List of Ontario Legislative Assemblies

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The Ontario Legislature Building at Queen's Park
The Ontario Legislature Building at Queen's Park

This is a list of the Ontario Legislative Assemblies, also called Ontario Parliaments of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation in 1867. Like the Canadian federal government, Ontario uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are elected to the Legislative Assembly and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Ontario and Executive Council of Ontario. The premier, sometimes called the prime minister, acts as Ontario's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Members are elected to the legislative assembly during general elections. General elections must be conducted every four years from the date of the last election, though before the 38th assembly they could last up to five years. An election may also happen if the Governing party loses the confidence of the assembly, by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.

The leader of the party with the second-most seats in the House becomes the Leader of the Opposition, and debate between the parties is presided over by the Speaker of the House. When the party with the most seats has less than half of the total number of seats, it forms a minority government, which can be voted out of power by the other parties. Members meet at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of the city of Toronto.

This article only covers the time since the Canadian Confederation was created in 1867. For the legislative assemblies of Canada West from 1840 to 1867, see Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.




Diagram Assembly
Sessions		 Election From
To [1]		 Governing Party Premier Official Opposition Party
Leader		 Other Official Party
Leader		 Speaker of the House
1st Assembly 1st general Sep. 3, 1867
Feb. 25, 1871		 Liberal-Conservative
and Liberal coalition		 John Sandfield Macdonald none none John Stevenson
2nd Assembly 2nd general Mar. 21, 1871
...		 Liberal Edward Blake Liberal-Conservative:
Matthew Crooks Cameron		 none Richard Scott (1871)
James Currie (1871-1873)
Rupert Wells (1874)
Oct. 25, 1872
Dec. 23, 1874		 Sir Oliver Mowat
3rd Assembly 3rd general Jan. 18, 1875
April 25, 1879		 Liberal Sir Oliver Mowat Conservative:
Matthew Crooks Cameron (1875-1878)
Sir William Ralph Meredith (1878-1879)		 none Rupert Wells
4th Assembly 4th general June 5, 1879
Feb. 1, 1883		 Liberal Sir Oliver Mowat Conservative:
Sir William Ralph Meredith		 none Charles Clarke
5th Assembly 5th general Feb. 27, 1883
Nov. 15, 1886		 Liberal Sir Oliver Mowat Conservative:
Sir William Ralph Meredith		 none Charles Clarke
6th Assembly 6th general Dec. 29, 1886
April 26, 1890		 Liberal Sir Oliver Mowat Conservative:
Sir William Ralph Meredith		 none Jacob Baxter
7th Assembly 7th general June 5, 1890
May 29, 1894		 Liberal Sir Oliver Mowat Conservative:
Sir William Ralph Meredith		 none Thomas Ballantyne
8th Assembly 8th general June 26, 1894
...		 Liberal Sir Oliver Mowat Conservative:
Sir William Ralph Meredith (1894)
George Marter (1894-1896)
Sir James Whitney		 none William Balfour (1895-1896)
Francis Evanturel (1897-1898)
Jul. 21, 1896
Jan. 28, 1898		 Arthur Hardy
9th Assembly 9th general Mar. 1, 1898
...		 Liberal Arthur Hardy Conservative:
Sir James Whitney		 none Francis Evanturel
Oct. 20, 1899
April 19, 1902		 Sir George William Ross
10th Assembly 10th general May 29, 1902
Dec. 13, 1904		 Liberal Sir George William Ross Conservative:
Sir James Whitney		 none William Charlton
11th Assembly 11th general Jan. 25, 1905
May 2, 1908		 Conservative Sir James Whitney Liberal:
Sir George William Ross (1905-1907)
George P. Graham (1907)
Alexander Grant MacKay (1907-1908)		 none Joseph St. John (1905-1907)
Thomas Crawford (1907-1908)
12th Assembly 12th general June 8, 1908
Nov. 13, 1911		 Conservative Sir James Whitney Liberal:
Alexander Grant MacKay		 none Thomas Crawford
13th Assembly 13th general Dec. 11, 1911
May 29, 1914		 Conservative Sir James Whitney Liberal:
Newton Wesley Rowell		 none William Hoyle
14th Assembly 14th general June 29, 1914
...		 Conservative Sir James Whitney Liberal:
Newton Wesley Rowell (1914-1917)
William Proudfoot (1917-1919)		 none David Jamieson
Oct. 2, 1914
Sep. 23, 1919		 Sir William Hearst
15th Assembly 15th general Oct. 20, 1919
May 10, 1923		 United Farmers Ernest Drury Liberal:
Hartley Dewart (1919-1921)
Wellington Hay (1921-1923)		 Conservative Nelson Parliament
16th Assembly 16th general June 25, 1923
Oct. 18, 1926		 Conservative Howard Ferguson Liberal:
William Sinclair		 United Farmers Joseph Thompson
17th Assembly 17th general Dec. 1, 1926
Sep. 17, 1929		 Conservative Howard Ferguson Liberal:
William Sinclair		 none William Black
18th Assembly 18th general Oct. 30, 1929
...		 Conservative Howard Ferguson Liberal:
William Sinclair		 none Thomas Kidd
Dec. 16, 1930
May 16, 1934		 George Stewart Henry
19th Assembly 19th general June 19, 1934
Aug. 25, 1937		 Liberal Mitchell Hepburn Conservative:
George Henry		 none Norman Hipel
20th Assembly 20th general Oct. 6, 1937
...		 Liberal Mitchell Hepburn Conservative:
George Henry (1937-1939)
George Drew (1939-1943)		 none Norman Hipel (1937-1938)
James Clark (1939-1943)
Oct. 21, 1942
...		 Gordon Daniel Conant
May 18, 1943
 Harry Nixon
21st Assembly 21st general Aug. 4, 1943
Mar. 24, 1945		 Progressive Conservative minority
(38 of 90 seats)		 George Drew Co-operative Commonwealth Federation:
Ted Jolliffe		 Liberal William James Stewart
22nd Assembly 22nd general June 4, 1945
April 27, 1948		 Progressive Conservative
(66 of 90 seats)		 George Drew Liberal:
Farquhar Oliver		 none William James Stewart (1945-1947)
James Hepburn (1947-1948)
23rd Assembly 23rd general June 7, 1948
...		 Progressive Conservative
(53 of 90 seats)		 George Drew Co-operative Commonwealth Federation:
Ted Jolliffe		 Liberal Myrddyn Davies
Oct. 19, 1948
...		 Thomas Laird Kennedy
May 4, 1949
Oct. 6, 1951		 Leslie Frost
24th Assembly 24th general Nov. 22, 1951
May 2, 1955		 Progressive Conservative
(79 of 90 seats)		 Leslie Frost Liberal:
Farquhar Oliver
 none Myrddyn Davies
25th Assembly 25th general June 9, 1955
May 4, 1959		 Progressive Conservative
(87 of 98 seats)		 Leslie Frost Liberal:
Farquhar Oliver (1955-1958)
John Wintermeyer (1958-1959)		 none Alfred Downer
26th Assembly 26th general June 11, 1959
...		 Progressive Conservative
(71 of 98 seats)		 Leslie Frost Liberal:
John Wintermeyer		 none William Murdoch
Nov. 8, 1961
Aug. 16, 1963		 John Robarts
27th Assembly 27th general Sep. 25, 1963
Sep. 5, 1967		 Progressive Conservative
(77 of 108 seats)		 John Robarts Liberal:
Farquhar Oliver (1963-1964)
Andy Thompson (1964-1966)
Robert Nixon (1967)		 none Donald Morrow
28th Assembly 28th general Oct. 17, 1967
...		 Progressive Conservative
(69 of 117 seats)		 John Robarts Liberal:
Robert Nixon		 New Democrat Frederick Cass
Mar. 1, 1971
Sep. 13, 1971		 Bill Davis
29th Assembly 29th general Oct. 21, 1971
Aug. 11, 1975		 Progressive Conservative
(78 of 117 seats)		 Bill Davis Liberal:
Robert Nixon		 New Democrat:
Stephen Lewis		 Allan Reuter (1971-1974)
Russell Rowe (1974-1975)
30th Assembly 30th general Sep. 18, 1975
April 29, 1977		 Progressive Conservative minority
(51 of 125 seats)		 Bill Davis New Democrat:
Stephen Lewis		 Liberal:
Robert Nixon (1975-1976)
Stuart Smith (1976-1977)		 Russell Rowe
31st Assembly 31st general June 9, 1977
Feb. 2, 1981		 Progressive Conservative minority
(58 of 125 seats)		 Bill Davis Liberal:
Stuart Smith		 New Democrat:
Stephen Lewis (1978)
Michael Cassidy (1978-1981)		 Jack Stokes
32nd Assembly
4 sessions		 32nd general Mar. 19, 1981
...		 Progressive Conservative
(70 of 125 seats)		 Bill Davis Liberal:
Robert Nixon (1982)
David Peterson (1982-1985)		 New Democrat:
Michael Cassidy (1982)
Bob Rae (1982-1985)		 John M. Turner
Feb. 8,1985
Mar. 25, 1985		 Frank Miller
33rd Assembly
3 sessions		 33rd general May 2, 1985
...		 Progressive Conservative minority
(52 of 125 seats)		 Frank Miller Liberal:
David Peterson (1985)		 New Democrat:
Bob Rae		 Hugh Edighoffer
June 26, 1985
July 31, 1987		 Liberal minority
(48 of 125 seats)[A]		 David Peterson Progressive Conservative:
Frank Miller (1985)
Larry Grossman (1985-1987)
34th Assembly
2 sessions		 34th general Sep. 10, 1987
July 30, 1990		 Liberal
(95 of 130 seats)		 David Peterson New Democrat:
Bob Rae		 Progressive Conservative:
Andy Brandt (1987-1990)
Mike Harris (1990)		 Hugh Edighoffer
35th Assembly
3 sessions		 35th general Sep. 6, 1990
April 28, 1995		 New Democrat
(74 of 130 seats)		 Bob Rae Liberal:
Robert Nixon (1990-1991)
Murray Elston (1991)
Jim Bradley (1991-1992)
Lyn McLeod (1992-1995)		 Progressive Conservative:
Mike Harris		 David Warner
36th Assembly
3 sessions		 36th general Sep. 26, 1995
May 5, 1999		 Progressive Conservative
(82 of 130 seats)		 Mike Harris Liberal:
Lyn McLeod (1995-1996)
Dalton McGuinty (1996-1999)		 New Democrat:
Bob Rae (1995-1996)
Howard Hampton (1996-1999)		 Al McLean (1995-1996)
Edward Doyle (1996)
Chris Stockwell (1996-1999)
37th Assembly
4 sessions		 37th general Oct. 20, 1999
...		 Progressive Conservative
(59 of 103 seats)		 Mike Harris Liberal:
Dalton McGuinty		 New Democrat:
Howard Hampton		 Gary Carr
April 15, 2002
June 26, 2003		 Ernie Eves
38th Assembly
2 sessions		 38th general Nov. 19, 2003
September 10, 2007		 Liberal
(72 of 103 seats)		 Dalton McGuinty Progressive Conservative:
Ernie Eves (2003-2004)
John Tory (2004-)		 New Democrat:
Howard Hampton		 Alvin Curling (2003-2005)
Michael A. Brown (2005-)
Image:Ontl2007.PNG 39th Assembly
1 session		 39th general October 10, 2007
present		 Liberal
(71 of 107 seats)		 Dalton McGuinty Progressive Conservative:
John Tory		 New Democrat:
Howard Hampton
A  Although they had fewer seats that the Conservatives, the Liberals formed a minority government with the support of the NDP.
  1. ^ From the day that the writs were returned to the day that the legislature was dissolved.

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