Wynne ministry

Wynne ministry

ministry of Ontario
Kathleen Wynne in 2015
Date formedFebruary 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)
Date dissolvedJune 29, 2018 (2018-06-29)
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
David Onley (2013–14)
Elizabeth Dowdeswell (2014–18)
Premier
Kathleen Wynne
Deputy Premier
Deb Matthews (to Jan. 2018)
No. of ministers
28 (at start); 30 (max.)
Total no. of members
44
Member party
  Liberal
Status in legislature
Minority (2013–14)
Majority (2014–18)
Opposition party
  Progressive Conservative
  New Democratic
Opposition leader
History
Incoming formation
2013 Liberal leadership contest
Election2014 Ontario general election
Outgoing election
2018 Ontario general election
Legislature terms40th & 41st Parliament
PredecessorMcGuinty ministry
SuccessorFord ministry

The Wynne ministry was the cabinet of the Government of Ontario, a province in Canada, from February 11, 2013, to June 29, 2018. It was led by Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne, the first woman to serve as Premier of Ontario, as well as the first openly LGBT person to head a ministry in Canada.

Wynne was invited to form a government upon her election two weeks prior as the leader of Ontario's governing party, the Ontario Liberal Party. The Wynne ministry inherited a minority governing mandate from the McGuinty ministry, the province's government from 2003 to 2013, which Ms. Wynne (along with many of her ministers) was a part of. Under her leadership, the Ontario Liberal Party won an upset victory in the 2014 Ontario provincial election and regained a parliamentary majority in the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The ministry governed until its electoral defeat in the 2018 election. It was succeeded by the Ford ministry.

Composition overview

A total of forty-four individuals served in the Wynne ministry over its five-year tenure. As the first woman to lead Canada's largest province, Wynne brought eighteen other women into her cabinet. While shy of reaching gender parity, the Wynne ministry surpassed the previous records of number of women in Ontario cabinet (eleven) and proportion of women presence in cabinet (42%), both previously set by the McGuinty ministry in August 2010). Wynne's final cabinet, with thirteen women out of twenty-eight, or 46%, remains the largest number and highest proportion of women in Ontario cabinet to date.

The Wynne ministry was also the first Ontario ministry to substantively reflect the racial and cultural diversity of the province's population. The forty-four members of the ministry included nine were persons of colour (including four women), three members were francophone Canadian, and one openly LGBT person other than the Premier herself. A number of them occupied some of the most prominent roles. She appointed to her inaugural cabinet the first two persons of Muslim faith to serve in Ontario cabinet — Yasir Naqvi, a trade lawyer born in Pakistan (who served as Minister of Labour and later became her Attorney General) and Reza Moridi, a nuclear physicist born in Iran (who served as Minister of Research and Innovation and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities) — and both served for the full duration of the ministry. She also put two black women, Mitzie Hunter and Indira Naidoo-Harris in charge of Ministry Education, one of the largest and most sensitive provincial portfolio, and a ministry she herself once headed.

Wynne's inaugural cabinet consisted of twenty-seven members including herself, eleven among them served for her entire premiership. Five of them held their portfolios for the entire duration of the ministry:

For a seven-month period between June 2016 and January 2017, Wynne's cabinet consist of thirty members, the largest cabinet since the short-lived Progressive Conservative Miller ministry in 1985 (which had thirty-three members). The number in hindsight appeared rather modest, with her successor Doug Ford leading a cabinet of thirty-seven since 2024.[1]

Wynne first secured her Don Valley West seat in 2003, and was the first out lesbian elected to any legislature in Canada.[a] She served as parliamentary assistant to two ministers, coincidentally her two strongest leadership rivals in the 2013 leadership contest, before being promoted to the crucial education portfolio by her predecessor Dalton McGuinty in 2006. She had in many occasions highlighted the crucial value of her own time spent on the backbench in preparing her for her ministerial career. During her premiership, no rookie entered cabinet immediately following their election. Three high profile recruits, former CivicAction head Mitzie Hunter, former NDP MP Glenn Thibeault and former Canadian Civil Liberties Association head Nathalie Des Rosier spent respectively ten, sixteen and fourteen months on the backbench before being elevated into cabinet.

During her five-year premiership, Wynne conducted two major cabinet shuffles. At its inauguration and on these two occasions, all ministers, including those retaining their portfolio, took their oaths of office. The composition of cabinet also saw minor changes on a number of occasions.

Changes to Wynne ministry
DateContextRefSizeWomen
February 11, 2013Inauguration of Wynne ministry [2]278 (30%)
May 8, 2013Adjustment upon resignation of Harinder Takhar (for health reasons) [3]268 (31%)
July 2, 2013Adjustment upon resignation of Laurel Broten (retirement from politics) [4]257 (28%)
March 25, 2014Adjustment upon resignation of Linda Jeffrey (to seek the mayoralty of Brampton) [5]266 (23%)
June 24, 2014Major shuffle following majority victory in 2014 election, three ministers no longer in legislature exited, four new ministers promoted including future party leader Steven Del Duca. [6]278 (30%)
June 13, 2016Major shuffle at halfway point of legislative term, with expressed objectives of renewal and improving diversity and gender balance, four ministers exited, seven new ministers promoted, largest cabinet since the 1980 [7]3012 (40%)
August 24, 2016Reassignment of Indira Naidoo-Harris following the agreement on CPP with the federal government [8]3012 (40%)
Jan 12, 2017Adjustment upon resignation of David Orazietti (departure from politics) [9]2912 (41%)
July 17, 2017Adjustment upon resignation of Glen Murray (departure from politics) [10]2912 (41%)
January 18, 2018Pre-election shuffle with three ministers exited (all signaled intention to retire), three new minister promoted [11]2913 (45%)
February 26, 2018Adjustment upon resignation of Eric Hoskins (accepted federal appointment) [12]2813 (46%)

Formation in February 2013

Having secured a surprise come-from-behind victory over former cabinet colleague Sandra Pupatello two weeks prior, Kathleen Wynne and her ministry were sworn into office by Lieutenant Governor David Onley on February 11, 2013.[13][2] The new ministry consisted of twenty-seven cabinet members. Among them seventeen served in the McGuinty ministry, with one member, Jim Bradley, having served in both the McGuinty ministry and the Peterson ministry in the late 1980s.The composition of her new team was influenced by the recent leadership contest in a number of notable ways:

  • All ten caucus supporters of Wynne's leadership bid were included in the cabinet. The five incumbent ministers were all given prominent roles - Deb Matthews, Wynne's most trusted confidant in caucus and chair of her come-from-behind leadership bid, was named Deputy Premier while retaining her role running the largest ministry in the government as Minister of Health and Long Term Care. Linda Jeffrey, a loyal ally who urged Wynne to contest the leadership and the first incumbent minister to endorsed her leadership bid, was named chair of cabinet in addition to being promoted to head Wynne's former portfolio of municipal affairs and housing. John Gerretsen, the most senior caucus members among her supporters and a contestant in the 1996 contest, remained Attorney General. Ted McMeekin, one of the most prominent left-leaning voices in caucus with a social justice background, was named Minister of Community and Social Services. Erstwhile rival Glen Murray, who dropped out of race before the convention and campaigned with Wynne in the contest's final two weeks, was given two crucial portfolios with large budget, transportation as well as the infrastructure.
  • The five other caucus members who supported her leadership bid were all promoted to cabinet, most prominent among them Liz Sandals, who was named Minister of Education.
  • Wynne included in her cabinet all four of her leadership rivals who were in caucus at the time, with significant promotions for the three who backed her on the final ballot. In addition to Murray, Charles Sousa was promoted to be her Minister of Finance. Eric Hoskins, whose dramatic move on the convention floor gave her a major momentum boost was named Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Employment.
  • Fulfilling one of her campaign promises, Wynne served as the inaugural agriculture minister for the ministry's first year, sharing the portfolio with newly appointed Minister of Rural Affairs Jeff Leal, who took over the entire portfolio after a year.
  • The ministry consisted of a number of minister with extensive ministerial experience. Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley was the most senior member, with over fourteen years of service, spanning the entire durations of the two previous Liberal ministries of Premiers David Peterson (1985–90) and Dalton McGuinty (2003–13). Gerretsen (remained Attorney General), Madeleine Meilleur (remained Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services), and Takhar (resumed Minister of Government Services) all served for the entire duration of the McGuinty ministry. Wynne retained most of her former cabinet colleagues, and almost all the ministers exited have previously signaled their intention to retire from politics either publicly or internally. The only reported involuntary departure was Margarett Best, who would in turn resign her seat shortly after.
  • Wynne promoted into cabinet three backbench supporters of frontrunner Sandra Pupatello, including aforementioned Leal, and also Teresa Piruzza (who was previously Pupatello's aide and local campaign manager), and David Orazietti (who mused of his own bid in the early months of the contest). These moves very likely have made the difference between majority and minority the following year, as it would have been highly unlikely for the Liberals to retain Leal and Orazietti's seats were they not the candidates.

Wynne's frontbench included eight women, including the aforementioned Matthews, Jeffrey, Sandals, Meilleur, Piruzza and Wynne herself; along with holdovers from the McGuinty ministry Laurel Broten; and newly appointed Tracey MacCharles.

Of the 27 cabinet members, John Milloy (as government house leader) and Mario Sergio (as minister responsible for seniors issues) were ministers without portfolio. Milloy soon resumed being a portfolio minister upon the resignation of a colleague three months later. While the new cabinet notionally created two new ministries - Ministry of Rural Affairs being carved out from Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the re-creation of the Ministry of Research and Innovation from the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, no legislation was passed to execute a formal administrative reorganization. Those ministers were assigned authorities over specific policy area of the actual ministries via orders-in-council. As noted above, the Agriculture & Food portfolio were reunited with Rural Affairs under Leal a year later. The Ministry of Research and Innovation's deputy minister (the top civil servant of the ministry) was a cross appointment of the deputy minister for economic development throughout, and their budget was included in the estimates and supply of the economic development ministry.

Early Departures in 2013

Two members of cabinet, however, were not long for service. Harinder Takhar resigned from cabinet, but not from the legislature, for health concerns on May 8, yielding his position as Chair of Management Board to Finance Minister Sousa, and his long-held position as Minister of Government Services to Milloy.[14][3] Laurel Broten resigned her position as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and her seat in the legislature in June.[15] Wynne as Premier assumed her intergovernmental affairs portfolio, a routine practice for that portfolio (five of the seven Premiers since the position's creation served as their own Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs), and assigned responsibility for women's issues to Piruzza.[4]

Wynne's minority ministry tabled its first budget on March 21, 2013, with measures that included a $295 million investment into a youth jobs strategy to help tackle the high youth unemployment rate, reducing auto insurance rates by 15 per cent to save motorists $225 a year, $260 million investment to boost home care health services for 46,000 seniors, $45 million investment into an Ontario Music Fund to help Ontario musicians, a $200 per month earnings exemption for those on Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program, $5 million into First Nations education, elimination of the employers health tax exemption for large companies, postponed tax cuts for big businesses, extended the capital cost allowance for machinery and equipment, increased the Ontario Child Benefit from $1,100 to $1,310 per year to support low-income families and other economic measures.[16] PC leader Tim Hudak had earlier said that he would not support the budget regardless of its contents. He said, "the sooner there's a change in government, the better it is to give hope to people in the province who have lost hope." The many social investment included in the budget made it very difficult for the New Democratic Party to reject however. Wynne's ministry survived its first major test of parliamentary confidence on June 11, 2013, with the budget passed by a vote of 64 for and all 36 PC members against.

Wynne's tenuous hold on power suffered a significant setback over the summer. By the time the legislature rose for the summer, five members of the McGuinty ministry has resigned their seat: McGuinty, former finance minister Dwight Duncan, former Attorney General and Energy Minister Chris Bentley, the aforementioned Broten and Best. All five were re-elected in 2011 by reasonably comfortable margin. On August 1, the Liberals lost three of the five by-elections. Incumbent city councillor Peter Milczyn was defeated by Toronto Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday in Broten's Etobicoke—Lakeshore in a competitive fight (but would revenge the loss less than a year later). The Liberal candidates in Bentley's London West and Duncan's Windsor—Tecumseh both faces controversy however, and finished a distant third. The Liberals retained McGuinty's Ottawa South (but with much reduced margin) with John Fraser, a long-time McGuinty aide who would serve multiple stints as interim party leader in opposition years later, and Best's Scarborough—Guildwood with a star recruit, CivicAction's CEO Mitzie Hunter in a tight three-way contest featuring former TTC Chair Adam Giambrone as the NDP candidate. The losses in Windsor and London foreshadowed the total collapse of Liberal support in southwestern Ontario in the subsequent decade. The losses also significantly diminished the Liberals' hopes for flipping the minority for a bare majority.

2014 Pre-Election Shuffle

On March 25, Wynne's ally Linda Jeffrey resigned from parliament for a bid to oust Brampton's scandal-plagued mayor.[17] Jeffrey was elected mayor of Brampton later that year. Her resignation triggered a small shuffle impacting a handful of minister. The title Chair of Cabinet was assumed by John Gerretsen, who announced in the previous year announced his intention to not seek re-election and agreed to remain in cabinet as a minister without portfolio until the election. The minor shuffle saw the promotion of two veteran caucus member into cabinet for the first time, and the promotion of two existing ministers. Gerretsen relinquished the prestigious role as Attorney General to long-time cabinet colleague Madeleine Meilleur, who became Ontario first francophone Attorney General. Meilleur's community safety portfolio went to Yasir Naqvi. Naqvi's labour portfolio went to Kevin Flynn, while Jeffrey's municipal affairs and housing portfolio went to Bill Mauro, who served on Thunder Bay City Council for over 15 years before elected MPP. Both new ministers were veterans first elected as part of the class of 2003 with Wynne. With this shuffle cabinet numbered 26 ministers, though the number of women dropped to six.

2014 Post-Election Shuffle

Following threats by the opposition NDP to vote against a tabled budget,[18] Wynne moved preemptively and sought the legislature's dissolution on May 2, 2014. The 2014 Ontario general election, held on June 12, resulted in a slim 4-seat Liberal majority (58 out of 107 seats).[19] With a renewed mandate, Wynne conducted a major shuffle on June 24 that saw the departure of three ministers who were no longer members of the legislature. Staying true to her stated view of experience as a backbencher being crucial preparation for one's ministerial career, Wynne elevated no rookie caucus members into cabinet. The shuffle ushered in four first time ministers, two of them having won their seats in byelections in the previous parliament.[20][6]

There were several further instances of re-organisation of ministries. Again, the reassignments of authorities were done through orders-in-council with no enabling legislations or amendments to existing legislations. Some were later undone similarly via revocations of these orders-in-council.

Other moves impacting key ministries in the government, some with impact to the Liberals' fortune later:

  • Eric Hoskins, who was struggling at economic development, moved to health, the portfolio he as a physician had long coveted.
  • Bill Mauro moved to natural resources, and took on the actual title prescribed by the ministry's enabling legislation as "Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry". His briefly held municipal affairs portfolio went to Ted McMeekin, also a former long-time municipal councillor and mayor.
  • Reza Moridi was given Training, Colleges and Universities, the portfolio with the third largest operating budget after health and education, in addition to his existing role as Minister of Research and Innovation. While his academic background made him seems suitable the additional role, his patrician style would later prove ill-suited for handling the rough-and-tumble stakeholders of the skill trade files.
  • Tracy MacCharles succeeded Piruzza as both Minister Responsible for Women's Issues and Minister of Children and Youth Services, the later role thrusting her soon after into the contentious autism file that became a major pain point for the government

Jim Bradley, who was newly appointed cabinet chair, and Mario Sergio remained in cabinet as ministers without portfolio. The number of women in cabinet rose to eight.

Most members of cabinet were involved in this shuffle or the March 25 shuffle in some way, including high-profile moves involving the aforementioned Duguid, Hoskins, Matthews, Meilleur, and Naqvi. Only Bob Chiarelli (Minister of Energy), Michael Gravelle (Northern Development and Mines), Mario Sergio (Minister without portfolio Responsible for Seniors), and David Zimmer (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs) remained unchanged in their roles.

2016 Midterm Shuffle

After two years with no change to her cabinet, Wynne executed a major cabinet shuffle on June 13, 2016, the approximate midpoint till the next election,[22] with the stated objective for injecting new blood and readying for the next election. Given the gender-balance cabinet formed by the federal liberals seven months earlier, she faced pressure to improve the gender balance of her front bench team. These concurrent objectives led to the exit of four veteran ministers, the elevations of seven new ministers including five women, and the largest cabinet in Ontario since 1987.

In a move that made international news, municipal affairs minister Ted McMeekin, considered among the most left-leaning ministers, wrote in a social media post a week prior to the shuffle that he would be resigning, noting, "Sometimes the best way for a man to advance the equality of women may be to step back and make room at the table."[23] This was followed by announcement by seniors' issue minister Mario Sergio and cabinet chair Jim Bradley, a 39-year veteran in the legislature and the only person to have served in cabinet throughout all three liberal ministries of the past 30 years, of their resignations also for the expressed purpose of making room for new blood. All three indicated they will continue to serve as backbench members of the government. In the same week, Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur also announced her resignation not only from cabinet but also from the legislature.

Similar to the major shuffle in 2014, all members of the new cabinet took their oath of offices in a formal ceremony, this time taking place in the main hallway of the legislature instead of inside the legislative chamber. Seven new ministers joined cabinet, including five who were first elected in the 2014 elections - Chris Ballard, Marie-France Lalonde, Kathryn McGarry, Eleanor McMahon, Indira Naidoo-Harris, and Glenn Thibeault, a former NDP who gained a seat for the liberals in a byelection despite an ongoing criminal probe over his nomination (which did not implicate him, but led to a high-profile criminal prosecution against the Liberals campaign chief and Wynne's deputy chief of staff Pat Sorbara and a long time party elder in Thibeault's electoral district), along with Laura Albanese, who was Wynne's Parliamentary Assistant in her first year as Premier.

Key moves and reorganizations included:

With this shuffle, the number of women increased to twelve, bringing the proportion of women in cabinet to 40%, [24] a new record for the number women in Ontario cabinet at any given time surpassing previous record of eleven set by the McGuinty ministry in August 2010. The record of proportion of women presence to was not surpassed until a later shuffle.

Among those few retaining high-profile portfolios were Steven Del Duca remaining at Ministry of Transportation, Eric Hoskins remaining at Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, and Charles Sousa at Ministry of Finance

Shortly after the shuffle, the role of associate finance minister was rendered redundant by an agreement with federal government on CPP.[25] Incumbent minister Indira Naidoo-Harris was assigned a new role on August 24 as associate education minister with responsibility for early years and child care.

January 2017

On January 12, Wynne reorganised several ministries, mostly on the basis of changes to ministerial responsibilities, with two policy areas being elevated to portfolio status by orders-in-council:[26]

  • Ministry of Senior Affairs was created, elevating the policy area and the responsible minister Dipika Damerla) to full portfolio status.
  • Ministry of Women's Issues (soon renamed "Ministry of the Status of Women") was created, elevating the Office of Women's Issues and its responsible minister Indira Naidoo-Harris to full portfolio status while also retaining responsibility for early years and child care.
  • Responsibilities for small business, part of the economic development portfolio, was assigned to agriculture minister Jeff Leal, to relieve economic development minister Brad Duguid in anticipation of challenges from a newly elected Trump administration that had campaigned on a punitive renegotiation NAFTA.

A few weeks prior, David Orazietti resigned from parliament. His community safety and correctional services portfolio was transferred to Marie-France Lalonde, while Lalonde's government and consumer services was transferred to Tracy MacCharles.

July 2017

On July 31, yet another area of ministerial responsibility was elevated to the status of full ministry:[27]

Glen Murray resigned from parliament this month as well, his environment portfolio went to Chris Ballard, and Ballard's housing portfolio to new minister Peter Milczyn. The number of cabinet members remained unchanged at 29.

2018 Pre-election Reset

On January 17, three close allies of Wynne who have announced their pending retirement from politics — Brad Duguid, Deb Matthews, and Liz Sandals — left cabinet. They were replaced at their respective ministries by Steven Del Duca at Ministry of Economic Development and Growth, Mitzie Hunter at Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, and Eleanor McMahon as President of Treasury Board. Their vacancies in cabinet were filled by newly appointed cabinet ministers Nathalie Des Rosiers, Harinder Malhi, and Daiene Vernile, the last three ministers to be elevated to cabinet by Wynne. Helena Jaczek further took over as Chair of Cabinet from Matthews, while the position of Deputy Premier went into disuse for the remainder of the ministry.

With this shuffle, the number of cabinet members remained steady at twenty-nine, and the number of women increased to thirteen, or 45%, surpassing the previous record of 42% record set by the McGuinty ministry.

On February 26, the last cabinet change occurred, as Wynne lost a fourth high-profile cabinet minister in the run up to the election[28] with the resignation of Eric Hoskins. He was replaced as Minister of Health and Long Term Care by Helena Jaczek, a former chief medical officer of health of York Region.

Election of 2018

The results of the June 7, 2018 Ontario general election were catastrophic for the governing Liberal Party and for Wynne's cabinet alike.[29] Of the 26 cabinet ministers who contested their seats (Michael Chan and Tracy MacCharles ended up not contesting the election), only six were returned, including Wynne herself, Michael Coteau, Nathalie Des Rosiers, Michael Gravelle, Mitzie Hunter, and Marie-France Lalonde, as the party itself only managed a total of seven seats in the 42nd Parliament of Ontario.

List of ministers

By seniority

Timespan:   service in McGuinty ministry[b]        service in Wynne ministry

Minister Ministerial service Parliamentary Service
StartEndTimespan 1stElectoral DistrictRegion
Kathleen Wynne(Sep 18, 2006)
Feb 11, 2013		June 29, 2018






2003Don Valley WestToronto
Jim Bradley(June 26, 1985)
Feb 11, 2013		June 13, 2016






1977St. Catharines905 West
John GerretsenOct 23, 2003)
Feb 11, 2013		June 24, 2014






1995Kingston and the IslandsEast
Madeleine Meilleur(Oct 23, 2003)
Feb 11, 2013		June 13, 2016






2003Ottawa-VanierEast-NCR
Harinder Takhar(Oct 23, 2003)
Feb 11, 2013		May 8, 2013





2003Mississauga Centre905 West
Laurel Broten(June 29, 2005)
Feb 11, 2013		July 2, 2013






2003Etobicoke—LakeshoreToronto
Michael Chan(Feb 21, 2007)
Feb 11, 2013		June 29, 2018






2006[c]Markham—Unionville905 North
Michael Gravelle(Oct 30, 2007)
Feb 11, 2013		June 29, 2018






1995Thunder Bay—Superior NorthNorth
Ted McMeekin(Oct 30, 2007)
Feb 11, 2013		June 13, 2016






2000Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale905 West
Brad Duguid(Oct 30, 2007)
Feb 11, 2013		Jan 17, 2018






2003Scarborough CentreToronto
Deb Matthews(Oct 30, 2007)
Feb 11, 2013		Jan 17, 2018






2003London North CentreSouthwest
John Milloy(Oct 30, 2007)
Feb 11, 2013		June 24, 2014






2003Kitchener CentreSW-Midwest
Linda Jeffrey(Jan 18, 2010)
Feb 11, 2013		March 25, 2014






2003Brampton—Springdale905 West
Eric Hoskins(Jan 18, 2010)
Feb 11, 2013		Feb 26, 2018





2009[c]St. Paul'sToronto
Bob Chiarelli(Aug 18, 2010)
Feb 11, 2013		June 29, 2018






1987[d]Ottawa West–NepeanEast-NCR
Glen Murray(Aug 18, 2010)
Feb 11, 2013		July 31, 2017





2010[c]Toronto CentreToronto
Charles Sousa(Dec 16, 2010)
Feb 11, 2013		June 29, 2018






2007Mississauga South905 West
Mario SergioFeb 11, 2013June 13, 2016






1995York WestToronto
Jeff LealFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018






2003PeterboroughEast
David OraziettiFeb 11, 2013Dec 16, 2016






2003Sault Ste. MarieNorth
Liz SandalsFeb 11, 2013Jan 17, 2018






2003GuelphSW-Midwest
David ZimmerFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018






2003WillowdaleToronto
Reza MoridiFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018






2007Richmond Hill905 North
Yasir NaqviFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018






2007Ottawa CentreEast-NCR
Michael CoteauFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018






2011Don Valley EastToronto
Tracy MacCharlesFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018






2011Pickering—Scarborough East905 East
Teresa PiruzzaFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014






2011Windsor WestSouthwest
Kevin FlynnMarch 25, 2014June 29, 2018






2003Oakville905 West
Bill MauroMarch 25, 2014June 29, 2018






2003Thunder Bay—AtikokanNorth
Helena JaczekJune 24, 2014June 29, 2018






2007Oak Ridges—Markham905 North
Dipika DamerlaJune 24, 2014June 29, 2018






2011Mississauga East—Cooksville905 West
Steven Del DucaJune 24, 2014June 29, 2018






2012[c]Vaughan905 North
Mitzie HunterJune 24, 2014June 29, 2018






2013[c]Scarborough—GuildwoodToronto
Laura AlbaneseJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2007York South—WestonToronto
Chris BallardJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2014Newmarket—Aurora905 North
Marie-France LalondeJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2014OrléansEast-NCR
Kathryn McGarryJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2014CambridgeSW-Midwest
Eleanor McMahonJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2014Burlington905 West
Indira Naidoo-HarrisJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2014Halton905 West
Glenn ThibeaultJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018






2014SudburyNorth
Peter MilczynJuly 31, 2017June 29, 2018






2014Etobicoke—LakeshoreToronto
Harinder MalhiJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018






2014Brampton—Springdale905 West
Daiene VernileJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018






2014Kitchener CentreSW-Midwest
Nathalie Des RosiersJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018






2016[c]Ottawa—VanierEast-NCR

By portfolio

Portfolio
  minister without portfolio/associate minister		 Minister Tenure
StartEnd
Central administration & citizenship portfolios
Premier & President of the Council Kathleen WynneFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018
Deputy Premier of Ontario Deb MatthewsFeb 11, 2013Jan 17, 2018
title not in useJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of FinanceCharles Sousa Feb 11, 2013June 29, 2018
Associate Minister of Finance
(Ontario Retirement Pension Plan)[e]		 Mitzie HunterJune 24, 2014July 13, 2016
Indira Naidoo-HarrisJuly 13, 2016August 24, 2016
Chair of the Management Board of CabinetHarinder Takhar Feb 11, 2013May 8, 2013
Charles SousaMay 8, 2013June 24, 2014
President of the Treasury Board Deb MatthewsJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Liz SandalsJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Eleanor McMahonJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Laurel BrotenFeb 11, 2013July 2, 2013
Kathleen WynneJuly 2, 2013June 29, 2018
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
(Chan was styled as Minister of Citizenship,
Immigration and International Trade)		 Michael CoteauFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Michael ChanJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Laura AlbaneseJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Francophone AffairsMadeleine Meilleur Feb 11, 2013June 13, 2016
Marie-France LalondeJune 13, 2016July 31, 2017
Minister of Francophone Affairs[f] July 31, 2017June 29, 2018
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (to June 13, 2016)
Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation		 David ZimmerFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018
Judiciary and law enforcement portfolios
Attorney General John GerretsenFeb 11, 2013March 25, 2014
Madeleine MeilleurMarch 25, 2014June 13, 2016
Yasir NaqviJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of Community Safety
and Correctional Services		Madeleine Meilleur Feb 11, 2013March 25, 2014
Yasir NaqviMarch 25, 2014June 13, 2016
David OraziettiJune 13, 2016December 16, 2016
Kevin Flynn (acting)December 16, 2016Jan 12, 2017
Marie-France LalondeJan 12, 2017June 29, 2018
Social & human services portfolios
Minister of Education Liz SandalsFeb 11, 2013June 13, 2016
Mitzie HunterJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Indira Naidoo-HarrisJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Early Years and Child Care[g] Indira Naidoo-HarrisAugust 24, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Brad DuguidFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Reza MoridiJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development Deb MatthewsJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Mitzie HunterJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb MatthewsFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Eric HoskinsJune 24, 2014Feb 26, 2018
Helena JaczekFeb 26, 2018June 29, 2018
Associate Minister of Health and Long
Term Care (LTC and Wellness)		 Dipika DamerlaJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Minister of Children and Youth Services Teresa PiruzzaFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Tracy MacCharlesJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Michael CoteauJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of Community and Social Services Ted McMeekinFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Helena JaczekJune 24, 2014Feb 26, 2018
Michael CoteauFeb 26, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of Labour Yasir NaqviFeb 11, 2013March 25, 2014
Kevin FlynnMarch 25, 2014June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Seniors
(minister without portfolio)		 Mario SergioFeb 11, 2013June 13, 2016
Dipika DamerlaJune 13, 2016Jan 12, 2017
Minister of Senior Affairs[h] Jan 12, 2017June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Women's Issues Laurel BrotenFeb 11, 2013July 2, 2013
Teresa PiruzzaJuly 2, 2013June 24, 2014
Tracy MacCharles[i]June 24, 2014Jan 12, 2017
Minister of the Status of Women[h][j] Indira Naidoo-HarrisJan 12, 2017Jan 17, 2018
Harinder MalhiJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Industry and economic portfolios
Minister of Agriculture and Food Kathleen WynneFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff LealJune 24, 2014June 29, 2018
Minister of Rural Affairs Jeff LealFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Economic Development,
Trade and Employment		 Eric HoskinsFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Economic Development,
Employment and Infrastructure		 Brad DuguidJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Minister of Economic Development and GrowthJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Steven Del DucaJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of International Trade Michael ChanJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Michael ChanFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Michael CoteauJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Eleanor McMahonJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Daiene VernileJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of Research and Innovation (to June 13, 2016)
Minister of Research, Innovation and Science		 Reza MoridiFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018
Resources portfolios
Minister of Energy Bob ChiarelliFeb 11, 2013June 13, 2016
Glenn ThibeaultJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of the Environment Jim BradleyFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Glen MurrayJune 24, 2014July 31, 2017
Chris BallardJuly 31, 2017June 29, 2018
Minister of Natural Resources David OraziettiFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Bill MauroJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Kathryn McGarryJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Nathalie Des RosiersJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister of Northern Development and Mines Michael GravelleFeb 11, 2013June 29, 2018
Public assets portfolios
Minister of Government Services Harinder TakharFeb 11, 2013May 8, 2013
John MilloyMay 8, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Government and Consumer Services David OraziettiJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Marie-France LalondeJune 13, 2016Jan 12, 2017
Tracy MacCharlesJan 12, 2017June 29, 2018
Minister of Consumer Services Tracy MacCharlesFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Linda JeffreyFeb 11, 2013March 25, 2014
Bill MauroMarch 25, 2014June 24, 2014
Ted McMeekinJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Minister of Municipal Affairs Bill MauroJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of Housing Chris BallardJune 13, 2016July 31, 2017
Peter MilczynJuly 31, 2017June 29, 2018
Minister of Infrastructure Glen MurrayFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
assigned to Economic Development June 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Bob ChiarelliJune 13, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister of Transportation Glen MurrayFeb 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Steven Del DucaJune 24, 2014Jan 17, 2018
Kathryn McGarryJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Other non-portfolio responsibilities
Chair of Cabinet Linda JeffreyFeb 11, 2013March 25, 2014
John GerretsenMarch 25, 2014June 24, 2014
Jim BradleyJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Deb MatthewsJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Helena JaczekJan 17, 2018June 29, 2018
House Leader John Milloy[k]Feb 11, 2013May 2, 2014
Yasir NaqviMay 2, 2014May 8, 2018
Deputy House Leader Jim BradleyFeb 11, 2013June 13, 2016
Jim Bradley (ultra-ministry)June 13, 2016May 8, 2018
Minister Responsible for the 2015
Pan and Parapan American Games		Michael ChanFebruary 11, 2013June 24, 2014
Michael CoteauJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Minister Responsible for
the Poverty Reduction Strategy		 Deb MatthewsJune 24, 2014June 13, 2016
Chris BallardJune 13, 2016July 31, 2017
Peter MilczynJuly 31, 2017June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism Michael CoteauFebruary 16, 2016June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Accessibility Tracy MacCharles[i] June 13, 2016
Minister Responsible for Digital Government Deb MatthewsJune 13, 2016Jan 17, 2018
Eleanor McMahonJanuary 17, 2018June 29, 2018
Minister Responsible for Small Business Jeff LealJan 12, 2017June 29, 2018

Notes

  1. ↑ NDP MP Libby Davies came out publicly in 2001 but did not face re-election as an out woman until 2004.
  2. ↑ represent last 3 years only
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 By-election
  4. ↑ non-continuous service, left legislature in 1997 and returned via a by-election in 2010
  5. ↑ New title; responsibility eliminated on July 13, 2016 upon agreement on CPP with the federal government[30]
  6. ↑ elevated to status of full ministry July 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Was "Associate Minister of Education (Early Years and Child Care)" until her promotion as education minister on January 12, 2017, upon which the responsibility folded back into the education portfolio
  8. 1 2 elevated to status of full ministry January 12, 2017
  9. 1 2 while a minister portfolio between June 13, 2016 and January 12, 2017
  10. ↑ initially styled as "Minister of Women's issues" from January 12 to February 14, 2017
  11. ↑ while a Minister without portfolio February 11 to May 8, 2013

References

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  • Official statements issued by the Government of Ontario announcing changes to the composition of the Wynne ministry
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  2. 1 2 OPO & 2013-2.
  3. 1 2 OPO & 2013-5.
  4. 1 2 OPO & 2013-7.
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  6. 1 2 OPO & 2014-6.
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  9. ↑ OPO & 2017-1.
  10. ↑ OPO & 2017-7.
  11. ↑ OPO & 2018-1.
  12. ↑ OPO & 2018-2.
  13. ↑ "Lots of rookie ministers in Wynne's expanded cabinet". cbc.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Harinder Takhar resigns from Ontario cabinet due to medical issues". globalnews.ca. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Fourth Ontario Liberal-held seat faces a byelection after Cabinet minister Laurel Broten quits politics". The National Post. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
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  25. ↑ "ORPP Cancelled in light of Agreement in Principle to Enhance CPP". ctvnews.ca. July 5, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
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  28. ↑ "Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins resigns". cbc.ca. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  29. ↑ "Results Overview". results.elections.on.ca. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  30. ↑ Ministry of Finance (June 21, 2016). "Statement by Charles Sousa, Ontario Minister of Finance, and Indira Naidoo-Harris, Associate Minister of Finance, on the Agreement in Principle to Enhance CPP". Government of Ontario Newsroom. King's Printer for Ontario.
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