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The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Ontario to become law. Together,the Legislative Assembly and Lieutenant Governor make up the unicameral Legislature of Ontario or Parliament of Ontario. The assembly meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of Toronto.
The 1943 Ontario general election was held on August 4,1943,to elect the 90 Members of the 21st Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario.
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Eglinton was a provincial electoral district located in Toronto,Ontario. From 1926 until 1999 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. At its abolishment in 1999 it consisted of the neighbourhoods of Davisville and Lawrence Park in the north end of the old city of Toronto. It was abolished into Eglinton—Lawrence,Don Valley West and St. Paul's.
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- ↑ "Wesley Thompson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1943-08-04. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ "Wesley Gardiner Thompson - Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Association". www.oahf.on.ca. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
