44th Parliament of Ontario
| 44th Parliament of Ontario | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly | ||
| Jurisdiction | Ontario, Canada | ||
| Meeting place | Ontario Legislative Building | ||
| Term | Feb. 27, 2025 – | ||
| Election | 2025 Election | ||
| Government | Ford ministry (Progressive Conservative) | ||
| Members | 124 | ||
| Speaker | Donna Skelly | ||
| Premier | Doug Ford (PC) | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Marit Stiles (NDP) | ||
| Leader, Third Party | John Fraser (Liberal) | ||
| Party control | 78 / 124(63%) | ||
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The 44th Parliament of Ontario (or the 44th Ontario Legislature) is the provincial legislature of Ontario currently in office. Its composition was initially determined by the Ontario general election held on February 27, 2025. The incumbent governing party from the 43rd Parliament, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario led by Premier Doug Ford, claimed eighty seats, close to a third of the 124 seats available, securing a third consecutive majority mandate for the Ford ministry to continue in office.
In opposition to the government are two recognized party, the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) with twenty-seven members led by Marit Stiles, the Leader of the Opposition, and the Ontario Liberal Party with fourteen members led by its parliamentary leader John Fraser. They are joined by two Green MPPs and one independent MPP.
Following the general election, the legislature was called into session on April 13, 2025. As its first order of business, the Ontario legislature elected its first Madam Speaker in Donna Skelly.
Speaker Skelly was not the only new titleholder from the retirement of former Speaker Ted Arnott. In addition to holding the speakership in the 42nd and 43rd parliament, Arnott also shared the distinction as joint-dean of the legislature in the 42nd parliament, and held the title by himself in the 43rd, having first got elected in 1990 and held the title as the baby of the 35th parliament. With his retirement, the current dean of the legislature is Ernie Hardeman of Oxford, the last remaining member elected in the twentieth century.
Party standings
| Affiliation | Party leader | Status | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 election |
Current | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Ford | Government | 80 | 78 | |
| New Democratic | Marit Stiles | Official Opposition | 27 | 26 | |
| Liberal | John Fraser (interim) | Third party | 14 | 14 | |
| Green | Mike Schreiner | (Not recgonized) | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent | 1 | 2 | |||
| Vacant | 2 | ||||
| Total | 124 | ||||
| Government Majority | 36 | 34 | |||
Presiding officers and party leaders in the 44th Ontario Parliament
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List of members
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Green Independent
Timeline
Changes in MPPs
seat changed hand after by-election
involuntary departure
Liberal Green Independent
| Electoral District | Before | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Reason | Member exited | New member | Date | |||
| Sault Ste. Marie | September 22, 2025 | Removal from caucus[c] |
Chris Scott | ||||
| Scarborough Southwest | February 3, 2026 | Resignation[d] | Doly Begum | TBD | September 3, 2026 | ||
| York—Simcoe | June 5, 2026 | Resignation | Caroline Mulroney | TBD | September 3, 2026 | ||
| Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | June 5, 2026 | Resignation | Neil Lumsden | TBD | September 3, 2026 | ||
- ↑ since September 2025
- ↑ Interim Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from June 28, 2022 to February 4, 2023.
- ↑ following arrest for charges of domestic assault and assault with a weapon
- ↑ to contest federal by-election as a federal Liberal candidate
Membership changes
| Number of members per party by date |
2025 | 2026 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 28 | September 22 | February 3 | June 5 | August 4 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 80 | 79 | 78 | 77 | ||
| New Democratic | 27 | 26 | ||||
| Liberal | 14 | |||||
| Green | 2 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total members | 124 | 123 | 122 | 121 | ||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||