34th Parliament of Ontario

34th Parliament of Ontario
34th Parliament of Ontario
Majority parliament
10 September 1987 – 30 July 1990
Parliament leaders
Premier	David Peterson ;
Leader of the; Opposition	Bob Rae ; 1987–1990
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Recognized	Progressive Conservative Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Hugh Edighoffer ;
Government; House Leader	Sean Conway ; 1987–1989
	Chris Ward ; 1989–1990
Members	130 MPP seats
Lieutenant; Governor	Lincoln Alexander ; 1987–1990
← 33rd	→ 35th

Last updated February 04, 2025

The 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 10, 1987, until July 30, 1990, just prior to the 1990 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by David Peterson.

Hugh Edighoffer served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

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Riding	Member	Party	Notes
Algoma	Bud Wildman	New Democratic Party
Algoma—Manitoulin	Michael A. Brown	Liberal
Beaches—Woodbine	Marion Helen Bryden	New Democratic Party
Brampton North	Carman McClelland	Liberal
Brampton South	Robert V. Callahan	Liberal
Brant—Haldimand	Robert Fletcher Nixon	Liberal
Brantford	David Emil Neumann	Liberal
Bruce	Murray John Elston	Liberal
Burlington South	Cam Jackson	Progressive Conservative
Cambridge	Mike Liam Farnan	New Democratic Party
Carleton	Norm Sterling	Progressive Conservative
Carleton East	Gilles E. Morin	Liberal
Chatham—Kent	Maurice Louis Bossy	Liberal
Cochrane North	Jacques Noe René Fontaine	Liberal
Cochrane South	Alan William Pope	Progressive Conservative
Cornwall	John Cleary	Liberal
Don Mills	Murad Velshi	Liberal
Dovercourt	Antonio Lupusella	New Democratic Party
Downsview	Laureano Leone	Liberal
Dufferin—Peel	Mavis Wilson	Liberal
Durham Centre	Allan Furlong	Liberal
Durham East	Sammy Lawrence Cureatz	Progressive Conservative
Durham West	Norah Jane Stoner	Liberal
Durham—York	William George Ballinger	Liberal
Eglinton	Dianne Poole	Liberal
Elgin	Marietta L.D. Roberts	Liberal
Essex South	Remo J. Mancini	Liberal
Essex—Kent	James Fitzgerald McGuigan	Liberal
Etobicoke West	Linda Lillian LeBourdais	Liberal
Etobicoke—Humber	Jim Henderson	Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Ruth Anna Grier	New Democratic Party
Etobicoke—Rexdale	Ed Thomas Philip	New Democratic Party
Fort William	Lyn McLeod	Liberal
Fort York	Robert Charles Wong	Liberal
Frontenac—Addington	Lawrence George South	Liberal
Grey	Ronald F. Lipsett	Liberal
Guelph	Rick Eugenio Ferraro	Liberal
Halton Centre	Barbara Sullivan	Liberal
Halton North	Walter R. Elliot	Liberal
Hamilton Centre	Lily Oddie Munro	Liberal
Hamilton East	Bob Warren Mackenzie	New Democratic Party
Hamilton Mountain	Brian Albert Charlton	New Democratic Party
Hamilton West	Richard Alexander Allen	New Democratic Party
Hastings—Peterborough	James Pollock	Progressive Conservative
High Park—Swansea	David Gordon Fleet	Liberal
Huron	John Keith Riddell	Progressive Conservative
Kenora	Frank Ranover Miclash	Liberal
Kingston and the Islands	Kenneth A. Keyes	Liberal
Kitchener	David R. Cooke	Liberal
Kitchener—Wilmot	John Sweeney	Liberal
Lake Nipigon	Gilles Pouliot	New Democratic Party
Lambton	David William Smith	Liberal
Lanark—Renfrew	Douglas Jack Wiseman	Progressive Conservative
Lawrence	Joseph Cordiano	Liberal
Leeds—Grenville	Robert W. Runciman	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	Harry Pelissero	Liberal
London Centre	David Robertson Peterson	Liberal	Premier and Party Leader
London North	Ronald George Van Horne ^{[nb 1]}	Liberal	Resigned seat in 1988
London North	Dianne Cunningham	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election in 1988
London South	Elizabeth "Joan" Smith	Liberal
Markham	W. Donald Cousens	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex	Douglas Richard Reycraft	Liberal
Mississauga East	John Domagoj Sola	Liberal
Mississauga North	Steven Offer	Liberal
Mississauga South	Margaret Marland	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga West	Steven W. Mahoney	Liberal
Muskoka—Georgian Bay	Ken Black	Liberal
Nepean	Hans W. Daigeler	Liberal
Niagara Falls	Vincent George Kerrio	Liberal
Niagara South	Raymond Louis Haggerty	Liberal
Nickel Belt	Floyd Laughren	New Democratic Party
Nipissing	Michael Harris	Progressive Conservative	Party Leader
Norfolk	Gordon Irvin Miller	Liberal
Northumberland	Joan M. Fawcett	Liberal
Oakville South	Douglas Alexander Carrothers	Liberal
Oakwood	Chaviva Milada Hošek	Liberal
Oriole	Elinor Caplan	Liberal
Oshawa	Michael James Breaugh	New Democratic Party
Ottawa Centre	Richard Patten	Liberal
Ottawa East	Bernard C. Grandmaître	Liberal
Ottawa South	Dalton James McGuinty ^{[nb 2]}	Liberal	Died in 1990
Ottawa West	Bob Chiarelli	Liberal
Ottawa—Rideau	Yvonne O'Neill	Liberal
Oxford	Charles Murray Tatham	Liberal
Parkdale	Tony Ruprecht	Liberal
Parry Sound	Ernie Eves	Progressive Conservative
Perth	Hugh Alden Edighoffer	Liberal
Peterborough	Peter Adams	Liberal
Port Arthur	Taras Kozyra	Liberal
Prescott and Russell	Jean Poirier	Liberal
Prince Edward—Lennox	Keith MacDonald	Liberal
Quinte	Hugh Patrick O'Neil	Liberal
Rainy River	Howard Hampton	New Democratic Party
Renfrew North	Sean Conway	Liberal
Riverdale	David R. Reville	New Democratic Party
Sarnia	Andy Brandt	Progressive Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie	Karl Avid Morin-Strom	New Democratic Party
Scarborough Centre	Cynthia Maria Nicholas	Liberal
Scarborough East	Edward A. Fulton	Liberal
Scarborough North	Alvin Curling	Liberal
Scarborough West	Richard Frank Johnston	New Democratic Party
Scarborough—Agincourt	Gerry Phillips	Liberal
Scarborough—Ellesmere	Frank J. Faubert	Liberal
Simcoe Centre	Bruce Owen	Liberal
Simcoe East	Allan Kenneth McLean	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe West	George R. McCague	Progressive Conservative
St. Andrew—St. Patrick	Ronald M. Kanter	Liberal
St. Catharines	Jim Bradley	Liberal
St. Catharines—Brock	Michael Murray Dietsch	Liberal
St. George—St. David	Ian G. Scott	Liberal
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry	Noble Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative
Sudbury	Sterling Campbell	Liberal
Sudbury East	Shelley Martel	New Democratic Party
Timiskaming	David Ramsay	Liberal
Victoria—Haliburton	John F. Eakins	Liberal
Waterloo North	Herbert Arnold Epp	Liberal
Welland—Thorold	Mel Swart ^{[nb 3]}	New Democratic Party
	Peter Kormos (1988)	New Democratic Party
Wellington	John McLellan Johnson	Progressive Conservative
Wentworth East	Shirley Jean Collins	Liberal
Wentworth North	Christopher Campbell Ward	Liberal
Willowdale	Gino Matrundola	Liberal
Wilson Heights	Monte Kwinter	Liberal
Windsor—Riverside	Dave Cooke	New Democratic Party
Windsor—Sandwich	William Munro Wrye	Liberal
Windsor—Walkerville	Michael Charles Ray	Liberal
York Centre	Greg Sorbara	Liberal
York East	Christine Hart	Liberal
York Mills	John Bradford Nixon	Liberal
York North	John Charles McWaters Beer	Liberal
York South	Bob Keith Rae	New Democratic Party	Party Leader
Yorkview	Claudio Polsinelli	Liberal

Notes

↑ resigned seat
↑ died in 1990
↑ retired

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[2] resigned seat

[3] 1990

[4] retired

[1] "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.

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