41st Parliament of Ontario

41st Parliament of Ontario
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Ontario Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly
JurisdictionOntario, Canada
Meeting placeOntario Legislative Building
TermJune 12, 2014 – May 8, 2018
Election2014 Election
Government  Wynne ministry (Liberal)
Members107
SpeakerDave Levac
Premier  Kathleen Wynne
Leader of the Opposition
Leader, 3rd party  Andrea Horwath
Party control
Sessions
1stJuly 2, 2014 – September 8, 2016
2ndSeptember 12, 2016 – March 15, 2018
3rdMarch 19, 2018 – May 8, 2018

The 41st Parliament of Ontario was the Legislature of Ontario, a province of Canada, that was in office between June 2014 and June 2018. Its membership was set by the 2014 Ontario general election, during which the Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier Kathleen Wynne won a majority of the seats. In opposition to the government were the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, the official opposition, and the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

The 41st parliament was presided over by Speaker Dave Levac. It held three legislative session and was dissolved on May 8, 2018.

Party standing

AffiliationParty leaderStatusSeats
2014
elxn		 2015
Sept
 2016
Sept
(2nd)		 2018
Mar.
(3rd)		 2018
May
diss.
Liberal Kathleen WynneGovernment5859575555
Progressive Conservative Patrick Brown[a]Official Opposition2827282827
New Democratic Andrea Horwath3rd Party 2120201818
Trillium Jack MacLaren(Not recgonized)–––11
Independent[b]–––12
Total107107105103103
Vacant–2244
Government Majority912977
  1. ↑ Incumbent PC party leader Tim Hudak resigned following election defeated, relinquished parliamentary leadership to Jim Wilson; Brown elected leader May 2015 while a federal MP, assumed parliamentary leadership upon being elected MPP in September 2015, forced out as leader amid allegations of sexual misconduct January 2018; Vic Fedeli assumped interim party and parliamentary leadership, continued in role upon election of Doug Ford as leader.
  2. ↑ inclusive of members excluded from caucus
Initial seating arrangement of the 41st Parliament
Seating arrangement of 29 May 2017

Timeline

The following notable events occurred during the 2014-2018 period:

Members

The record holder as the oldest and the youngest serving member of legislature served together during the 41st parliament. Monte Kwinter broke the record as the oldest member during the 40th parliament in 2013, and was 85 years old when the legislature welcomed 19 year-old Sam Oosterhoff in November 2016. Kwinter, a minister in the Peterson and McGuinty ministries, served in the legislature until dissolution in May 2018, retiring at 87 years of age, and held on to the record as the oldest sitting member until February 2024 when the record was broken by Raymond Cho. Oosterhoff was elevated to cabinet in the Ford Ministry in June 2024 at age 27 while still the Baby of the House, held on to the latter distinction until the 2025 provincial election and remains the record holder as the youngest sitting member as of 2026.

List of members

Electoral districtMemberParty Elected R Region Notes
Ajax—Pickering Joe DicksonLiberal2007905
Algoma—Manitoulin Michael ManthaNDP2011North
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Ted McMeekinLiberal2000[a]⸹905
Barrie Ann HoggarthLiberal2014905
Beaches—East York Arthur PottsLiberal2014Toronto
Bramalea—Gore—Malton Jagmeet SinghNDP2011905Resigned October 20, 2017. Seat left vacant[16]
Brampton—Springdale Harinder MalhiLiberal2014⸹905
Brampton West Vic DhillonLiberal2003905
Brant Dave LevacLiberal1999SpSouthwestSpeaker of 40th and 41st parliaments
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Bill WalkerPC2011Southwest
Burlington Eleanor McMahonLiberal2014⸹905
Cambridge Kathryn McGarryLiberal2014⸹Southwest
Carleton—Mississippi MillsJack MacLarenPC2011EastRemoved from PC caucus May 28, 2017.
Trillium
Chatham-Kent—Essex Rick NichollsPC2011Southwest
Davenport Cristina MartinsLiberal2014Toronto
Don Valley East Michael CoteauLiberal2011§Toronto
Don Valley West Kathleen WynneLiberal2003§⁂Toronto
Dufferin—Caledon Sylvia JonesPC2007905
Durham Granville AndersonLiberal2014905
Eglinton—Lawrence Mike ColleLiberal1995TorontoFormer minister in McGuinty ministry
Elgin—Middlesex—London Jeff YurekPC2011Southwest
Essex Taras NatyshakNDP2011Southwest
Etobicoke Centre Yvan BakerLiberal2014Toronto
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Peter MilczynLiberal2014⸹Toronto
Etobicoke North Shafiq QaadriLiberal2003Toronto
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Grant CrackLiberal2011East
Guelph Liz SandalsLiberal2003⸹Southwest
Haldimand—Norfolk Toby BarrettPC1995Southwest
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Laurie ScottPC2003[b]
2011		East
Halton Indira Naidoo-HarrisLiberal2014⸹905
Hamilton CentreAndrea HorwathNDP2004[a]⁂905
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Paul MillerNDP2007905
Hamilton Mountain Monique TaylorNDP2011905
Huron—Bruce Lisa ThompsonPC2011Southwest
Kenora—Rainy River Sarah CampbellNDP2011North
Kingston and the Islands Sophie KiwalaLiberal2014East
Kitchener Centre Daiene VernileLiberal2014⸹Southwest
Kitchener—ConestogaMichael HarrisPC2011SouthwestRemoved from PC caucus April 9, 2018.
Independent
Kitchener—Waterloo Catherine FifeNDP2012[a]Southwest
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Monte McNaughtonPC2011Southwest
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Randy HillierPC2007East
Leeds—Grenville Steve ClarkPC2010[a]East
London—Fanshawe Teresa ArmstrongNDP2011Southwest
London North Centre Deb MatthewsLiberal2003⸹Southwest
London West Peggy SattlerNDP2013[a]Southwest
Markham—Unionville Michael ChanLiberal2007[a]§905
Mississauga—Brampton South Amrit MangatLiberal2007905
Mississauga East—Cooksville Dipika DamerlaLiberal2011⸹905
Mississauga—Erindale Harinder TakharLiberal2003905Former minister in McGuinty and Wynne ministries
Mississauga South Charles SousaLiberal2007§905
Mississauga—Streetsville Bob DelaneyLiberal2003905
Nepean—Carleton Lisa MacLeodPC2006[a]East
Newmarket—Aurora Chris BallardLiberal2014⸹905
Niagara Falls Wayne GatesNDP2014[a]905
Niagara West—Glanbrook Tim HudakPC1995905Resigned September 16, 2016
Sam OosterhoffPC2016[a]Elected on November 17, 2016; Record holder as the youngest serving member of the legislature.
Nickel Belt France GélinasNDP2007North
NipissingVic FedeliPC2011⁂North
Northumberland—Quinte West Lou RinaldiLiberal2003[c]East
Oak Ridges—Markham Helena JaczekLiberal2007§905
Oakville Kevin FlynnLiberal2003§905
Oshawa Jennifer FrenchNDP2014905
Ottawa Centre Yasir NaqviLiberal2007§East
Ottawa—Orléans Marie-France LalondeLiberal2014⸹East
Ottawa South John FraserLiberal2013[a]East
Ottawa—Vanier Madeleine MeilleurLiberal2003⸹EastResigned June 9, 2016
Nathalie Des RosiersLiberal2016[a]⸹Elected on November 17, 2016
Ottawa West—Nepean Bob ChiarelliLiberal1987[d]§East
Oxford Ernie HardemanPC1995SouthwestFormer minister in Harris and Eves ministry
Parkdale—High Park Cheri DiNovoNDP2006[a]TorontoResigned December 31, 2017; seat left vacant
Parry Sound—Muskoka Norm MillerPC2001[a]North
Perth—Wellington Randy PettapiecePC2011Southwest
Peterborough Jeff LealLiberal2003§East
Pickering—Scarborough East Tracy MacCharlesLiberal2011§East
Prince Edward—Hastings Todd SmithPC2011East
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke John YakabuskiPC2003East
Richmond Hill Reza MoridiLiberal2007§905
St. Catharines Jim BradleyLiberal1977⸹905Longest serving member in the 41st Parliament
St. Paul's Eric HoskinsLiberal2009[a]⸹TorontoResigned February 26, 2018, seat left vacant
Sarnia—Lambton Bob BaileyPC2007Southwest
Sault Ste. Marie David OraziettiLiberal2003⸹NorthResigned January 1, 2017
Ross RomanoPC2017[a]Elected on June 1, 2017
Scarborough—Agincourt Soo WongLiberal2011Toronto
Scarborough Centre Brad DuguidLiberal2003⸹Toronto
Scarborough—Guildwood Mitzie HunterLiberal2013[a]§Toronto
Scarborough—Rouge River Bas BalkissoonLiberal2005[a]TorontoResigned March 22, 2016
Raymond ChoPC2016[a]Elected on September 1, 2016
Scarborough Southwest Lorenzo BerardinettiLiberal2003Toronto
Simcoe—Grey Jim WilsonPC1990⁂905Interim parliamentary leader until Sept 2015; former minister in Harris and Eves ministry; longest serving PC caucus member along with Ted Arnott
Simcoe North Garfield DunlopPC1999905Resigned August 1, 2015 to allow PC leader Patrick Brown to enter legislature
Patrick BrownPC2015[a]⁂Elected PC party leader May 9, 2015; elected to legislature September 3, 2015
PC leader until January 25, 2018; PC MPP until February 16, 2018
Independent
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Jim McDonellPC2011East
Sudbury Joe CiminoNDP2014NorthResigned November 20, 2014
Glenn ThibeaultLiberal2015[a]⸹Elected on February 5, 2015
Thornhill Gila MartowPC2014[a]905
Thunder Bay—Atikokan Bill MauroLiberal2003§North
Thunder Bay—Superior North Michael GravelleLiberal1995§North
Timiskaming—Cochrane John VanthofNDP2011North
Timmins—James Bay Gilles BissonNDP1990NorthLongest serving NDP member
Toronto Centre Glen MurrayLiberal2010[a]⸹TorontoResigned September 1, 2017; seat left vacant[17]
Toronto—Danforth Peter TabunsNDP2006[a]Toronto
Trinity—Spadina Han DongLiberal2014Toronto
Vaughan Steven Del DucaLiberal2012[a]§905
Welland Cindy ForsterNDP2011905
Wellington—Halton Hills Ted ArnottPC1990SouthwestLongest serving PC caucus member along with Jim Wilson
Whitby—Oshawa Christine ElliottPC2007905Resigned August 28, 2015
Lorne CoePC2016[a]Elected on February 11, 2016
Willowdale David ZimmerLiberal2003§Toronto
Windsor—Tecumseh Percy HatfieldNDP2013[a]Southwest
Windsor West Lisa GretzkyNDP2014Southwest
York Centre Monte KwinterLiberal1985TorontoRecord holder as the older serving member of the legislature. [e]
York—Simcoe Julia MunroPC1995905Longest serving female member
York South—Weston Laura AlbaneseLiberal2007⸹Toronto
York West Mario SergioLiberal1995⸹Toronto
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 First elected in by-election
  2. ↑ Resigned seat on January 8, 2009 to allow PC leader John Tory to enter legislature. Regained seat in 2011 general election.
  3. ↑ Defeated in 2011, regained seat in 2014.
  4. ↑ Resigned seat in 1997 to contest (and subsequently elected) Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton. Re-entered legislature on 2010-03-04 through a by-election.
  5. ↑ On January 26, 2013, became the oldest person to ever serve in the Ontario legislature at the age of 81 years 310 days, served until dissolution in 2018

Officeholders

Officeholders in the Legislature at dissolution on May 8, 2018.

Speaker

Other Chair occupants

  • Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole: Soo Wong (Liberal)

Leaders

Floor leaders

Whips

Front benches

Membership & composition changes

Summary of changes

minus  seat changed hand after by-election          
  involuntary departure
  Progressive Conservative     
  Liberal
  New Democratic
  Trillium Party            Independent
41st Ontario Parliament (2014–18) - Membership and party affiliation changes
Electoral DistrictBeforeChange
DateReasonMember exitedNew memberDate
SudburyNovember 20, 2014 Resignation[a][18] Joe Cimino Glenn Thibeault[19] Feb 5, 2015
minus  
Simcoe NorthAugust 1, 2015 Resignation: vacated seat for leader[b] Garfield Dunlop Patrick Brown September 3, 2015
Whitby—OshawaAugust 28, 2015 Resignation [c] Christine Elliott Lorne Coe February 11, 2016
Scarborough—Rouge RiverMarch 22, 2016 Resignation Bas Balkissoon Raymond Cho Sep 1, 2016
minus  
Ottawa—VanierJune 30, 2016 Resignation[d] Madeleine Meilleur Nathalie Des Rosiers Nov 17, 2016
Niagara West—GlanbrookSeptember 16, 2016 Resignation: for other employment[e][20] Tim Hudak Sam Oosterhoff[21] Nov 17, 2016
Sault Ste. MarieDecember 31, 2016 Resignation: for other employment[f][22] David Orazietti Ross Romano[23] June 1, 2017
minus  
Carleton—Mississippi MillsMay 28, 2017[7] Removal from caucus

Subsequently: joined Trillium Party		 Jack MacLaren
Toronto CentreSeptember 1, 2017 Resignation: for other employment[g][24] Glen Murray Vacant at dissolution
Bramalea—Gore—MaltonOctober 20, 2017 Resignation: elected federal NDP leader[25] Jagmeet Singh Vacant at dissolution
Parkdale—High ParkDecember 31, 2017 Resignation: to return to faith ministry[26] Cheri DiNovo Vacant at dissolution
Simcoe NorthFebruary 16, 2018 Removal from caucus[27][h]
 Patrick Brown
St. Paul'sFebruary 26, 2018 Resignation: to accept federal appointment[28] Eric Hoskins Vacant at dissolution
Kitchener-Conestoga April 9, 2018 Removal from caucus[14][29]
 Michael Harris
  1. ↑ Citing strains on health and family
  2. ↑ Resigned to provide opportunity for newly elected leader to enter legislature
  3. ↑ Subsequently accepted appointment as Patient Ombudsman; contested 2018 leadership contest; returned in subsequent parliament as MPP for Newmarket—Aurora.
  4. ↑ following demotion from cabinet
  5. ↑ Chief executive officer of the Ontario Real Estate Association
  6. ↑ appointed a faculty dean at Sault College
  7. ↑ Became executive director of Pembina Institute
  8. ↑ Subsequently briefly entered leadership contest and was disallowed to stand as PC candidate (further information)

Change in party standing

41st Ontario Parliament (2014–18) - Changes in party standing
caucus members
by date		 20142015201620172018
JunNovFebAugAugSepFebMarJunSepSepNov JanMayJunSepOctDecFebFebAprMay
12205128311223011617 128112031162698
Liberal 5859585758 575655
Progressive Conservative 28272627282928 2928292827
New Democratic 21201918
Trillium 01
Independent 012
Total members 107106107106105106107106105106105107 106107106105104103
Vacant 010121012120 101234
Government majority
9
10111213121110989 876787
41st Ontario Parliament (2014–18) - Summary of changes in party standing
Party2014Decreases DecreaseIncreases Increase2018
ElxnResign Death Cross Held Gain Diss.
Liberal58(5)1155
Progressive Conservative 28(3)(3)3227
New Democratic 21(3)18
Trillium –11
Independent –(1)32
Total107
(4)
103

By-election results

By-Elections To The 41st Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2014-2018)

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Patrick (2015-05-10). "Patrick Brown wins Ontario PC leadership race". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Tory Lorne Coe wins Whitby-Oshawa byelection". Toronto Star. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. ↑ The Canadian Press (March 22, 2016). "Liberal Bas Balkissoon resigns his Scarborough-Rouge River seat in legislature". CBC News. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Throne Speech Announced for September 12, 2016". Newsroom. Government of Ontario. September 8, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ Benzie, Robert; Ferguson, Rob (September 12, 2016). "Kathleen Wynne announces 8 per cent tax cut from hydro bills in throne speech". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ The Canadian Press (November 17, 2016). "Youngest ever MPP elected in Niagara byelection on Thursday". Citynews.ca. Rogers Digital Media. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Ottawa-area MPP Jack MacLaren expelled from PC caucus". CBC News. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Hours after being expelled, however, MacLaren issued a statement on Twitter announcing he had joined the Trillium Party of Ontario 'after months of deliberation and discussion with my constituents.'
  8. ↑ McCarthy, Shawn (July 31, 2017). "Environment Minister Glen Murray resigns from Kathleen Wynne's cabinet". The Globe and Mail.
  9. ↑ "PC Party of Ontario – for the People". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  10. ↑ "Vic Fedeli chosen as interim leader of Ontario PCs with election looming". CBC News. January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  11. ↑ Fox, Chris (February 16, 2018). "Patrick Brown removed from PC Caucus as audio of his resignation leaked online". CP24. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ Grant, Kelly; Giovannetti, Justin (February 26, 2018). "Eric Hoskins resigns as Ontario Health Minister to lead national pharmacare project". The Globe and Mail.
  13. 1 2 "Throne Speech Announced for March 19, 2018". Newsroom. Government of Ontario. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  14. 1 2 570 NEWS - Kitchener [@570NEWS] (April 9, 2018). "JUST IN: Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris removed from @OntarioPCParty caucus, also DQed from running in June election for PCs, due to a complaint filed by a former intern regarding series of text messages "of a sexual nature."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ "Ontario PC party removes Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris from caucus". cbc.ca. April 9, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Jagmeet Singh quits as MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton". thestar.com. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Andrea Horwath slams Kathleen Wynne for not calling a Toronto Centre byelection". thestar.com. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Joe Cimino, Rookie Sudbury NDP MPP, Resigns After 5 Months". The Huffington Post Canada. November 20, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Liberal Glenn Thibeault wins Sudbury byelection". CBC News. February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Tim Hudak to step down as MPP, will take reins of Ontario Real Estate Association". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  21. ↑ "Mike Wise on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  22. ↑ Jones, Allison (16 December 2016). "Ontario cabinet minister David Orazietti quits". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  23. ↑ "Progressive Conservatives win Sault Ste. Marie provincial byelection". CBC News. May 31, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Wynne says Glen Murray quitting isn't 'vote of non-confidence'". Toronto Sun. July 31, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Jagmeet Singh resigns seat in Ontario legislature after winning federal NDP leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. October 20, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  26. ↑ Rushowy, Kristin (September 20, 2017). "'Radical reverend' NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo is leaving politics for the church". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  27. ↑ McLauchlin, Amara (February 16, 2018). "Ex-leader Patrick Brown expelled from Ontario PC caucus". CBC News. Toronto. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins to chair newly created federal pharmacare committee". CBC Health. CBC.
  29. ↑ "Ontario PC party removes Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris from caucus". cbc.ca. April 9, 2018.
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