin Martin | Progressive Conservative | Eglinton—Lawrence | 2018 | |
| Rob Flack | Progressive Conservative | Elgin—Middlesex—London | 2022 | |
| Anthony Leardi | Progressive Conservative | Essex | 2022 | |
| Kinga Surma | Progressive Conservative | Etobicoke Centre | 2018 | |
| Christine Hogarth | Progressive Conservative | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | 2018 | |
| Doug Ford | Progressive Conservative | Etobicoke North | 2018 | |
| Donna Skelly | Progressive Conservative | Flamborough—Glanbrook | 2018 | |
| Stéphane Sarrazin | Progressive Conservative | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | 2022 | |
| Mike Schreiner | Green | Guelph | 2018 | |
| Bobbi Ann Brady | Independent | Haldimand—Norfolk | 2022 | |
| Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | 2003 | |
| Andrea Horwath (until August 15, 2022)[d] | New Democratic | Hamilton Centre | 2004 | |
| Sarah Jama (from March 16, 2023) | Independent[e] | 2023 | ||
| Neil Lumsden | Progressive Conservative | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | 2022 | |
| Monique Taylor | New Democratic | Hamilton Mountain | 2011 | |
| Sandy Shaw | New Democratic | Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas | 2018 | |
| Ric Bresee | Progressive Conservative | Hastings—Lennox and Addington | 2022 | |
| Tom Rakocevic | New Democratic | Humber River—Black Creek | 2018 | |
| Lisa Thompson | Progressive Conservative | Huron—Bruce | 2011 | |
| Merrilee Fullerton (until March 27, 2023) | Progressive Conservative | Kanata—Carleton | 2018 | |
| Karen McCrimmon (from July 27, 2023) | Liberal | 2023 | ||
| Greg Rickford | Progressive Conservative | Kenora—Rainy River | 2018 | |
| Sol Mamakwa | New Democratic | Kiiwetinoong | 2018 | |
| Stephen Lecce | Progressive Conservative | King—Vaughan | 2018 | |
| Ted Hsu | Liberal | Kingston and the Islands | 2022 | |
| Laura Mae Lindo (until July 13, 2023) | New Democratic | Kitchener Centre | 2018 | |
| Aislinn Clancy (from November 30, 2023) | Green | 2023 | ||
| Mike Harris Jr. | Progressive Conservative | Kitchener—Conestoga | 2018 | |
| Jess Dixon | Progressive Conservative | Kitchener South—Hespeler | 2022 | |
| Monte McNaughton (until October 6, 2023) | Progressive Conservative | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | 2011 | |
| Steve Pinsonneault (from May 2, 2024) | Progressive Conservative | 2024 | ||
| John Jordan | Progressive Conservative | Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston | 2022 | |
| Steve Clark | Progressive Conservative | Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | 2010 | |
| Teresa Armstrong | New Democratic | London—Fanshawe | 2011 | |
| Terence Kernaghan | New Democratic | London North Centre | 2018 | |
| Peggy Sattler | New Democratic | London West | 2013 | |
| Paul Calandra | Progressive Conservative | Markham—Stouffville | 2018 | |
| Logan Kanapathi | Progressive Conservative | Markham—Thornhill | 2018 | |
| Billy Pang | Progressive Conservative | Markham—Unionville | 2018 | |
| Parm Gill (until January 25, 2024) | Progressive Conservative | Milton | 2018 | |
| Zee Hamid (from May 2, 2024) | Progressive Conservative | 2024 | ||
| Natalia Kusendova-Bashta | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga Centre | 2018 | |
| Kaleed Rasheed | Independent[f] | Mississauga East—Cooksville | 2018 | |
| Sheref Sabawy | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Erin Mills | 2018 | |
| Rudy Cuzzetto | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Lakeshore | 2018 | |
| Deepak Anand | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Malton | 2018 | |
| Nina Tangri | Progressive Conservative | Mississauga—Streetsville | 2018 | |
| Guy Bourgouin | New Democratic | Mushkegowuk—James Bay | 2018 | |
| Lisa MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | Nepean | 2006 | |
| Dawn Gallagher Murphy | Progressive Conservative | Newmarket—Aurora | 2022 | |
| Jeff Burch | New Democratic | Niagara Centre | 2018 | |
| Wayne Gates | New Democratic | Niagara Falls | 2014 | |
| Sam Oosterhoff | Progressive Conservative | Niagara West | 2016 | |
| France Gélinas | New Democratic | Nickel Belt | 2007 | |
| Vic Fedeli | Progressive Conservative | Nipissing | 2011 | |
| David Piccini | Progressive Conservative | Northumberland—Peterborough South | 2018 | |
| Stephen Crawford | Progressive Conservative | Oakville | 2018 | |
| Effie Triantafilopoulos | Progressive Conservative | Oakville North—Burlington | 2018 | |
| Stephen Blais | Liberal | Orléans | 2020 | |
| Jennifer French | New Democratic | Oshawa | 2014 | |
| Joel Harden | New Democratic | Ottawa Centre | 2018 | |
| John Fraser | Liberal | Ottawa South | 2013 | |
| Lucille Collard | Liberal | Ottawa—Vanier | 2020 | |
| Chandra Pasma | New Democratic | Ottawa West—Nepean | 2022 | |
| Ernie Hardeman | Progressive Conservative | Oxford | 1995 | |
| Bhutila Karpoche | New Democratic | Parkdale—High Park | 2018 | |
| Graydon Smith | Progressive Conservative | Parry Sound—Muskoka | 2022 | |
| Matthew Rae | Progressive Conservative | Perth—Wellington | 2022 | |
| Dave Smith | Progressive Conservative | Peterborough—Kawartha | 2018 | |
| Peter Bethlenfalvy | Progressive Conservative | Pickering—Uxbridge | 2018 | |
| John Yakabuski | Progressive Conservative | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | 2003 | |
| Daisy Wai | Progressive Conservative | Richmond Hill | 2018 | |
| Jennie Stevens | New Democratic | St. Catharines | 2018 | |
| Bob Bailey | Progressive Conservative | Sarnia—Lambton | 2007 | |
| Ross Romano | Progressive Conservative | Sault Ste. Marie | 2017 | |
| Aris Babikian | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough—Agincourt | 2018 | |
| David Smith | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough Centre | 2022 | |
| Mitzie Hunter (until May 10, 2023) | Liberal | Scarborough—Guildwood | 2013 | |
| Andrea Hazell (from July 27, 2023) | Liberal | 2023 | ||
| Raymond Cho | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough North | 2016 | |
| Vijay Thanigasalam | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough—Rouge Park | 2018 | |
| Doly Begum | New Democratic | Scarborough Southwest | 2018 | |
| Brian Saunderson | Progressive Conservative | Simcoe—Grey | 2022 | |
| Jill Dunlop | Progressive Conservative | Simcoe North | 2018 | |
| Chris Glover | New Democratic | Spadina—Fort York | 2018 | |
| Nolan Quinn | Progressive Conservative | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry | 2022 | |
| Jamie West | New Democratic | Sudbury | 2018 | |
| Laura Smith | Progressive Conservative | Thornhill | 2022 | |
| Kevin Holland | Progressive Conservative | Thunder Bay—Atikokan | 2022 | |
| Lise Vaugeois | New Democratic | Thunder Bay—Superior North | 2022 | |
| John Vanthof | New Democratic | Timiskaming—Cochrane | 2011 | |
| George Pirie | Progressive Conservative | Timmins | 2022 | |
| Kristyn Wong-Tam | New Democratic | Toronto Centre | 2022 | |
| Peter Tabuns[g] | New Democratic | Toronto—Danforth | 2006 | |
| Jill Andrew | New Democratic | Toronto—St. Paul's | 2018 | |
| Jessica Bell | New Democratic | University—Rosedale | 2018 | |
| Michael Tibollo | Progressive Conservative | Vaughan—Woodbridge | 2018 | |
| Catherine Fife | New Democratic | Waterloo | 2012 | |
| Ted Arnott | Progressive Conservative | Wellington—Halton Hills | 1990 | |
| Lorne Coe | Progressive Conservative | Whitby | 2016 | |
| Stan Cho | Progressive Conservative | Willowdale | 2018 | |
| Andrew Dowie | Progressive Conservative | Windsor—Tecumseh | 2022 | |
| Lisa Gretzky | New Democratic | Windsor West | 2014 | |
| Michael Kerzner | Progressive Conservative | York Centre | 2022 | |
| Caroline Mulroney | Progressive Conservative | York—Simcoe | 2018 | |
| Michael Ford | Progressive Conservative | York South—Weston | 2022 | |
Timeline
[edit]Changes in MPPs
[edit]| Seat | Date | Member | Reason | Previous Party | Party After |
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| Hamilton Centre | August 15, 2022 | Andrea Horwath | Resigned from the legislature to run in the 2022 Hamilton municipal election. | █ New Democratic | Vacant |
| Don Valley North | March 10, 2023 | Vincent Ke | Resigned from caucus after allegations surfaced of involvement with Chinese government election interference. | █ PC | █ Independent |
| Hamilton Centre | March 16, 2023 | Sarah Jama | Won by-election to replace Andrea Horwath. | Vacant | █ New Democratic |
| Kanata—Carleton | March 27, 2023 | Merrilee Fullerton | Resigned from the legislature for undisclosed reasons. | █ PC | Vacant |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | March 31, 2023 | Michael Mantha | Removed from caucus due to allegations involving workplace misconduct. | █ New Democratic | █ Independent |
| Scarborough—Guildwood | May 10, 2023 | Mitzie Hunter | Resigned from the legislature to run in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election. | █ Liberal | Vacant |
| Kitchener Centre | July 13, 2023 | Laura Mae Lindo | Resigned from the legislature to take a teaching position at the University of Waterloo. | █ New Democratic | Vacant |
| Kanata—Carleton | July 27, 2023 | Karen McCrimmon | Won by-election to replace Merrilee Fullerton. | Vacant | █ Liberal |
| Scarborough—Guildwood | July 27, 2023 | Andrea Hazell | Won by-election to replace Mitzie Hunter. | Vacant | █ Liberal |
| Mississauga East—Cooksville | September 20, 2023 | Kaleed Rasheed | Resigned from caucus after contradictory claims were made regarding a Las Vegas business trip. | █ PC | █ Independent |
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | October 6, 2023 | Monte McNaughton | Resigned from the legislature to pursue a career opportunity in the private sector. | █ PC | Vacant |
| Hamilton Centre | October 23, 2023 | Sarah Jama | Removed from caucus over controversial statements made regarding the Israel–Hamas war. | █ New Democratic | █ Independent |
| Kitchener Centre | November 30, 2023 | Aislinn Clancy | Won by-election to replace Laura Mae Lindo. | Vacant | █ Green |
| Milton | January 25, 2024 | Parm Gill | Resigned from the legislature to run in a future federal election for the Conservative Party of Canada. | █ PC | Vacant |
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | May 2, 2024 | Steve Pinsonneault | Won by-election to replace Monte McNaughton. | Vacant | █ PC |
| Milton | May 2, 2024 | Zee Hamid | Won by-election to replace Parm Gill. | Vacant | █ PC |
| Carleton | June 28, 2024 | Goldie Ghamari | Removed from caucus over meeting with Tommy Robinson. | █ PC | █ Independent |
| Bay of Quinte | August 16, 2024 | Todd Smith | Resigned from the legislature to return to the private sector. | █ PC | Vacant |
| Bay of Quinte | September 19, 2024 | Tyler Allsopp | Won by-election to replace Todd Smith. | Vacant | █ PC |
Membership changes
[edit]| Number of members per party by date |
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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| June 2 | August 15 | March 10 | March 16 | March 24 | March 31 | May 10 | July 13 | July 27 | September 20 | October 6 | October 23 | November 30 | January 25 | May 2 | June 28 | August 16 | September 19 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 79 | |||||||||
| New Democratic | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Liberal | 8 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Green | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Total members | 124 | 123 | 124 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 123 | 122 | 123 | 122 | 124 | 123 | 124 | ||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Seating plan
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ New Democratic until March 31, 2023.
- ^ Progressive Conservative until June 28, 2024.
- ^ Progressive Conservative until March 10, 2023.
- ^ Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition until June 28, 2022.
- ^ New Democratic until October 23, 2023.[2]
- ^ Progressive Conservative until September 20, 2023.
- ^ Interim Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from June 28, 2022 to February 4, 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ Powers, Lucas (June 3, 2022). "Ontario's Progressive Conservatives sail to 2nd majority, NDP and Liberal leaders say they will resign". CBC News.
- ^ @krushowy (October 23, 2023). "@SarahJama_has been kicked out of @OntarioNDP caucus. Statement below from @MaritStiles #onpoli #ndp" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [better source needed]