43rd Parliament of Ontario
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| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Ontario, Canada | ||||
| Meeting place | Ontario Legislative Building | ||||
| Term | June 2, 2022 – January 28, 2025 | ||||
| Election | 2022 Election | ||||
| Government | Ford ministry (Progressive Conservative) | ||||
| Members | 124 | ||||
| Speaker | Ted Arnott | ||||
| Premier | Doug Ford (PC) | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Peter Tabuns (NDP) (2022–23) Marit Stiles (NDP) (from 2023) | ||||
| Party control | 83 / 124(67%) | ||||
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The 43rd Parliament of Ontario (or the 43rd Ontario Legislature) was the provincial legislature of Ontario that was in office between June 2022 and January 2025. Its composition was initially determined by the Ontario general election held on June 2, 2022. The incumbent governing party from the 42nd Parliament, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario led by Premier Doug Ford, claimed eighty-three seats, seven more than the previous election and just over two-third of the 124 seats available, securing a second majority mandate for the Ford ministry to continue in office through the duration of the 43rd Parliament.[1]
In opposition to the government was the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) with its ranks reduced by a quarter to thirty-one seats. The Liberals made substantial gain in popular vote, surpassing the NDP, but only gained one seat and thus remain unrecognized. The party leaders of both parties resigned in the early days of the 43rd Parliament.
Despite the large majority mandate, the 43rd parliament lasted only two and a half years. Citing the need for a renewed mandate to steer through economic havoc expected from the re-election of President Donald Trump in the United States, Premier Ford sought and was granted dissolution in January, 2025.
The Speaker of the 43rd Parliament was Ted Arnott, who was also the dean of the legislature as the only members first elected in the 1990 election.
Party standings
| Affiliation | Party leader | Status | Seats | |||||
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Aug 2022 Conv |
June 2023 adj |
June 2024 adj |
Jan. 2025 diss. | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Ford | Government | 83 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 79 | |
| New Democratic | Peter Tabuns (interim to Feb. 2023) Marit Stiles (from Feb. 2023) | Official Opposition | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | |
| Liberal | John Fraser (parliamentary)[a][b] | (Not recgonized) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
| Green | Mike Schreiner | (Not recgonized) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent[c] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Total | 124 | 123 | 122 | 124 | 124 | |||
| Vacant | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |||
| Government Majority | 42 | 43 | 40 | 36 | 34 | |||
Parliamentary session
The 43rd Parliament sat through its entire lifespan of two-and-a-half years as one single parliamentary session, a new precedent for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The practice however was not entirely without precedent. The 42nd Canadian Parliament elected in 2015 sat through its four-year timespan as a single session, as did the 44th Canadian Parliament (elected in September 2021 and dissolved in March 2025) that sat concurrently as the 43rd Ontario Parliament.
While the 43rd Parliament only had one session, it adjourned for extended period at various point. It was convened on August 8, 2022 with the re-election of Speaker Ted Arnott, and sat until September 8 when it was informed of the demise of Her Majesty.[2] It held one sitting on September 13 to pay tribute to the late Queen, and then stood adjourned until October 25, and sat again from October 25 until December 8. In both the years 2023 and 2024, it sat for two periods that would constitute the typical spring and fall sessions in the past.
| Session | Year | Convened | Adjourned | Days Sat |
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1st | 2022 | Election: June 2 | ||
| August 8 | September 14 | 18 | ||
| October 25 | December 8 | 23 | ||
| 2023 | February 21 | June 8 | 47 | |
| September 25 | December 6 | 33 | ||
| 2024 | February 20 | June 6 | 47 | |
| October 21 | December 12 | 28 | ||
| 2025 | Dissolution: January 28, for election on February 27 | |||
On January 28, 2025, the 43rd Parliament was dissolved only two-and-a-half year into its term on the advice of the Ford Ministry.[3]
Presiding officers and party leaders
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 Charles III, King of Canada (from September 8, 2022) |
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 Edith Dumont (from November 14, 2023) Lieutenant Governor | |||||||
| Donna Skelly Flamborough—Glanbrook Deputy Speaker & Chair, CoW |
Bhutila Karpoche Parkdale—High Park First Deputy Chair, CoW |
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| Patrice Barnes Ajax Second Deputy Chair,CoW |
Lucille Collard Ottawa—Vanier Third Deputy Chair, CoW |
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| Doug Ford Etobicoke North Premier PC Leader |
Marit Stiles Davenport Leader of the Opposition NDP Leader |
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| Sylvia Jones Dufferin—Caledon Deputy Premier |
Doly Begum Scarborough Southwest Deputy Leader, NDP |
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| Paul Calandra Markham—Stouffville Government House Leader |
Sol Mamakwa Kiiwetinoong Deputy Leader, NDP |
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| Ross Romano Sault Ste. Marie Chief Government Whip |
John Vanthof, Timiskaming—Cochrane Opposition House Leader (2023-25) Chief Whip (2022-23) |
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| Andrea Khanjin, Barrie—Innisfil Deputy Government House Leader (2022– 24) Deputy Government Whip (2022–23) |
Peggy Sattler London West Opposition House Leader (2022-23) Chief Whip (2023-25) |
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| Trevor Jones Chatham-Kent—Leamington Deputy Government House Leader (2023–24) |
Terence Kernaghan London North Centre Deputy Opposition House Leader (2023–25) |
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| Anthony Leardi, Essex Deputy Government House Leader (2024–25) Deputy Government Whip (2023–24) |
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| Todd McCarthy Durham Deputy Government Whip (2022–23) |
John Fraser Ottawa South Liberal Parliamentary Leader |
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| Natalie Pierre Burlington Deputy Government Whip (2024–25) |
Lucille Collard Ottawa—VanierLiberal House Leader |
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| Mike Schreiner Guelph Green Party Leader |
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List of members
Timeline
Changes in MPPs
seat changed hand after by-election
involuntary departure
Liberal Green Independent
| Electoral District | Before | Change | |||||
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| Date | Reason | Member exited | New member | Date | |||
| Hamilton Centre | August 15, 2022 | Resignation[l] | Andrea Horwath | Sarah Jama | March 16, 2023 | ||
| Don Valley North | March 10, 2023 | Left caucus[m] |
Vincent Ke | [n] | |||
| Kanata—Carleton | March 27, 2023 | Resignation[o] |
Merrilee Fullerton | Karen McCrimmon | July 27, 2023 | ||
| Algoma—Manitoulin | March 31, 2023 | Removal from caucus[p] |
Michael Mantha | [n] | |||
| Scarborough—Guildwood | May 10, 2023 | Resignation [q] | Mitzie Hunter | Andrea Hazell | July 27, 2023 | ||
| Kitchener Centre | July 13, 2023 | Resignation [r] | Laura Mae Lindo | Aislinn Clancy | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Mississauga East—Cooksville | Sep 20, 2023 | Left caucus/cabinet[s] |
Kaleed Rasheed | ||||
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Oct 6, 2023 | Resignation [t] | Monte McNaughton | Steve Pinsonneault | May 2, 2024 | ||
| Hamilton Centre | October 23, 2023 | Removal from caucus[u] |
Sarah Jama | [n] | |||
| Milton | January 25, 2024 | Resignation[v] | Parm Gill | Zee Hamid | May 2, 2024 | ||
| Carleton | June 28, 2024 | Removal from caucus[w] |
Goldie Ghamari | ||||
| Bay of Quinte | August 16, 2024 | Resignation[t] | Todd Smith | Tyler Allsopp | Sep 19, 2024 | ||
- ↑ also interim party leader until December 2023
- ↑ Fraser was parliamentary leader for the entire duration of the 43rd Parliament as neither Steven Del Duca (party leader until August 2022) nor Bonnie Crombie (party leader from December 2023) were elected member of the 43rd Parliament
- ↑ inclusive of members excluded from caucus
- ↑ NDP until March 31, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 first elected in a by-election
- ↑ PC until June 28, 2024.
- ↑ PC until March 10, 2023.
- ↑ Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition until June 28, 2022.
- ↑ New Democratic until October 23, 2023.[4]
- ↑ PC until September 20, 2023.
- ↑ Interim Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from June 28, 2022 to February 4, 2023.
- ↑ to contest Mayoralty of Hamilton
- ↑ over allegations of involvement with Chinese government election interference
- 1 2 3 sought re-election as an independent
- ↑ following public outcry over handling of long-term care home during COVID pandemic
- ↑ over to allegations involving workplace misconduct
- ↑ to contest the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election
- ↑ to accept a teaching position at the University of Waterloo
- ↑ due to contradictory claims regarding a Las Vegas business trip
- 1 2 to return to private sector
- ↑ over controversial statements made regarding the Gaza war
- ↑ to contest subsequent federal election
- ↑ for meeting with far-right activist Tommy Robinson
Membership changes
| Party | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Jun | Aug | March | May | July | Sep | Oct | Nov | Jan | May | Jun | Aug | Sep | |||||||
| 02 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 06 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 02 | 28 | 16 | 19 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 79 | |||||||||
| New Democratic | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| Liberal | 8 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Green | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Total members | 124 | 123 | 124 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 123 | 122 | 123 | 122 | 124 | 123 | 124 | ||||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Notes
References
- ↑ Powers, Lucas (June 3, 2022). "Ontario's Progressive Conservatives sail to 2nd majority, NDP and Liberal leaders say they will resign". CBC News.
- ↑ "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 43rd Parliament, 1st Session, No. 17. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. September 8, 2022. p. 802.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Legislative Assembly of Ontario, ed. (2025). "Proclamation (January 28, 2025)" (PDF). Journals of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 142 (43rd Parliament, 1st session): 796.
- ↑ @krushowy. "@SarahJama_has been kicked out of @OntarioNDP caucus. Statement below from @MaritStiles #onpoli #ndp" (Tweet). {{Cite tweet}}: Missing or empty |number= (help)
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