39th Parliament of Ontario

39th Parliament of Ontario
Majority parliament
29 November 2007 – 7 September 2011
Parliament leaders
Premier	Hon. Dalton McGuinty October 23, 2003 - February 11, 2013
Leader of the Opposition	Bob Runciman 2007-2009
	Tim Hudak 2009-2011
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Hon. Steve Peters 2007-2011
Government House Leader	Michael Bryant October 30, 2007 — February 04, 2009
	Monique Smith September 18, 2008 — September 07, 2011
Opposition House Leader	Bob Runciman July 27, 2009 — January 29, 2010
Members	107 MPP seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present
Sessions
1st session November 29, 2007 – March 4, 2010
2nd session March 8, 2010 – June 1, 2011
←  38th →  40th

The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 29, 2007, and ended on June 1, 2011. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Premier Dalton McGuinty. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party. It was initially led by John Tory but the leadership changed in 2009 when the PCs elected Tim Hudak as their new leader. The third party was the New Democrats led by Howard Hampton until they chose Andrea Horwath as their leader in 2009. The speaker was Steve Peters.

Sessions

There were two sessions of the 39th Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	November 29, 2007	March 4, 2010
2nd	March 8, 2010	June 1, 2011

Timeline of the 39th Parliament of Ontario

• November 28, 2007: The legislature conducted a secret vote to elect the Speaker of the legislature. Liberal Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Steve Peters is elected as Speaker defeating incumbent Michael A. Brown. The former labour minister defeated Brown and three other candidates after four ballots.
• November 29, 2007: The session officially opened with the Speech from the Throne.
• February 23, 2008: John Tory's continued leadership of the Progressive Conservative party was endorsed by 66.9% of delegates at a leadership review.
• June 14, 2008: NDP leader Howard Hampton announced he would step down as party leader at the March 7, 2009 NDP leadership convention.
• June 20, 2008: A mini-cabinet shuffle of the Executive Council of Ontario saw David Caplan sworn in as Minister of Health and George Smitherman becoming Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
• January 9, 2009: Progressive Conservative MPP Laurie Scott announced her resignation from the legislature to allow party leader John Tory, who had been without a seat since his defeat in Don Valley West in the 2007 election, to re-enter the legislature.
• March 5, 2009: In the Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock by-election following Scott's resignation, Tory was defeated by Liberal candidate Rick Johnson.
• March 6, 2009: John Tory resigned as Progressive Conservative leader pending the selection of an interim party leader.
• March 7, 2009: Andrea Horwath was elected leader of the Ontario NDP at the party's 2009 leadership convention.
• June 27, 2009: Tim Hudak was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative party at its 2009 leadership election and also became the new Leader of the Opposition.
• September 17, 2009: Eric Hoskins was elected as the MPP for the riding of St. Paul's following the resignation of Michael Bryant on June 7, 2009.
• February 4, 2010: Glenn Murray was elected as the MPP for the riding of Toronto-Centre following the resignation of George Smitherman on January 4, 2010.

Party standings

Affiliation		Leader of the Party	Leader in the Legislature	OntLA Status	Members [1] [ self-published source? ]
	Liberal	Dalton McGuinty		Government	71
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak		Official Opposition	25
	New Democratic	Andrea Horwath		Third Party	10
	Vacant				1
Total					107
Government Majority					37

Seating plan

See the following for a detailed seating plan: Official Seating Plan of the 39th Legislature(PDF)

Murdoch

Martiniuk

Clark

Bailey

Shurman

Savoline

Jones

Ouellette

Gélinas

P. Miller

Pendergast

Johnson

O'Toole

Hillier

Chudleigh

Arnott

Dunlop

Hardeman

MacLeod

Munro

Barrett

Prue

DiNovo

Tabuns

Bisson

Jaczek

Magnat

Moridi

Naqvi

Wilson

Sterling

Witmer

N. Miller

Elliott

Hudak

Yakabuski

Klees

Kormos

Horwath

Marchese

Hampton

Balkissoon

Albanese

Carroll

Dickson

Peters

Smith

Bradley

Dombrowsky

Philips

Duncan

McGuinty

Pupatello

Matthews

Wynne

Gerretsen

Ruprecht

Kwinter

Ramsay

Sorbara

Leal

Brown

Takhar

Aggelonitis

Bentley

Bartolucci

Best

Duguid

Meilleur

Milloy

Hoskins

Gravelle

Crozier

Colle

Hoy

Lalonde

Sergio

Caplan

Murray

Chiarelli

Jeffrey

Wilkinson

Mitchell

Broten

Chan

Sousa

McMeekin

Levac

Arthurs

Berardinetti

Brownell

Cansfield

Craitor

Delaney

Dhillon

Flynn

Fonseca

Kular

Mauro

McNeely

Orazietti

Qaadri

Ramal

Rinaldi

Sandals

VanBommel

Zimmer

Peters

List of members

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	Joe Dickson	Liberal	Ajax—Pickering	2007
	Mike Brown	Liberal	Algoma—Manitoulin	1987
	Ted McMeekin	Liberal	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale	2000
	Aileen Carroll	Liberal	Barrie	2007
	Michael Prue	New Democrat	Beaches—East York	2001
	Kuldip Kular	Liberal	Bramalea—Gore—Malton	2003
	Linda Jeffrey	Liberal	Brampton—Springdale	2003
	Vic Dhillon	Liberal	Brampton West	2003
	Dave Levac	Liberal	Brant	1999
	Bill Murdoch	Progressive Conservative	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	1990	Removed from caucus September 12, 2008; rejoined April 23, 2009 Suspended from the Legislature, November 30, 2009, pursuant to S.O. 15(c)
	Joyce Savoline	Progressive Conservative	Burlington	2007
	Gerry Martiniuk	Progressive Conservative	Cambridge	1995
	Norm Sterling	Progressive Conservative	Carleton—Mississippi Mills	1977
	Pat Hoy	Liberal	Chatham-Kent—Essex	1995
	Tony Ruprecht	Liberal	Davenport	1981
	David Caplan	Liberal	Don Valley East	1997
	Kathleen Wynne	Liberal	Don Valley West	2003
	Sylvia Jones	Progressive Conservative	Dufferin—Caledon	2007
	John O'Toole	Progressive Conservative	Durham	1995
	Mike Colle	Liberal	Eglinton—Lawrence	1995
	Steve Peters	Liberal	Elgin—Middlesex—London	1999	Speaker
	Bruce Crozier	Liberal	Essex	1993	Died June 3, 2011.
	Donna Cansfield	Liberal	Etobicoke Centre	2003
	Laurel Broten	Liberal	Etobicoke—Lakeshore	2003
	Shafiq Qaadri	Liberal	Etobicoke North	2003
	Jean-Marc Lalonde	Liberal	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	1995
	Liz Sandals	Liberal	Guelph	2003
	Toby Barrett	Progressive Conservative	Haldimand—Norfolk	1995
	Laurie Scott	Progressive Conservative	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	2003	Resigned on January 9, 2009.
	Rick Johnson	Liberal	2009	Elected March 5, 2009.
	Ted Chudleigh	Progressive Conservative	Halton	1995
	Andrea Horwath	New Democrat	Hamilton Centre	2004	Leader of the New Democratic Party from March 7, 2009.
	Paul Miller	New Democrat	Hamilton East—Stoney Creek	2007
	Sophia Aggelonitis	Liberal	Hamilton Mountain	2007
	Carol Mitchell	Liberal	Huron—Bruce	2003
	Howard Hampton	New Democrat	Kenora—Rainy River	1987	Leader of the New Democratic Party to March 7, 2009.
	John Gerretsen	Liberal	Kingston and the Islands	1995
	John Milloy	Liberal	Kitchener Centre	2003
	Leeanna Pendergast	Liberal	Kitchener—Conestoga	2007
	Elizabeth Witmer	Progressive Conservative	Kitchener—Waterloo	1990
	Maria Van Bommel	Liberal	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	2003
	Randy Hillier	Progressive Conservative	Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington	2007	Suspended from the Legislature, November 30, 2009, pursuant to S.O. 15(c)
	Bob Runciman	Progressive Conservative	Leeds—Grenville	1981	Interim Leader of the Opposition until June 27, 2009. Resigned January 29, 2010 to accept appointment to the Senate of Canada.
	Steve Clark	Progressive Conservative	2010	Elected March 4, 2010
	Khalil Ramal	Liberal	London—Fanshawe	2003
	Deb Matthews	Liberal	London North Centre	2003
	Chris Bentley	Liberal	London West	2003
	Michael Chan	Liberal	Markham—Unionville	2007
	Amrit Mangat	Liberal	Mississauga—Brampton South	2007
	Peter Fonseca	Liberal	Mississauga East—Cooksville	2003
	Harinder Takhar	Liberal	Mississauga—Erindale	2003
	Charles Sousa	Liberal	Mississauga South	2007
	Bob Delaney	Liberal	Mississauga—Streetsville	2003
	Lisa MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Nepean—Carleton	2006
	Frank Klees	Progressive Conservative	Newmarket—Aurora	1995
	Kim Craitor	Liberal	Niagara Falls	2003
	Tim Hudak	Progressive Conservative	Niagara West—Glanbrook	1995	Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Progressive Conservatives from June 27, 2009
	France Gélinas	New Democrat	Nickel Belt	2007
	Monique Smith	Liberal	Nipissing	2003
	Lou Rinaldi	Liberal	Northumberland—Quinte West	2003
	Helena Jaczek	Liberal	Oak Ridges—Markham	2007
	Kevin Flynn	Liberal	Oakville	2003
	Jerry Ouellette	Progressive Conservative	Oshawa	1995
	Yasir Naqvi	Liberal	Ottawa Centre	2007
	Phil McNeely	Liberal	Ottawa—Orléans	2003
	Dalton McGuinty	Liberal	Ottawa South	1990	Premier, leader of the Liberal Party.
	Madeleine Meilleur	Liberal	Ottawa—Vanier	2003
	Jim Watson	Liberal	Ottawa West—Nepean	2003	Resigned February 1, 2010.
	Bob Chiarelli	Liberal	1987, 2010	Elected March 4, 2010
	Ernie Hardeman	Progressive Conservative	Oxford	1995
	Cheri DiNovo	New Democrat	Parkdale—High Park	2006
	Norm Miller	Progressive Conservative	Parry Sound-Muskoka	2001
	John Wilkinson	Liberal	Perth Wellington	2003
	Jeff Leal	Liberal	Peterborough	2003
	Wayne Arthurs	Liberal	Pickering—Scarborough East	2003
	Leona Dombrowsky	Liberal	Prince Edward—Hastings	1999
	John Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative	Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	2003
	Reza Moridi	Liberal	Richmond Hill	2007
	Jim Bradley	Liberal	St. Catharines	1977
	Michael Bryant	Liberal	St. Paul's	1999	Resigned June 7, 2009.
	Eric Hoskins	Liberal	2009	Elected September 17, 2009.
	Bob Bailey	Progressive Conservative	Sarnia—Lambton	2007
	David Orazietti	Liberal	Sault Ste. Marie	2003
	Gerry Phillips	Liberal	Scarborough—Agincourt	1987
	Brad Duguid	Liberal	Scarborough Centre	2003
	Margarett Best	Liberal	Scarborough-Guildwood	2007
	Bas Balkissoon	Liberal	Scarborough—Rouge River	2005
	Lorenzo Berardinetti	Liberal	Scarborough Southwest	2003
	Jim Wilson	Progressive Conservative	Simcoe—Grey	1990
	Garfield Dunlop	Progressive Conservative	Simcoe North	1999
	Jim Brownell	Liberal	Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry	2003
	Rick Bartolucci	Liberal	Sudbury	1995
	Peter Shurman	Progressive Conservative	Thornhill	2007
	Bill Mauro	Liberal	Thunder Bay—Atikokan	2003
	Michael Gravelle	Liberal	Thunder Bay—Superior North	1995
	David Ramsay	Liberal	Timiskaming—Cochrane	1985 [a]
	Gilles Bisson	New Democrat	Timmins—James Bay	1990
	George Smitherman	Liberal	Toronto Centre	1999	Resigned January 4, 2010.
	Glen Murray	Liberal	2010	Elected February 4, 2010.
	Peter Tabuns	New Democrat	Toronto—Danforth	2006
	Rosario Marchese	New Democrat	Trinity—Spadina	1990
	Greg Sorbara	Liberal	Vaughan	1985 [b] , 2002
	Peter Kormos	New Democrat	Welland	1988
	Ted Arnott	Progressive Conservative	Wellington—Halton Hills	1990
	Christine Elliott	Progressive Conservative	Whitby—Oshawa	2006
	David Zimmer	Liberal	Willowdale	2003
	Dwight Duncan	Liberal	Windsor—Tecumseh	1995
	Sandra Pupatello	Liberal	Windsor West	1995
	Monte Kwinter	Liberal	York Centre	1985
	Julia Munro	Progressive Conservative	York—Simcoe	1995
	Laura Albanese	Liberal	York South—Weston	2007
	Mario Sergio	Liberal	York West	1995

Standings changes since the 38th general election

Number of members per party by date		2007	2008	2009					2010					2011
		Oct 10	Sep 12	Jan 9	Mar 5	Apr 23	Jun 7	Sep 17	Jan 4	Jan 29	Feb 1	Feb 4	Mar 4	Mar 26	Jun 3
	Liberal	71			72		71	72	71		70	71	72	71	70
	Progressive Conservative	26	25	24		25				24			25
	NDP	10
	Independent	0	1			0
	Total members	107		106	107		106	107	106	105	104	105	107	106	105
	Vacant	0		1	0		1	0	1	2	3	2	0	1	2
	Government Majority	35		36	37		36	37	36	37	36	37		36	35

Membership changes

Membership changes in the 39th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	October 10, 2007	See List of Members			Election day of the 39th Ontario general election
	September 12, 2008	Bill Murdoch	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	Independent	Suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus
	January 9, 2009	Laurie Scott	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat for party leader John Tory.
	March 5, 2009	Rick Johnson	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
	April 23, 2009	Bill Murdoch	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	Progressive Conservative	Re-joined the Progressive Conservative caucus
	June 7, 2009	Michael Bryant	St. Paul's	Liberal	Vacated seat
	September 17, 2009	Eric Hoskins	St. Paul's	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
	January 4, 2010	George Smitherman	Toronto Centre	Liberal	Vacated seat
	January 29, 2010	Bob Runciman	Leeds—Grenville	Progressive Conservative	Appointed to the Senate of Canada
	February 1, 2010	Jim Watson	Ottawa West—Nepean	Liberal	Vacated seat
	February 4, 2010	Glen Murray	Toronto Centre	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
	March 4, 2010	Bob Chiarelli	Ottawa West—Nepean	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
	March 4, 2010	Steve Clark	Leeds—Grenville	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election
	March 26, 2011	Peter Fonseca	Mississauga East—Cooksville	Liberal	Vacated seat to run in the 2011 federal election
	June 3, 2011	Bruce Crozier	Essex	Liberal	died from an aortic aneurysm

Office holders

• Speaker: Steve Peters
• Premier: Dalton McGuinty (Liberal)
• Government House Leader: Monique Smith (Liberal)
• Deputy Government House Leader: Gerry Phillips (Liberal)
• Leader of the Opposition: Tim Hudak (PC)
• Opposition House Leader: John Yakabuski
• Leader of the Third Party: Andrea Horwath (NDP)
• House Leader of the Third Party: Peter Kormos (NDP)

Major legislation

• Bill 8, Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008 , Royal Assent April 27, 2008
• Bill 48, Payday Loans Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
• Bill 50, Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008, Second Reading, May 27, 20085,
• Bill 55, Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
• Bill 64, Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
• Bill 66, Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
• Bill 90, Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008, Second Reading June 12, 2008

Committees

There are two forms which committees can take. The first, standing committees, are struck for the duration of the Parliament pursuant to Standing Orders. The second, select committees, are struck usually by a Motion or an Order of the House to consider a specific Bill or issue which would otherwise monopolize the time of the standing committees.

Standing Committees

Main article: Standing committee (Canada)

Standing committees in the current Parliament

Standing Committee on Estimates Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs Standing Committee on General Government Standing Committee on Government Agencies Standing Committee on Social Policy

Standing Committee on Justice Policy Standing Committee on Public Accounts Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

Select committees in the current Parliament

The 39th Parliament had 3 select committees.

• The Select Committee on Elections was struck, by a motion of the House, on June 11, 2008. It completed its work on June 29, 2009.
• The Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions was struck, by a motion of the House, on February 24, 2009. It completed its work on August 24, 2010.
• The Select Committee on the proposed transaction of the TMX Group and the London Stock Exchange Group was struck, by a motion of the House, on February 23, 2011. It completed its work on April 19, 2011.

References

1. CBC.ca | OntarioVotes2007, Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

1. First elected as a New Democrat
2. York North