40th Parliament of Ontario

40th Parliament of Ontario
Minority parliament
Nov. 21, 2011 – May. 2, 2014
Parliament leaders
PremierHon. Dalton McGuinty
October 23, 2003 - February 11, 2013
Hon. Kathleen Wynne
February 11, 2013 - June 29, 2018
CabinetMcGuinty ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Tim Hudak
July 1, 2009 - July 2, 2014
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
RecognizedNew Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly		Hon. Dave Levac
November 21, 2011 - 2014
Government
House leader		Hon. John Milloy
October 20, 2011 - June 12, 2014
Opposition
House leader		Jim Wilson
October 20, 2011 - July 2, 2014
Members107 MPP seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
6 February 1952 – present
Sessions
1st session
November 21, 2011 – October 15, 2012
2nd session
February 19, 2013 – May 2, 2014
← 39th → 41st

The 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the province of Ontario, Canada. The membership was set by the 2011 Ontario general election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority. The government was led by Premier Dalton McGuinty until his resignation resulted in the 2013 leadership election, which selected Kathleen Wynne as his successor. Wynne is the first woman ever to serve as Premier of Ontario.

The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by Tim Hudak, and the third party was the New Democrats, led by Andrea Horwath.

On May 2, 2014, Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne announced that she had formally requested that Lieutenant Governor of Ontario David Onley dissolve the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario and call a provincial general election to occur on June 12, 2014.[1]

Standing

Summary of 2011 election results

PartyParty leader SeatsPopular vote
2007dis. 2011minus  Votes%minus  
Liberal Dalton McGuinty 71705318Decrease1,625,10237.65%4.7%Decrease
Progressive Conservative Tim Hudak 26253711Increase1,530,07635.45%3.8%Increase
New Democratic Andrea Horwath 1010177Increase981,50822.74%5.9%Increase
  Vacant2 
Total1071071074,316,382100%-2.43%
Source: [2]

Summary of changes in party standing

Summary of changes in party standing
Party 2011 Decreases Decrease Increases Increase 2014
ElxnRsg deathCross Held Gain diss.
Liberal53(8)348
Progressive Conservative 37(2)1137
New Democratic 17421
Vacant–10(4)(5)1
Total107107

Events of the 40th Parliament of Ontario

Sessions

There were two sessions of the 40th Legislature.

Session Start End
1st November 22, 2011 October 15, 2012
2nd February 19, 2013 May 2, 2014

Timeline

  • November 21, 2011 – Dave Levac (Liberal, Brant) is elected Speaker on the second ballot defeating three other candidates.
  • November 22, 2011 – Speech from the Throne is delivered.
  • March 29, 2012: Finance Minister Dwight Duncan delivers the provincial budget.
  • April 23, 2012: After negotiations between the Liberals and the NDP, the minority government agrees to amend the budget by adding $242 million to child care funding, $20 million for northern and rural hospitals, increase welfare and disability benefits by 1 per cent at a cost of $55 million, and add a 2% surtax on the portion of individual income that exceeds $500,000 a year.
  • April 24, 2012: Budget approved 52–37 with NDP MPPs abstaining.
  • April 27, 2012: Progressive Conservative MPP Elizabeth Witmer (Kitchener—Waterloo) resigns her seat upon accepting a government appointment as chair of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. The vacancy results in the government and Opposition being tied in seats, however, as Speaker David Levac is a Liberal, the Opposition continues to have a one-seat advantage. A Liberal victory in this pending by-election and in the pending Vaughan by-election would give it a majority in the legislature.
  • August 1, 2012: Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara (Vaughan) resigns his seat.
  • September 6, 2012: By-elections held in the ridings of Kitchener—Waterloo and Vaughan. Catherine Fife (NDP) elected as MPP for Kitchener—Waterloo. Steven Del Duca (Liberal) elected as MPP for Vaughan. The NDP gains one seat in the Ontario Legislature while the Liberals retain their 53-seat minority.
  • October 15, 2012: Premier McGuinty prorogues the legislature and announces his resignation as Liberal Party leader pending a leadership convention.
  • February 11, 2013: Kathleen Wynne is sworn in as Premier, and a new cabinet in sworn in.
  • February 14, 2013: Chris Bentley and Dwight Duncan, Liberal MPPs for London West and Windsor—Tecumseh, resign.
  • June 11, 2013: Passage of the Wynne government's first budget, with the support of the NDP; legislature recesses for the summer.
  • June 12, 2013: Former Premier Dalton McGuinty resigns his Ottawa South seat.
  • June 27, 2013: Liberal MPP Margarett Best (Scarborough—Guildwood) resigns her seat.
  • July 2, 2013: Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Laurel Broten (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) resigns from Cabinet and her seat.
  • August 1, 2013: Five by-elections held to replace retiring Liberals. Results were two Liberals, two NDP, one Conservative.
  • September 24, 2013: Kim Craitor, Liberal MPP for Niagara Falls, resigns his seat.
  • December 31, 2013: Peter Shurman, Progressive Conservative MPP for Thornhill, resigns his seat.
  • February 13, 2014: Two by-elections held to replace vacant Niagara Falls and Thornhill seats. Result is a Progressive Conservative hold in Thornhill and an NDP gain in Niagara Falls.
  • March 25, 2014: Resignation of cabinet member Linda Jeffrey to run for mayor of Brampton causes a cabinet shuffle.
  • May 2, 2014: The 40th Parliament of Ontario was dissolved as Wynne calls an election, to be held June 12, 2014.[1]

Seating Plan

Martow MacLaren Milligan Pettapiece Hillier Hatfield Sattler Gates
Nicholls Jackson Smith Harris Thompson Yurek Scott McKenna Walker Leone McDonell Campbell Vanthof Schein Armstrong Mantha P. Miller
Bailey Ouellette O'Toole Clark Chudleigh Munro Jones Holyday Dunlop McNaughton Barrett Forster Fife Singh Tabuns Natyshak Taylor
Wilson Arnott Hardeman Fedeli Elliott Hudak Yakabuski MacLeod N. Miller Klees Bisson Horwath DiNovo Marchese Gélinas Prue
Levac
Milloy Bradley Chiarelli Meilleur Sousa Wynne Matthews Naqvi Sandals Hoskins MacCharles Kwinter Bartolucci Takhar
Delaney Gerretsen Leal Mauro Murray Piruzza Chan McMeekin Gravelle Duguid Dhillon Cansfield Colle Berardinetti
McNeely Qaadri Albanese Moridi Orazietti Coteau Sergio Flynn Zimmer Balkissoon Dickson Jaczek Mangat
Crack Damerla Wong Del Duca Fraser Hunter Levac

List of members


Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected Notes
  Joe Dickson Liberal Ajax—Pickering 2007
  Michael Mantha New Democrat Algoma—Manitoulin 2011
  Ted McMeekin Liberal Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale 2000
  Rod Jackson Progressive Conservative Barrie 2011
  Michael Prue New Democrat Beaches—East York 2001
  Jagmeet Singh New Democrat Bramalea—Gore—Malton 2011
  Linda Jeffrey Liberal Brampton—Springdale 2003 Resigned on March 25, 2014
Vacant
  Vic Dhillon Liberal Brampton West 2003
  Dave Levac Liberal Brant 1999
  Bill Walker Progressive Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound 2011
  Jane McKenna Progressive Conservative Burlington 2011
  Rob Leone Progressive Conservative Cambridge 2011
  Jack MacLaren Progressive Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills 2011
  Rick Nicholls Progressive Conservative Chatham-Kent—Essex 2011
  Jonah Schein New Democrat Davenport 2011
  Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East 2011
  Kathleen Wynne Liberal Don Valley West 2003 Premier since February 11, 2013
  Sylvia Jones Progressive Conservative Dufferin—Caledon 2007
  John O'Toole Progressive Conservative Durham 1995
  Mike Colle Liberal Eglinton—Lawrence 1995
  Jeff Yurek Progressive Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London 2011
  Taras Natyshak New Democrat Essex 2011
  Donna Cansfield Liberal Etobicoke Centre 2003
  Laurel Broten Liberal Etobicoke—Lakeshore 2003 Resigned on July 2, 2013
  Doug Holyday Progressive Conservative 2013 Elected in a by-election on August 1, 2013
  Shafiq Qaadri Liberal Etobicoke North 2003
  Grant Crack Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 2011
  Liz Sandals Liberal Guelph 2003
  Toby Barrett Progressive Conservative Haldimand—Norfolk 1995
  Laurie Scott Progressive Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock 2003, 2011
  Ted Chudleigh Progressive Conservative Halton 1995
  Andrea Horwath New Democrat Hamilton Centre 2004
  Paul Miller New Democrat Hamilton East—Stoney Creek 2007
  Monique Taylor New Democrat Hamilton Mountain 2011
  Lisa Thompson Progressive Conservative Huron—Bruce 2011
  Sarah Campbell New Democrat Kenora—Rainy River 2011
  John Gerretsen Liberal Kingston and the Islands 1995
  John Milloy Liberal Kitchener Centre 2003
  Michael Harris Progressive Conservative Kitchener—Conestoga 2011
  Elizabeth Witmer Progressive Conservative Kitchener—Waterloo 1990 Resigned on April 27, 2012
  Catherine Fife New Democrat 2012 Elected in a by-election on September 6, 2012
  Monte McNaughton Progressive Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex 2011
  Randy Hillier Progressive Conservative Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington 2007
  Steve Clark Progressive Conservative Leeds—Grenville 2010
  Teresa Armstrong New Democrat London—Fanshawe 2011
  Deb Matthews Liberal London North Centre 2003
  Chris Bentley Liberal London West 2003 Resigned on February 14, 2013
  Peggy Sattler New Democrat 2013 Elected in a by-election on August 1, 2013
  Michael Chan Liberal Markham—Unionville 2007
  Amrit Mangat Liberal Mississauga—Brampton South 2007
  Dipika Damerla Liberal Mississauga East—Cooksville 2011
  Harinder Takhar Liberal Mississauga—Erindale 2003
  Charles Sousa Liberal Mississauga South 2007
  Bob Delaney Liberal Mississauga—Streetsville 2003
  Lisa MacLeod Progressive Conservative Nepean—Carleton 2006
  Frank Klees Progressive Conservative Newmarket—Aurora 1995
  Kim Craitor Liberal Niagara Falls 2003 Resigned on September 24, 2013
  Wayne Gates New Democrat 2014 Elected in a by-election on February 13, 2014
  Tim Hudak Progressive Conservative Niagara West—Glanbrook 1995
  France Gélinas New Democrat Nickel Belt 2007
  Vic Fedeli Progressive Conservative Nipissing 2011
  Rob Milligan Progressive Conservative Northumberland—Quinte West 2011
  Helena Jaczek Liberal Oak Ridges—Markham 2007
  Kevin Flynn Liberal Oakville 2003
  Jerry Ouellette Progressive Conservative Oshawa 1995
  Yasir Naqvi Liberal Ottawa Centre 2007
  Phil McNeely Liberal Ottawa—Orléans 2003
  Dalton McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South 1990 Premier until February 11, 2013; resigned on June 12, 2013.
  John Fraser Liberal 2013 Elected in a by-election on August 1, 2013
  Madeleine Meilleur Liberal Ottawa—Vanier 2003
  Bob Chiarelli Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean 1987, 2010
  Ernie Hardeman Progressive Conservative Oxford 1995
  Cheri DiNovo New Democrat Parkdale—High Park 2006
  Norm Miller Progressive Conservative Parry Sound—Muskoka 2001
  Randy Pettapiece Progressive Conservative Perth—Wellington 2011
  Jeff Leal Liberal Peterborough 2003
  Tracy MacCharles Liberal Pickering—Scarborough East 2011
  Todd Smith Progressive Conservative Prince Edward—Hastings 2011
  John Yakabuski Progressive Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke 2003
  Reza Moridi Liberal Richmond Hill 2007
  Jim Bradley Liberal St. Catharines 1977
  Eric Hoskins Liberal St. Paul's 2009
  Bob Bailey Progressive Conservative Sarnia—Lambton 2007
  David Orazietti Liberal Sault Ste. Marie 2003
  Soo Wong Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt 2011
  Brad Duguid Liberal Scarborough Centre 2003
  Margarett Best Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood 2007 Resigned on June 27, 2013
  Mitzie Hunter Liberal 2013 Elected in a by-election on August 1, 2013
  Bas Balkissoon Liberal Scarborough—Rouge River 2005
  Lorenzo Berardinetti Liberal Scarborough Southwest 2003
  Jim Wilson Progressive Conservative Simcoe—Grey 1990
  Garfield Dunlop Progressive Conservative Simcoe North 1999
  Jim McDonell Progressive Conservative Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry 2011
  Rick Bartolucci Liberal Sudbury 1995
  Peter Shurman Progressive Conservative Thornhill 2007 Resigned on December 31, 2013
  Gila Martow Progressive Conservative 2014 Elected in a by-election on February 13, 2014
  Bill Mauro Liberal Thunder Bay—Atikokan 2003
  Michael Gravelle Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North 1995
  John Vanthof New Democrat Timiskaming—Cochrane 2011
  Gilles Bisson New Democrat Timmins—James Bay 1990
  Glen Murray Liberal Toronto Centre 2010
  Peter Tabuns New Democrat Toronto—Danforth 2006
  Rosario Marchese New Democrat Trinity—Spadina 1990
  Greg Sorbara Liberal Vaughan 1985,[a] 2002 Resigned on August 1, 2012
  Steven Del Duca Liberal 2012 Elected in a by-election on September 6, 2012
  Cindy Forster New Democrat Welland 2011
  Ted Arnott Progressive Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills 1990
  Christine Elliott Progressive Conservative Whitby—Oshawa 2006
  David Zimmer Liberal Willowdale 2003
  Dwight Duncan Liberal Windsor—Tecumseh 1995 Resigned on February 14, 2013
  Percy Hatfield New Democrat 2013 Elected in a by-election on August 1, 2013
  Teresa Piruzza Liberal Windsor West 2011
  Monte Kwinter Liberal York Centre 1985
  Julia Munro Progressive Conservative York—Simcoe 1995
  Laura Albanese Liberal York South—Weston 2007
  Mario Sergio Liberal York West 1995

Membership changes

Change in composition

Number of members
per party by date		 2011 2012 2013 2014
Oct 6 Apr 27 Aug 1 Sep 6 Feb 14 Jun 12 Jun 28 Jul 2 Aug 1 Sep 24 Dec 31 Feb 13 Mar 25
Liberal 53 52 53 51 50 49 48 50 49 48
Progressive Conservative 37 36 37 36 37
New Democratic 17 18 20 21
  Total members 107 106 105 107 105 104 103 102 107 106 105 107 106
Vacant 0 1 2 0 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 0 1
  Government majority −1 0 −1 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −7 −9 −10

Changes of membership or partisan affiliations

Electoral districtBeforeAfter
minus seat changed hands
DateReasonMember exited New MemberDateEvent Note
Kitchener—Waterloo April 27, 2012Resignation[b] Elizabeth Witmer Catherine FifeSep 6, 2012byelectionminus  
Vaughan August 1, 2012Resignation[c] Greg Sorbara Steven Del DucaSep 6, 2012byelection
London West Feb 14, 2013Resignation[d][3] Chris Bentley Peggy Sattler August 1, 2013 byelectionminus  [4]
Windsor—Tecumseh Feb 14, 2013Resignation [d] Dwight Duncan Percy Hatfield August 1, 2013byelectionminus  
Ottawa South June 12, 2013Resignation[d][5] Dalton McGuinty John Fraser August 1, 2013byelection
Scarborough—Guildwood June 27, 2013Resignation[6] Margarett Best Mitzie Hunter August 1, 2013byelection
Etobicoke—Lakeshore July 2, 2013 Resignation[e] Laurel Broten Doug Holyday August 1, 2013byelectionminus  
Niagara Falls Sep 24, 2013 Resignation[8] Kim Craitor Wayne Gates Feb 13, 2014byelectionminus  [9]
Thornhill Dec 31, 2013Resignation[10] Peter Shurman Gila Martow Feb 13, 2014byelection
Brampton—Springdale March 25, 2014 Resignation[f] Linda Jeffrey Vacant at dissolutionn/a
  1. ↑ York North/York Centre
  2. ↑ Upon appointed chair of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
  3. ↑ Retirement from politics
  4. 1 2 3 retirement from politics upon resignation of the McGuinty ministry
  5. ↑ Family moved to Nova Scotia[7]
  6. ↑ Resigned to seek election as Mayor of Brampton[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ontario election 2014: Wynne vows to re-introduce budget | CBC News".
  2. ↑ "40TH GENERAL ELECTION - SUMMARY OF VALID BALLOTS CAST" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Energy Minister Chris Bentley to resign his seat". Toronto Star. February 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ontario byelections: NDP wins 2, PCs take 1 seat". CBC News. August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Criger, Erin (June 12, 2013). "Dalton McGuinty officially resigns as MPP". City News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Toronto MPP Margarett Best resigns from legislature". CBC News. June 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Liberal cabinet minister Laurel Broten quits". CBC News. June 23, 2013. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Liberal MPP Kim Craitor resigns, setting up byelection". Toronto Star. September 24, 2013. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  9. ↑ "NDP takes Niagara, Tories keep Thornhill in Ontario byelections". CBC News. February 13, 2014. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Former PC finance critic Peter Shurman resigns as MPP". The Canadian Press. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Linda Jeffrey leaving Queen's Park for Brampton mayoral bid". CBC News. March 24, 2014. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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