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Eves ministry
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23rd ministry of Ontario
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Date formedMay 15, 2002 (2002-05-15)
Date dissolvedOctober 23, 2003 (2003-10-23)
People and organisations
Monarch
Lieutenant Governor
Premier Ernie Eves
Deputy Premier
Member party Progressive Conservative
Status in legislature
Opposition party Liberal
Opposition leader
History
Election 1999
Legislature term
Incoming formation 2002 PC Party leadership election
Outgoing formation 2003 Ontario general election
Predecessor Harris ministry
Successor McGuinty Ministry

The Eves ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from April 15, 2002, to October 22, 2003. It was led by the 23rd premier of Ontario, Ernie Eves. The cabinet was made up of members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, which commanded a parliamentary majority.

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The ministry replaced the Harris ministry following the 2002 PC Party leadership election, occurring after the resignation of Premier Mike Harris. The ministry governed through the final seventeen months of the 37th Parliament of Ontario.

After the PC Party lost the 2003 election, the Eves ministry resigned, and was succeeded by the McGuinty ministry lead by Premier Dalton McGuinty.

History

The Eves Cabinet is formed

Eves assembled a cabinet of 25 ministers, which was sworn in April 15, 2002. He included in his cabinet all four of the candidates who had competed with him for the leadership of the PC Party weeks previously: Jim Flaherty (as Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation), Tony Clement (as Minister of Health and Long Term Care), Elizabeth Witmer (as Minister of Education and as Deputy Premier), and Chris Stockwell (as Minister of the Environment and Energy and House Leader).

Other high-profile portfolios went to David Young as Attorney General and Brad Clark as Minister of Labour. Future leadership contender Frank Klees (who would compete with Flaherty and Clement to succeed Eves as party leader in 2004) would eventually join the cabinet October 2, 2002 as Minister of tourism and recreation, though he had been unavailable to join Eves's ministry when it first launched.

Of the 25 original cabinet members, 22 had served the previous Harris ministry, including six who served for the entirety of its nearly seven year duration (Dianne Cunningham, Chris Hodgson, Cam Jackson, Norm Sterling, David Tsubouchi, and Elizabeth Witmer). Sterling had also served nearly four years under Premier Davis (1981-1985), while Premier Eves and Bob Runciman had also a few months of experience under Premier Miller in 1985. Carl DeFaria, Tina Molinari, and Jerry Ouellette were the only cabinet members in the original Eves ministry without any experience.

The Eves ministry was originally organised into 27 portfolios (including the Premiership); Eves (premier and intergovernmental affairs) and David Tsubouchi (chair of Management Board of Cabinet and Minister of Culture) both served simultaneously in two ministerial positions at the outset of the ministry, and would do so for the duration.

There were six instances of ministerial portfolio reorganisation as Eves took over for Harris:

Change to the Eves Ministry

There were a further two instances of ministerial portfolio reorganisation on August 22, 2002:

There were also three instances of cabinet membership changes:

Summary

After the PC Party lost the 2003 election, the Eves ministry resigned, and was succeeded by the McGuinty ministry lead by Dalton McGuinty.

At any given time during the Eves ministry, there were 25 cabinet members, while there were 27 ministries. Thus the Eves ministry has the same number of cabinet members as Harris had at the end of his ministry (24), but three more portfolios than Harris had (24); Eves tended to appoint "associate ministers" (naming four while Harris named one) while Harris tended to appointed "ministers without portfolio" (naming six while Eves named only one, and even then only very late in the ministry); Eves had as many as three ministers covering multiple portfolios at a time, while Harris only temporarily resorted to such a measure in one instance.

Only six women served in this ministry, but two women served in high-profile portfolios: Janet Ecker served as minister of finance, and Elizabeth Witmer served as both deputy premier and minister of education. Also serving were Dianne Cunningham, Tina Molinari, Helen Johns, and Brenda Elliott.

With the exception of David Tsubouchi (of Japanese-Canadian heritage), the entire cabinet was white.

All 25 incumbent cabinet members would contest their seats in the 2003 Ontario general election. Eleven would win their contests, including Ernie Eves himself, Norm Sterling, Bob Runciman, Frank Klees, Jim Flaherty, Tim Hudak, and Elizabeth Witmer; Fifteen, however, went down to defeat, including Janet Ecker, Tony Clement, and Dianne Cunningham. The Progressive Conservative Party saw their caucus shrink from 59 to 24, as the Eves ministry went down to defeat.

Trivia

Tony Clement's father John also served in the ministry of Bill Davis in the 1970s.

List of ministers

Eves Ministry by Leadership Position
PositionMinisterTenure
StartEnd
Premier of Ontario Ernie Eves [3] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Deputy Premier of Ontario Elizabeth Witmer [4] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
House Leader Chris Stockwell [5] April 15, 2002June 17, 2003
John Baird June 17, 2003September 2, 2003
Deputy Government House Leader John Baird [6] April 15, 2002June 17, 2003
vacant?June 17, 2003September 2, 2003
Chief Whip John Baird April 15, 2002August 22, 2002
Doug Galt [7] August 22, 2002September 2, 2003
Eves Ministry by Portfolio (Alphabetical)
PortfolioMinisterTenure
StartEnd
Minister of Agriculture,
and Food
Helen Johns [8] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Attorney General David Young [9] April 15, 2002February 25, 2003
Norm Sterling [10] February 25, 2003October 22, 2003
Minister of Children,
Community
and Social Services
Brenda Elliott [11] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Citizenship Carl DeFaria [12] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Consumer
and Business Services
Tim Hudak [13] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Culture David Tsubouchi [14] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Education Elizabeth Witmer April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister
of Enterprise,
Opportunity
and Innovation
Jim Flaherty [15] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Associate Minister
of Enterprise,
Opportunity
and Innovation
David Turnbull [16] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of
the Environment
and Energy
[a]
Chris Stockwell April 15, 2002August 22, 2002
Minister of Energy [b] John Baird August 22, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of the Environment [c] Chris Stockwell August 22, 2002June 17, 2003
Jim Wilson [17] June 17, 2003October 22, 2003
Minister of Finance Janet Ecker [18] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Health
and Long-Term Care
Tony Clement [19] April 15, 2002October 23, 2003
Associate Minister
of Health
and Long-Term Care
Dan Newman [20] April 15, 2002October 23, 2003
Minister of
Intergovernmental Affairs
Ernie Eves April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Labour Brad Clark [21] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister
of Municipal Affairs
and Housing
Chris Hodgson [22] April 15, 2002January 13, 2003
Helen Johns
(Interim)
January 13, 2003February 25, 2003
David Young February 25, 2003October 22, 2003
Associate Minister
of Municipal Affairs
and Housing
Responsible for
Rural Affairs
Brian Coburn [23] April 15, 2002February 25, 2003
Ernie Hardeman [24] February 25, 2003October 22, 2003
Associate Minister
of Municipal Affairs
and Housing
Responsible for
Urban Affairs
Tina Molinari [25] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Natural Resources Jerry Ouellette [26] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Northern Development
and Mines
Jim Wilson April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Public Safety
and Security
[d]
Bob Runciman [27] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister Responsible
for Native Affairs
[e]
David Young April 15, 2002February 25, 2003
Norm Sterling February 25, 2003October 22, 2003
Minister Responsible for
Francophone Affairs
[f]
John Baird April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister Responsible for Seniors Carl DeFaria April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister Responsible for
Women's Issues
Dianne Cunningham [28] April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister of Tourism
and Recreation
Cam Jackson [29] April 15, 2002October 2, 2002
Frank Klees [30] October 2, 2002February 25, 2003
Brian Coburn February 25, 2003October 23, 2003
Minister of Transportation Norm Sterling April 15, 2002February 25, 2003
Frank Klees February 25, 2003October 22, 2003
Minister of Training,
Colleges and Universities
Dianne Cunningham April 15, 2002October 22, 2003
Minister Without Portfolio Doug Galt August 22, 2002October 22, 2003
Chair of the
Management Board of Cabinet
David Tsubouchi April 15, 2002October 22, 2003

Notes

  1. divided into "Ministry of Environment" and "Ministry of Energy" August 22, 2002
  2. created from "Ministry of the Environment and Energy" August 22, 2002
  3. created from "Ministry of the Environment and Energy" August 22, 2002
  4. created April 15, 2002, combining "Solicitor General" with "Minister of Correctional Services."
  5. also "Attorney General."
  6. named "Associate Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs" from April 15, 2002 to August 22, 2002.

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