43rd Parliament of Ontario | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
8 August 2022 – present | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Hon. Doug Ford June 29, 2018 – present | ||
Cabinet | Ford ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Andrea Horwath June 29, 2018 – June 28, 2022 | ||
Peter Tabuns June 28, 2022 – February 4, 2023 | |||
Marit Stiles February 4, 2023 – present | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | New Democratic Party | ||
Unrecognized | |||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Ted Arnott July 11, 2018 – present | ||
Government House Leader | Hon. Paul Calandra June 20, 2019 – present | ||
Opposition House Leader | Peggy Sattler February 16, 2021 – present | ||
Members | 124 MPP seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | |||
Lieutenant Governor | Elizabeth Dowdeswell September 23, 2014 – November 14, 2023 | ||
Edith Dumont November 14, 2023 – present | |||
Sessions | |||
1st session August 8, 2022 – present | |||
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Crown |
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Provincial legislature |
Government |
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.
There are currently five presiding officers of the Legislative Assembly. The officers, ordered by seniority, are:
Office | Photo | Officer | Riding | Since |
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Leader | Doug Ford | Etobicoke North | March 10, 2018 | |
Deputy Leader | Sylvia Jones | Dufferin-Caledon | June 24, 2022 | |
Government House leader | Paul Calandra | Markham—Stouffville | June 20, 2019 |
Office | Photo | Officer | Riding | Since |
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Leader | Marit Stiles | Davenport | February 4, 2023 | |
Deputy Leaders | | Doly Begum | Scarborough Southwest | July 13, 2023 |
Opposition House Leader Chief Whip | John Vanthof | Timiskaming—Cochrane | July 13, 2022 |
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 2023 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 |
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 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 78 | |||||||||||
New Democratic | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | |||||||||||
Liberal | 8 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Green | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Independent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Total members | 124 | ||||||||||||||||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Note: Bold text designates the party leader.
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