Ernest Larry Eves is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 23rd premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003. A Progressive Conservative,he took over the premiership upon Mike Harris's resignation as party leader,but the party was defeated in the 2003 election by the Liberals,under Dalton McGuinty.
The Ontario Liberal Party is a political party in the province of Ontario,Canada. The party has been led by Bonnie Crombie since December 2023.
The phrase Common Sense Revolution (CSR) has been used as a political slogan to describe conservative platforms with a main goal of reducing taxes while balancing the budget by reducing the size and role of government. It has been used in places such as Australia and Canada. This article deals with the "Common Sense Revolution" as it was under Ontario Premier Mike Harris and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 1995 to 2002.
The 2003 Ontario general election was held on October 2,2003,to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario,Canada.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario,often shortened to the Ontario PC Party or simply the PCs,colloquially known as the Tories,is a centre to centre-right political party in Ontario,Canada.
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.
The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Ontario,Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
Alvin Curling is a Jamaican-born Canadian politician. He was Canada's envoy to the Dominican Republic from 2005 to 2006. A former politician in Ontario,Canada,he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until he resigned on August 19,2005 to accept his diplomatic appointment. He had been a Liberal MPP for twenty years,from 1985 to 2005.
The 1990 Ontario general election was held on September 6,1990,to elect members of the 35th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario,Canada. The governing Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier David Peterson was unexpectedly defeated. Although the Peterson government,and Peterson himself,were very popular,he was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate. In a shocking upset,the New Democratic Party (NDP),led by Bob Rae,won a majority government. This marked the first time the NDP had won government east of Manitoba,and to date the only time the NDP formed the government in Ontario.
Norman William "Norm" Sterling is a Canadian politician,who served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 2011.
Bill Murdoch was a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2011,representing the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound.
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.
Charles Alan Harnick,is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999,and served as a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.
The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature,the Parliament of Ontario,composed of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly,which operates in the Westminster system of government. The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government,and the party's leader becomes premier of the province,i.e.,the head of the government.
The governing New Democratic Party of Ontario ran a full slate of candidates in the 1995 Ontario provincial election,and fell to third place status with 17 of 130 seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages;information on others may be found here.
One Dead Indian:The Premier,the Police,and the Ipperwash Crisis is a book by Canadian investigative journalist Peter Edwards about the 1995 Ipperwash Crisis and the shooting death of aboriginal land claims protester Dudley George by the Ontario Provincial Police on September 7,1995. It was first published by Stoddart in 2001 and reprinted several times and published as an ebook.
The Ipperwash Crisis was a dispute over Indigenous land that took place in Ipperwash Provincial Park,Ontario,on September 4,1995. 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.
The 1999 Ontario general election was held on June 3,1999,to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province Ontario.
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.
