Howard George Hampton is a politician who was a member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,Canada,from 1987 to 1999 in the electoral district of Rainy River,and from 1999 to 2011 in the redistributed electoral district of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party,he was also the party's leader from 1996 to 2009. Hampton retired from the legislature at the 2011 Ontario provincial election and subsequently joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP as a member of the law firm's corporate social responsibility and aboriginal affairs groups.
Raymond Sung Joon Cho is a Canadian politician who is has served as the Ontario minister of seniors and accessibility since June 29,2018. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party,Cho has sat as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) since 2016. He currently represents Scarborough North,and is the Legislative Assembly's oldest sitting MPP. Cho's over 30-year long political career began in 1991 when he was first elected to the Metro Toronto Council. Following amalgamation in 1998,Cho ran for Toronto City Council,where he re-elected eight times until resigning in 2016 following a successful run for Scarborough—Rouge River in a provincial by-election. Prior to entering politics,Cho worked as a social worker.
Monte Kwinter is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 until 2018. He represented the riding of York Centre for much of that period. Kwinter was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990 and also in Dalton McGuinty's government from 2003 to 2007. Kwinter is the oldest person ever to be an MPP in Ontario.
Jim Wilson is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Simcoe—Grey,and its predecessor riding of Simcoe West,from 1990 to 2022. He sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario caucus from his first election until November 2,2018,when he resigned from caucus due to allegations of sexual misconduct. While part of the PC caucus,Wilson was chosen by his fellow caucus members on July 2,2014,to serve as interim leader of the party and Leader of the Opposition following the resignation of Tim Hudak. He continued to serve as Leader of the Opposition until September 2015 when new party leader,Patrick Brown,entered the legislature through a by-election. He was reelected in June 2018,but resigned from cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 2,2018. He sat as an independent member for the remainder of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario and did not seek re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election.
Norman Allan Miller is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,representing the riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka for the Progressive Conservative Party from 2001 to 2022. His father,Frank Miller,was also a Progressive Conservative MPP from the region for 11 years,and briefly served as Premier of Ontario in 1985.
Ted Chudleigh is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2014,representing the ridings of Halton North and later Halton. Chudleigh is the grandson of Thomas Laird Kennedy,who served as Premier of Ontario in 1949.
Bart Maves is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003. In 2010,he was elected as a Regional Councillor representing Niagara Falls for the Niagara Regional Council.
Margaret Helen Harrington is a Canadian teacher and former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.
Yasir Abbas Naqvi is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa Centre since the 2021 federal election,sitting as a Liberal. Prior to his election to the House of Commons,Naqvi was active in Ontario provincial politics,serving as the attorney general of Ontario (2016–2018),minister of community safety and correctional services (2014–2016),and minister of labour (2013–2014). He represented Ottawa Centre in the Legislative Assembly.
On March 6,2009,Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader John Tory announced his intention to step down as leader following his defeat in a by-election. Tory was elected party leader in the party's 2004 leadership election,and led the party to defeat in the 2007 provincial election in which he failed to win personal election to the Ontario Legislature. He attempted again to enter the legislature in a March 5,2009 by-election but was defeated by the Liberal candidate.
The 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the province of Ontario,Canada. The membership was set by the 2011 Ontario general election.
Gila Deborah Gladstone-Martow is a politician in Ontario,Canada. She represented the electoral district of Thornhill in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party from 2014 to 2022. She held the position of Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour until November 2018,when she was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Francophone Affairs Minister Caroline Mulroney following the departure of Amanda Simard from the PC Caucus. Martow did not seek re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election after unsuccessfully seeking the federal Conservative nomination in 2021.
Wayne J. Gates is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in a by-election in February 2014,and re-elected in the 2014,2018,and 2022 General elections. He represents the riding of Niagara Falls.
The 41st Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the province of Ontario,Canada. The membership was set by the 2014 Ontario general election. The 41st parliament of Ontario was dissolved on May 8,2018.
The 2015 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on May 9,2015,as a result of the resignation of Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak following the provincial election on June 12,2014,his second loss in a row as party leader. Patrick Brown won the leadership with 61.8% of votes allocated,defeating Christine Elliott who had 38.2%.
The 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on March 10,2018,due to the resignation of party leader Patrick Brown on January 25,2018,following allegations of sexual misconduct. Winner Doug Ford narrowly defeated runner-up Christine Elliott on the third ballot with 50.6% of allocated points.
Nathalie Des Rosiers is a lawyer,academic and former politician in Ontario,Canada. She is the 6th and current Principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Ottawa—Vanier from 2016 to 2019. During her tenure as a Member of Provincial Parliament,Des Rosiers served in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne as Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Samuel Earl Oosterhoff is a Canadian politician. Oosterhoff is currently the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the riding of Niagara West. Oosterhoff is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and was first elected at the age of 19 in a November 2016 byelection,the youngest Ontario MPP to ever be elected. The previous record was held by Reid Scott who was elected as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPP in 1948 at the age of 21.
The 42nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the province of Ontario,Canada. The membership was set by the 2018 Ontario general election and sat for two sessions until it was dissolved on May 3,2022 in advance of the 2022 Ontario general election.
Stephen John Crawford is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the riding of Oakville as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He defeated incumbent Kevin Flynn,who had served as the Oakville MPP since 2003,and was most recently Ontario's Minister of Labour.
