Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Legislative Buildings at Queen's Park in Toronto.

The British North America Act, 1867 section 69 stipulated "There shall be a Legislature for Ontario consisting of the Lieutenant-Governor and of One House, styled the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". The Legislative Assembly is unicameral, without an upper house (replacing the bicameral Legislative Assembly of Canada (lower house) and Legislative Council of Canada (upper house), with 103 seats representing ridings elected in a first-past-the-post system across the province.

The assembly is also known (informally) as the Ontario Provincial Parliament, the reason being that unlike most of the other Canadian provinces, members of this assembly refer to themselves as Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPPs) as opposed to Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and are the only province to do so in accordance with the resolution passed in the Assembly on April 7, 1938. However the Legislative Assembly Act (R.S.O. 1990) refers to "members of the Assembly".

1 Party standings
2 List of members
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Party standings

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Affiliation		Members
	Liberal Party	68
	Progressive Conservative Party	23
	New Democratic Party	9
	Vacant	3
Total		103
Government Majority		17

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Seating Plan

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[edit] List of members

Ted Arnott	Progressive Conservative	Waterloo—Wellington
Wayne Arthurs	Liberal	Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge
Bas Balkissoon	Liberal	Scarborough—Rouge River
Toby Barrett	Progressive Conservative	Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Rick Bartolucci	Liberal	Sudbury
Chris Bentley	Liberal	London West
Lorenzo Berardinetti	Liberal	Scarborough Southwest
Gilles Bisson	New Democrat	Timmins—James Bay
Marie Bountrogianni	Liberal	Hamilton Mountain
Jim Bradley	Liberal	St. Catharines
Laurel Broten	Liberal	Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Mike Brown†	Liberal	Algoma—Manitoulin
Jim Brownell	Liberal	Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh
Michael Bryant	Liberal	St. Paul's
Donna Cansfield	Liberal	Etobicoke Centre
David Caplan	Liberal	Don Valley East
Mary Anne Chambers	Liberal	Scarborough East
Ted Chudleigh	Progressive Conservative	Halton
Mike Colle	Liberal	Eglinton—Lawrence
Kim Craitor	Liberal	Niagara Falls
Bruce Crozier	Liberal	Essex
Bob Delaney	Liberal	Mississauga West
Vic Dhillon	Liberal	Brampton West—Mississauga
Caroline DiCocco	Liberal	Sarnia—Lambton
Cheri DiNovo	New Democrat	Parkdale—High Park
Leona Dombrowsky	Liberal	Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Brad Duguid	Liberal	Scarborough Centre
Dwight Duncan	Liberal	Windsor—St. Clair
Garfield Dunlop	Progressive Conservative	Simcoe North
Christine Elliott	Progressive Conservative	Whitby—Ajax
Kevin Flynn	Liberal	Oakville
Peter Fonseca	Liberal	Mississauga East
John Gerretsen	Liberal	Kingston and the Islands
Michael Gravelle	Liberal	Thunder Bay—Superior North
Howard Hampton	New Democrat	Kenora—Rainy River
Ernie Hardeman	Progressive Conservative	Oxford
Andrea Horwath	New Democrat	Hamilton East
Pat Hoy	Liberal	Chatham-Kent—Essex
Tim Hudak	Progressive Conservative	Erie—Lincoln
Linda Jeffrey	Liberal	Brampton Centre
Frank Klees	Progressive Conservative	Oak Ridges
Peter Kormos	New Democrat	Niagara Centre
Kuldip Kular	Liberal	Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale
Monte Kwinter	Liberal	York Centre
Jean-Marc Lalonde	Liberal	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Jeff Leal	Liberal	Peterborough
Dave Levac	Liberal	Brant
Lisa MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Nepean—Carleton
Rosario Marchese	New Democrat	Trinity—Spadina
Judy Marsales	Liberal	Hamilton West
Shelley Martel	New Democrat	Nickel Belt
Gerry Martiniuk	Progressive Conservative	Cambridge
Deb Matthews	Liberal	London North Centre
Bill Mauro	Liberal	Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Dalton McGuinty	Liberal	Ottawa South
Ted McMeekin	Liberal	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
Phil McNeely	Liberal	Ottawa—Orléans
Madeleine Meilleur	Liberal	Ottawa—Vanier
Norm Miller	Progressive Conservative	Parry Sound—Muskoka
John Milloy	Liberal	Kitchener Centre
Carol Mitchell	Liberal	Huron—Bruce
Jennifer Mossop	Liberal	Stoney Creek
Julia Munro	Progressive Conservative	York North
Bill Murdoch	Progressive Conservative	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
John O'Toole	Progressive Conservative	Durham
David Orazietti	Liberal	Sault Ste. Marie
Jerry Ouellette	Progressive Conservative	Oshawa
Ernie Parsons	Liberal	Prince Edward—Hastings
Richard Patten	Liberal	Ottawa Centre
Steve Peters	Liberal	Elgin—Middlesex—London
Tim Peterson	Liberal	Mississauga South
Gerry Phillips	Liberal	Scarborough—Agincourt
Michael Prue	New Democrat	Beaches—East York
Sandra Pupatello	Liberal	Windsor West
Shafiq Qaadri	Liberal	Etobicoke North
Mario Racco	Liberal	Thornhill
Khalil Ramal	Liberal	London—Fanshawe
David Ramsay	Liberal	Timiskaming—Cochrane
Lou Rinaldi	Liberal	Northumberland
Bob Runciman	Progressive Conservative	Leeds—Grenville
Tony Ruprecht	Liberal	Davenport
Liz Sandals	Liberal	Guelph—Wellington
Laurie Scott	Progressive Conservative	Haliburton—Victoria—Brock
Mario Sergio	Liberal	York West
Monique Smith	Liberal	Nipissing
George Smitherman	Liberal	Toronto Centre—Rosedale
Greg Sorbara	Liberal	Vaughan—King—Aurora
Norm Sterling	Progressive Conservative	Lanark—Carleton
Peter Tabuns	New Democrat	Toronto—Danforth
Harinder Takhar	Liberal	Mississauga Centre
Joe Tascona	Progressive Conservative	Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford
John Tory	Progressive Conservative	Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
Maria Van Bommel	Liberal	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Jim Watson	Liberal	Ottawa West—Nepean
John Wilkinson	Liberal	Perth—Middlesex
Jim Wilson	Progressive Conservative	Simcoe—Grey
Elizabeth Witmer	Progressive Conservative	Kitchener—Waterloo
Kathleen Wynne	Liberal	Don Valley West
John Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative	Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
David Zimmer	Liberal	Willowdale

Cabinet ministers are in bold, leaders are in italics and the Speaker of the Legislature has a dagger next to his name.

There are three seats currently vacant in the legislature, due to the resignations of Joe Cordiano, Tony Wong and Cam Jackson.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Legislative Assembly of Ontario official site
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