Michael Deane Harris is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 1990 to 2002. During his time as party leader,he heavily nudged the Ontario PC Party to Blue Toryism,advocating for the "Common Sense Revolution",his government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and budget cuts.
Shelley Dawn Marie Martel is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2007. She represented the ridings of Sudbury East and Nickel Belt. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Robert William "Bob" Runciman is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981,he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years. On January 29,2010,he was appointed to the Senate of Canada as a Conservative,where he served until August 10,2017.
John Charles McWaters Beer is a Canadian former politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995,and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
David Zimmer is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Willowdale from 2003 to 2018. He was a member of cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne. He was the longest serving minister of aboriginal/indigenous affairs in Ontario history to date.
Sean Conway,is a former provincial politician in Ontario,Canada and a university professor. He served for 28 years as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 2003,and was a high-profile cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
Chris Hodgson is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was Reeve of Dysart country in 1993,and warden of Haliburton. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1994 to 2003 representing the ridings of Victoria—Haliburton and Haliburton—Victoria—Brock. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves,serving variously as Minister of Northern Development and Mines,Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet and Deputy Government House Leader,and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Marcel Beaubien is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003 and unsuccessfully sought election to the House of Commons of Canada as the Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Sarnia-Lambton in 2004.
Robert "Bob" Wood, is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003 who represented the southern Ontario ridings of London South and London West.
David Hiroshi Tsubouchi is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. He was the first Japanese Canadian elected to a provincial legislature.
David S. Young is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003. He represented the riding of Willowdale and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
Gino Matrundola is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of Willowdale.
Gordon Wayne Walker,is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1975,and again from 1977 to 1985. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party,and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller.
George William Taylor,is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985,and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Taylor was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
David Rotenberg is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party,and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
The Ipperwash Crisis was a dispute over Indigenous land that took place in Ipperwash Provincial Park,Ontario,in 1995. Several members of the Stoney Point Ojibway band occupied the park to assert claim to nearby land which had been expropriated from them during the Second World War. During a violent confrontation,the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) killed protester Dudley George. George was armed with a stick when OPP officer Ken Deane shot him. George subsequently died from his injuries. Ken Deane later claimed that George had a firearm. Deane was found guilty of criminal negligence.
Lester Scheininger is a politician and lawyer in Ontario,Canada. He is best known for serving as president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1989-92. Scheininger ran for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1995 provincial election as a candidate of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Julian Harris Porter,,is a Canadian lawyer and was Chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission from 1979 to 1987.
Willowdale is a provincial electoral district in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987.
The Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act,,commonly known as Bill 167,was a proposed law in the Canadian province of Ontario,introduced by the government of Bob Rae in 1994,which would have provided same-sex couples with rights and obligations mostly equal to those of opposite-sex common law couples by amending the definition of "spouse" in 79 provincial statutes. Despite the changes,the bill did not formally confer same-sex marriage rights in the province,as the definition of marriage in Canada is under federal jurisdiction;instead,the bill proposed a status similar to civil unions for same-sex couples,although it was not explicitly labelled as such since the term was not yet in widespread international use.
