39th Parliament of Ontario

39th Parliament of Ontario
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Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly
JurisdictionOntario, Canada
Meeting placeOntario Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto
TermOctober 10, 2007 – September 7, 2011
Election2018 Ontario Election
Government  McGuinty ministry, Liberal
Opposition  Progressive Conservative
  New Democratic Party
Members107
SpeakerSteve Peters
Premier  Dalton McGuinty
Leader of the Opposition  Bob Runciman (to 2009)
  Tim Hudak (from 2009)
Leader, 3rd party  Howard Hampton (to 2009)
  Andrea Horwath (from 2009)
Party controlLiberal Majority: 71/107






Sessions
1stNovember 29, 2007 (2007-11-29) – March 4, 2010 (2010-03-04)
2ndMarch 8, 2010 (2010-03-08) – June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)

The 39th Parliament of Ontario (or the 39th Ontario Legislature) was the provincial legislature of Ontario that was in office between October 2007 and September 2011. Its composition was initially determined by the Ontario general election held on October 10, 2007. The incumbent governing party from the 38th Parliament, the Ontario Liberal Party led by Dalton McGuinty, retained their majority position in the 39th Parliament with just over two-third of the seats in the legislature, enabling the McGuinty ministry to continue in office through the duration of the 39th Parliament.

The Progressive Conservative Party formed the Official Opposition, with veteran member Bob Runciman serving as leader of the opposition initially due to party leader John Tory failure in winning a seats in either the 2007 general election or the subsequent byelection. Tim Hudak was elected party leader in 2009 and became leader of the opposition. The New Democratic Party was also recognized as an opposition party, and its leadership also transitioned in 2009, from Howard Hampton to Andrea Horwath.

The 39th Parliament officially opened on November 29, 2007 and elected Steve Peters as its speaker. It was formally dissolved on September 7, 2011 following the prorogation of its second session on June 1, 2011.

Sessions

The 39th parliament formally held two sessions.

  • 1st session: November 29, 2007 – March 4, 2010
  • 2nd session: March 8, 2010 – June 1, 2011

It however did not sit continuously through each session, but adjourned for extended period at various point. After ten days of sitting in later 2007, it did not sit until March 17 the following year. The legislature also stood adjourned from mid June to mid September in each of 2008, 2009, and 2010, and from mid December to later January or February each year.

It however recessed over only a weekend between the prorogation of the first session and the opening of the session session.

Timeline of the 39th Parliament of Ontario

Party standings

Affiliation Leader of the Party Leader in the Legislature OntLA Status Members[1]
Liberal Dalton McGuinty
Government
71
Progressive Conservative Tim Hudak
Official Opposition
25
New Democratic Andrea Horwath
Third Party
10
Vacant
1
Total
107
Government Majority
37

Seating plan

Murdoch Martiniuk Clark Bailey Shurman Savoline Jones Ouellette Gélinas P. Miller Pendergast Johnson
O'Toole Hillier Chudleigh Arnott Dunlop Hardeman MacLeod Munro Barrett Prue DiNovo Tabuns Bisson Jaczek Magnat Moridi Naqvi
Wilson Sterling Witmer N. Miller Elliott Hudak Yakabuski Klees Kormos Horwath Marchese Hampton Balkissoon Albanese Carroll Dickson
Peters
Smith Bradley Dombrowsky Philips Duncan McGuinty Pupatello Matthews Wynne Gerretsen Ruprecht Kwinter Ramsay Sorbara
Leal Brown Takhar Aggelonitis Bentley Bartolucci Best Duguid Meilleur Milloy Hoskins Gravelle Crozier Colle Hoy Lalonde
Sergio Caplan Murray Chiarelli Jeffrey Wilkinson Mitchell Broten Chan Sousa McMeekin Levac Arthurs Berardinetti Brownell Cansfield
Craitor Delaney Dhillon Flynn Fonseca Kular Mauro McNeely Orazietti Qaadri Ramal Rinaldi Sandals VanBommel Zimmer Peters

List of members

39th Parliament of Ontario - Members[2][3]
Electoral DistrictMemberParty Elected Notes
Ajax—Pickering Joe DicksonLiberal2007
Algoma—Manitoulin Mike BrownLiberal1987
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Ted McMeekinLiberal2000[a]
Barrie Aileen CarrollLiberal2007
Beaches—East York Michael PrueNDP2001[a]
Bramalea—Gore—Malton Kuldip KularLiberal2003
Brampton—Springdale Linda JeffreyLiberal2003
Brampton West Vic DhillonLiberal2003
Brant Dave LevacLiberal1999
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Bill MurdochPC1990 Removed from caucus September 12, 2008; rejoined April 23, 2009
Suspended from the Legislature, November 30, 2009, pursuant to S.O. 15(c)
Independent
PC
Burlington Joyce SavolinePC2007
Cambridge Gerry MartiniukPC1995
Carleton—Mississippi Mills Norm SterlingPC1977
Chatham-Kent—Essex Pat HoyLiberal1995
Davenport Tony RuprechtLiberal1981
Don Valley East David CaplanLiberal1997[a]
Don Valley West Kathleen WynneLiberal2003
Dufferin—Caledon Sylvia JonesPC2007
Durham John O'ToolePC1995
Eglinton—Lawrence Mike ColleLiberal1995
Elgin—Middlesex—London Steve PetersLiberal1999 Speaker
Essex Bruce CrozierLiberal1993[a] Died June 3, 2011.
Etobicoke Centre Donna CansfieldLiberal2003
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Laurel BrotenLiberal2003
Etobicoke North Shafiq QaadriLiberal2003
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Jean-Marc LalondeLiberal1995
Guelph Liz SandalsLiberal2003
Haldimand—Norfolk Toby BarrettPC1995
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Laurie ScottPC2003 Resigned on January 9, 2009.
Rick JohnsonLiberal2009[a] Elected March 5, 2009.
Halton Ted ChudleighPC1995
Hamilton Centre Andrea HorwathNDP2004[a] Leader of the New Democratic Party from March 7, 2009.
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Paul MillerNDP2007
Hamilton Mountain Sophia AggelonitisLiberal2007
Huron—Bruce Carol MitchellLiberal2003
Kenora—Rainy River Howard HamptonNDP1987 Leader of the New Democratic Party to March 7, 2009.
Kingston and the Islands John GerretsenLiberal1995
Kitchener Centre John MilloyLiberal2003
Kitchener—Conestoga Leeanna PendergastLiberal2007
Kitchener—Waterloo Elizabeth WitmerPC1990
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Maria Van BommelLiberal2003
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Randy HillierPC2007 Suspended from the Legislature, November 30, 2009, pursuant to S.O. 15(c)
Leeds—Grenville Bob RuncimanPC1981 Interim Leader of the Opposition until June 27, 2009. Resigned January 29, 2010 to accept appointment to the Senate of Canada.
Steve ClarkPC2010[a] Elected March 4, 2010
London—Fanshawe Khalil RamalLiberal2003
London North Centre Deb MatthewsLiberal2003
London West Chris BentleyLiberal2003
Markham—Unionville Michael ChanLiberal2007
Mississauga—Brampton South Amrit MangatLiberal2007
Mississauga East—Cooksville Peter FonsecaLiberal2003
Mississauga—Erindale Harinder TakharLiberal2003
Mississauga South Charles SousaLiberal2007
Mississauga—Streetsville Bob DelaneyLiberal2003
Nepean—Carleton Lisa MacLeodPC2006[a]
Newmarket—Aurora Frank KleesPC1995
Niagara Falls Kim CraitorLiberal2003
Niagara West—Glanbrook Tim HudakPC1995 Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Progressive Conservatives from June 27, 2009
Nickel Belt France GélinasNDP2007
Nipissing Monique SmithLiberal2003
Northumberland—Quinte West Lou RinaldiLiberal2003
Oak Ridges—Markham Helena JaczekLiberal2007
Oakville Kevin FlynnLiberal2003
Oshawa Jerry OuellettePC1995
Ottawa Centre Yasir NaqviLiberal2007
Ottawa—Orléans Phil McNeelyLiberal2003
Ottawa South Dalton McGuintyLiberal1990 Premier, leader of the Liberal Party.
Ottawa—Vanier Madeleine MeilleurLiberal2003
Ottawa West—Nepean Jim WatsonLiberal2003 Resigned February 1, 2010.
Bob ChiarelliLiberal1987[b] Elected March 4, 2010
Oxford Ernie HardemanPC1995
Parkdale—High Park Cheri DiNovoNDP2006[a]
Parry Sound-Muskoka Norm MillerPC2001
Perth Wellington John WilkinsonLiberal2003
Peterborough Jeff LealLiberal2003
Pickering—Scarborough East Wayne ArthursLiberal2003
Prince Edward—Hastings Leona DombrowskyLiberal1999
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke John YakabuskiPC2003
Richmond Hill Reza MoridiLiberal2007
St. Catharines Jim BradleyLiberal1977
St. Paul's Michael BryantLiberal1999 Resigned June 7, 2009.
Eric HoskinsLiberal2009[a] Elected September 17, 2009.
Sarnia—Lambton Bob BaileyPC2007
Sault Ste. Marie David OraziettiLiberal2003
Scarborough—Agincourt Gerry PhillipsLiberal1987
Scarborough Centre Brad DuguidLiberal2003
Scarborough-Guildwood Margarett BestLiberal2007
Scarborough—Rouge River Bas BalkissoonLiberal2005
Scarborough Southwest Lorenzo BerardinettiLiberal2003
Simcoe—Grey Jim WilsonPC1990
Simcoe North Garfield DunlopPC1999
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Jim BrownellLiberal2003
Sudbury Rick BartolucciLiberal1995
Thornhill Peter ShurmanPC2007
Thunder Bay—Atikokan Bill MauroLiberal2003
Thunder Bay—Superior North Michael GravelleLiberal1995
Timiskaming—Cochrane David Ramsay Liberal[c] 1985
Timmins—James Bay Gilles BissonNDP1990
Toronto Centre George SmithermanLiberal1999 Resigned January 4, 2010.
Glen MurrayLiberal2010[a] Elected February 4, 2010.
Toronto—Danforth Peter TabunsNDP2006[a]
Trinity—Spadina Rosario MarcheseNDP1990
Vaughan Greg SorbaraLiberal1985[d]
Welland Peter KormosNDP1988[a]
Wellington—Halton Hills Ted ArnottPC1990
Whitby—Oshawa Christine ElliottPC2006[a]
Willowdale David ZimmerLiberal2003
Windsor—Tecumseh Dwight DuncanLiberal1995
Windsor West Sandra PupatelloLiberal1995
York Centre Monte KwinterLiberal1985
York—Simcoe Julia MunroPC1995
York South—Weston Laura AlbaneseLiberal2007
York West Mario SergioLiberal1995
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 first elected via a by-election
  2. ↑ resigned from legislature in 1997 to contest Ottawa Mayoralty, returned to legislature via by-election in 2010
  3. ↑ First elected as a New Democrat
  4. ↑ did not seek re-election in 1995, returned to legislature via by-election in 2001

Changes

Party standing

Number of members
per party by date		 20072008200920102011
Oct 10 Sep 12 Jan 9 Mar 5 Apr 23 Jun 7 Sep 17 Jan 4 Jan 29 Feb 1 Feb 4 Mar 4 Mar 26 Jun 3
Liberal 71 72 71 72 71 70 71 72 71 70
Progressive Conservative 26 25 24 25 24 25
NDP 10
Independent 0 1 0
Total members 107 106 107 106 107 106 105 104 105 107 106 105
Vacant 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 2
Government Majority 35 36 37 36 37 36 37 36 37 36 35

Changes of membership and party affiliations

minus  seat changed hand after by-election          
  involuntary departure
  Liberal
  New Democratic          
  Progressive Conservative
  Independent
39th Ontario Parliament (2007–11) - Membership and party affiliation changes
Electoral DistrictBeforeChange
DateReasonMember exitedNew memberDate
Bruce—Grey—Owen SoundSep 12, 2008 Caucus suspension/re-admission
 Bill Murdoch
April 23, 2009
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Jan 9, 2009Resignation: open seat for party leader[a] Laurie Scott Rick Johnson March 5, 2009
St. Paul'sJune 7, 2009 Resignation: for other employment[b][4][5] Michael Bryant Eric HoskinsSep 17, 2009
Toronto CentreJan 4, 2010 Resignation: to contest Toronto Mayoralty George Smitherman Glen MurrayFeb 4, 2010
Leeds—GrenvilleJan 29, 2010 Appointment: Senator for Ontario Bob Runciman Steve ClarkMarch 4, 2010
Ottawa West—NepeanFeb 1, 2010 Resignation: to contest Ottawa Mayoralty Jim Watson Bob ChiarelliMarch 4, 2010
Mississauga East—CooksvilleMar 26, 2011 Resignation: to contest federal election Peter Fonseca Vacant at dissolution
EssexJune 3, 2011 Death[c]
 Bruce Crozier Vacant at dissolution
  1. ↑ PC party leader John Tory failed to win a seat in the preceding 2007 election. Scott vacated her seat to provide Tory an opportunity to enter the legislature and was appointed Tory's chief of staff. Tory however failed to win the by-election and resigned as leader
  2. ↑ CEO of Invest Toronto
  3. ↑ Died from an aortic aneurysm

Office holders

Major legislation

  • Bill 8, Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
  • Bill 48, Payday Loans Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
  • Bill 50, Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008, Second Reading, May 27, 20085,
  • Bill 55, Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
  • Bill 64, Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
  • Bill 66, Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
  • Bill 90, Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008, Second Reading June 12, 2008

Committees

There are two forms which committees can take. The first, standing committees, are struck for the duration of the Parliament pursuant to Standing Orders. The second, select committees, are struck usually by a Motion or an Order of the House to consider a specific Bill or issue which would otherwise monopolize the time of the standing committees.

Standing Committees

Standing committees in the current Parliament

Select committees in the current Parliament

The 39th Parliament had 3 select committees.

  • The Select Committee on Elections was struck, by a motion of the House, on June 11, 2008. It completed its work on June 29, 2009.
  • The Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions was struck, by a motion of the House, on February 24, 2009. It completed its work on August 24, 2010.
  • The Select Committee on the proposed transaction of the TMX Group and the London Stock Exchange Group was struck, by a motion of the House, on February 23, 2011. It completed its work on April 19, 2011.

References

  • Froman, Debra, ed. (1984). Legislators and Legislatures of Ontario: A Reference Guide. Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  1. ↑ CBC.ca | OntarioVotes2007, Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "All members serving in the 39th Parliament: November 28, 2007 – September 7, 2011". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  3. ↑
    • "Return of the thirty-nine general election". Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 133. Legislative Assembly of Ontario: 2–6. 2010.
  4. ↑ Invest Toronto (May 25, 2009). "Michael Bryant appointed Invest Toronto CEO". Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  5. ↑ Benzie, Robert (July 23, 2009). "Michael Bryant quitting McGuinty Liberals". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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