Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (Ontario)

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Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs
Ministère des Affaires intergouvernementales (French)
Ministry overview
Formed1978
Jurisdiction Government of Ontario
Ministers responsible
  • Doug Ford, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Norm Miller, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

The Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs is responsible for intergovernmental affairs between the Canadian province of Ontario and the other provinces and territories and the Canadian government. The ministry's goal is to strengthen national unity and Ontario's role within Canada. The current minister is Doug Ford, who also served as the premier of Ontario; the position is often held concurrently by the premier.

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The Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario, Minister of Economics and Provincial Relations and Ministry of Federal-Provincial Relations were the positions formerly responsible for intergovernmental affairs.

List of ministers

PortraitNameTerm of officeTenurePolitical party
(Ministry)
Note
Treasurer and Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs PC
(Davis)
Charles MacNaughton September 7, 1972March 15, 1973130 days
John White January 15, 1973June 18, 19752 years, 154 days
Darcy McKeough June 18, 1975August 16, 19783 years, 59 days
Frank Miller August 16, 1978August 30, 19791 year, 14 days
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Thomas Leonard Wells August 30, 1979February 8, 19856 years, 176 days
Frank Miller February 8, 1985May 1, 198582 days PC
(Miller)
Concurrently Premier
Reuben Baetz May 17, 1985June 26, 198540 days
David Peterson June 26, 1985October 1, 19905 years, 97 days Liberal
(Peterson)
Concurrently Premier
Bob Rae October 1, 1990February 1, 19934 years, 268 days NDP
(Rae)
Concurrently Premier
Dianne Cunningham June 26, 1995June 17, 19993 years, 356 days PC
(Harris)
Norm Sterling June 17, 1999February 8, 20011 year, 236 days
Brenda Elliott February 8, 2001April 14, 20021 year, 65 days
Ernie Eves April 15, 2002October 22, 20031 year, 190 days PC
(Eves)
Concurrently Premier
Dalton McGuinty October 23, 2003July 29, 20051 year, 279 days Liberal
(McGuinty)
Concurrently Premier
Marie Bountrogianni July 29, 2005October 30, 20072 years, 93 days
Dalton McGuinty October 30, 2007January 18, 20102 years, 80 daysConcurrently Premier
Monique Smith January 18, 2010October 20, 20111 year, 275 days
Dalton McGuinty October 20, 2011February 11, 20131 year, 114 daysConcurrently Premier
Laurel Broten February 11, 2013July 2, 2013141 days Liberal
(Wynne)
Kathleen Wynne February 11, 2013June 29, 20185 years, 138 daysConcurrently Premier
Doug Ford June 29, 2018present6 years, 205 days PC
(Ford)
Concurrently Premier

Note: James Allan is named "Minister of Economics and Federal and Provincial Relations" from January 27, 1961 to November 8, 1961.

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