Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario,Canada. Known as The Royal City,it is roughly 22 km (14 mi) east of Kitchener and 70 km (43 mi) west of Downtown Toronto,at the intersection of Highway 6,Highway 7 and Wellington County Road 124. It is the seat of Wellington County,but is politically independent of it.
Theodore Calvin Arnott is a Canadian politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on September 6,1990,representing the Riding of Wellington. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and represents the Riding of Wellington—Halton Hills in the Ontario Legislature. Arnott has served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 42nd and 43rd Parliaments of Ontario.
In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,the leader of the Official Opposition is the leader of the largest political party not in government and typically the second-largest party. The position is referred more formally as the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition;under the Westminster system,while the parliamentary opposition opposes the incumbent government,it remains loyal to the Crown and thus to Canada.
John A. Yakabuski is a Canadian politician who served as Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry from 2018 to 2021 in the Doug Ford cabinet. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in the eastern Ontario riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke in 2003. His father,Paul Yakabuski,was also a Tory Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the area from 1963 to 1987.
Liz Sandals is a politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Guelph—Wellington and Guelph. She served in cabinet as the President of the Treasury Board until January 17,2018 and previously served for three years as Minister of Education in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Richard Andrew Patten was a Canadian politician. Patten was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2007. He represented the riding of Ottawa Centre. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
Timothy Patrick Hudak is a former Canadian politician who led the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2009 to 2014. Hudak was a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1995 to 2016 and was also the leader of the Opposition in Ontario when he was PC party leader. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. After resigning his seat in the Ontario legislature in September 2016,Hudak became the chief executive officer of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA),which has its headquarters in Toronto.
Bruce Crozier was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,representing the ridings of Essex South and Essex for the Ontario Liberal Party.
Garry Guzzo is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003. He represented the ridings of Ottawa–Rideau and Ottawa West—Nepean.
Derek Fletcher is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995,representing Guelph.
Lisa Anne MacLeod is a Canadian politician who represents Nepean in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Elected in 2006,MacLeod is a member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. She previously served as the Ontario minister of children,community and social services from 2018 to 2019 and Ontario minister of heritage,sport,tourism and culture industries from 2019 to 2022.
The Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL),sometimes referred to as the Trolley League,and also known as the Canadian Hockey League in its time,was a professional ice hockey league in Canada. It was a fully professional league and consisted of teams from Toronto and surrounding communities. The league's annual champion would challenge for the Stanley Cup,but none were successful.
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 first visible-minority 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 3 June 2023,Naqvi announced his candidacy for the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party Leadership Election in which he lost to Bonnie Crombie finishing in third.
Thomas Goldie was a businessman,politician and early promoter of field sports in Ontario. A secretary for the Guelph Maple Leafs,he also served as mayor of Guelph from 1891 to 1892.
Duncan Paul Munro was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Wellington South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1931 to 1934 as a Liberal.
Thomas Hamilton Bell was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1934 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Bellwoods.
John P. Fraser is a Canadian politician who served as the interim leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from June 2018 to March 2020,and from August 2022 to December 2023. Fraser is the member of provincial parliament (MPP) for Ottawa South and was first elected in a by-election on August 1,2013.
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 42nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature 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.
