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42nd Parliament of Ontario
Majority parliament
11 July 2018 – 3 May 2022
Parliament leaders
PremierHon. Doug Ford
June 29, 2018 – present
Leader of the
Opposition		Andrea Horwath
June 29, 2018 – June 28, 2022
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionNew Democratic Party
UnrecognizedLiberal Party
Green Party
New Blue Party
Ontario Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly		Hon. Ted Arnott
July 11, 2018 – present
Government
House Leader		Hon. Todd Smith
June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019
Hon. Paul Calandra
June 20, 2019 – present
Opposition
House Leader		Gilles Bisson
June 17, 2018 – February 16, 2021
Peggy Sattler
February 16, 2021 – present
Members124 MPP seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant
Governor		Elizabeth Dowdeswell
September 23, 2014 – November 14, 2023
Sessions
1st session
July 11, 2018 – September 12, 2021
2nd session
October 4, 2021 – May 3, 2022
← 41st → 43rd
Politics of Ontario
Crown
Provincial legislature
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Government

Official Opposition

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The 42nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the province of Ontario, Canada. The membership was set by the 2018 Ontario general election and sat for two sessions until it was dissolved on May 3, 2022 in advance of the 2022 Ontario general election.

A majority government was formed by the Progressive Conservative Party with leader Doug Ford serving as Premier of Ontario. The Official Opposition, and the only other recognized party, was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Andrea Horwath.[1] The Ontario Liberal Party and Green Party of Ontario also elected members to seats in the legislature, but neither elected enough MPPs for official party status. At dissolution, the New Blue Party of Ontario and the Ontario Party each had one MPP, but also lacked official party status.

Ford was officially sworn in as Premier of Ontario by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on June 29, 2018.[2] The first session of the 42nd Legislative Assembly was opened on July 11, 2018 with the election of Ted Arnott as Speaker.[3]

Election and appointments

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The Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) that served in the Legislative Assembly of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario were elected in the general election held on June 7, 2018. The election returned 76 Progressive Conservatives, 40 NDP members, 7 Liberals, and 1 Green. This allowed the Progressive Conservative Party to form a majority government with its leader Doug Ford becoming Premier and the NDP forming the Official Opposition.[4] Neither the Liberals, nor the Green Party had sufficient number of seats to provide them with party status in the legislative assembly.[5] Ford assembled a 21-member Cabinet which was sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29. The cabinet featured Ford as Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs with former Progressive Conservative leadership candidates Christine Elliott as Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Caroline Mulroney as Attorney General. Former interim leaders of the Progressive Conservatives Vic Fedeli and Jim Wilson were assigned to be Minister of Finance and Minister of Economic Development, respectively. This initial cabinet also featured Lisa MacLeod as both Minister of Community and Social Services and Minister of Children and Youth Services, Lisa Thompson as Minister of Education, Rod Phillips as Minister of the Environment, and John Yakabuski as Minister of Transportation.[6] In addition, 26 other Progressive Conservative MPPs were appointed to be parliamentary assistants. Todd Smith was appointed Government House Leader and Ted Arnott was elected Speaker.[3]

The first change to the Cabinet came on November 2, 2018, when Jim Wilson resigned to sit as an independent and Todd Smith assumed his role as Minister of Economic Development.[7] The first major cabinet shuffle came on June 20, 2019, as the premier expanded the cabinet to 28 members[8] with 31 other Progressive Conservative MPPs being parliamentary assistants.[9] Doug Downey, Paul Calandra, Stephen Lecce and Ross Romano were promoted to cabinet to be Attorney General, Government House Leader, Minister of Education, and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, respectively. Jill Dunlop, Kinga Surma, and Prabmeet Sarkaria were promoted to be Associate Ministers. Rod Phillips became Minister of Finance, Jeff Yurek the Minister of the Environment, Todd Smith the Minister of Children and Youth Services, Caroline Mulroney the Minister of Transportation, Vic Fedeli the Minister of Economic Development, Lisa Thompson the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, Lisa MacLeod the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Laurie Scott the Minister of Infrastructure, and Monte McNaughton the Minister of Labour. Bill Walker and Michael Tibollo were demoted from ministerial positions to be Associate Ministers, and Christine Elliott's portfolio split with Merrilee Fullerton taking over the newly created Ministry of Long-Term Care.

In February 2021, Peter Bethlenfalvy replaced Rod Phillips as Minister of Finance following criticism of his international vacations during the COVID pandemic,[10] though he returned to cabinet in June as the Minister of Long-Term Care. That June shuffle removed 5 members (Jeff Yurek, John Yakabuski, Laurie Scott, Bill Walker, and Ernie Hardeman) and introduced 6 new members to cabinet, including David Piccini as Minister of the Environment, Parm Gill as Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Khaleed Rasheed as Associate Minister of Digital Government, Stan Cho as Associate Minister of Transportation, Nina Tangri as Associate Minister for Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, and Jane McKenna as the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues. Kinga Surma and Jill Dunlop were promoted from their associate minister roles to be Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Colleges and Universities, respectively, with Prabmeet Sakaria being promoted from associate minister to President of the Treasury Board.[11]

First session

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2018-19

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The first session of the 42nd Parliament began on July 11, 2018, with the Speech from the Throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Dowdeswell on behalf of the Premier Ford and the Progressive Conservative government. In the summer session two bills were adopted. The first bill, adopted by the Parliament on July 26, was the Urgent Priorities Act (Bill 2) which enacted back-to-work legislation to end strike action at York University, canceled the White Pines wind project, and required Hydro One create new compensation packages for their chief executive officer and board of directors which would be subject to government approval.[12] The second bill, titled Better Local Government Act, 2018 (Bill 5) removed the City of Toronto's powers to determine the composition of City Council and the division of the City into wards and replaced it with a requirement that the City's wards follow the provincial riding boundaries, as well as eliminate elected chair positions in the regions of Peel, York, Niagara and Muskoka, in favour of appointed positions — all applicable to the 2018 municipal elections.[13]

In the fall 2018 sitting of the first session, seven more bills were adopted. Bill 4 repealed the province's emissions trading legislation, the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act[14] and Bill 34 repealed the Green Energy Act. Bill 32 amended the Ontario Energy Board Act to spread of the cost of expanding the natural gas distribution system to all rate-payers rather than those immediately benefiting from the expansion. Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act, retracted the planned 2019 increase to the minimum wage while tying future increases to a calculation of inflation, replaced a mandatory provision for all employees to be provided two paid sick days with unpaid leave days, eliminated mandatory pay-equity for part-time and casual workers, deleted the allowance of a trade union to obtain a list of employees and closed the Ontario College of Trades.[15] Bill 57 was an omnibus bill that made numerous amendments to various acts, including closing the office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, and the office of the Environmental Commissioner, repeals the Ontario Place Corporation Act and the Trillium Trust Act, expanding the area Metrolinx provides service to while deleting the requirement that it consider all forms of transportation it is plans, exempting the Royal Canadian Legion from property taxes, allowing professional full-time fire-fighters to also work part-time at a different fire department,[16] increasing the maximum allowable contributions that can be made to political parties while removing the prohibition of MLAs from attending fund-raising events, proclaiming March 27, 2019, to be Special Hockey Day, creating a Low-Income Individuals and Families tax credit, closing the offices of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner and the French Language Services Commissioner while moving their duties to the offices of the Integrity Commissioner and the Ombudsman, respectively.[17] Also, Bill 36 created a licensing system for private cannabis retail stores and allowed cannabis consumption in all areas where the smoking of tobacco is allowed and Bill 67 disallowed strike action by the unionized workers of the Ontario Power Generation.[18]

In the spring 2019 sitting, several more bills were adopted. The Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act (Bill 66) was another omnibus bill that amended numerous unrelated acts, as well as repealed the Pawnbrokers Act, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, and the Wireless Services Agreements Act, 2013. Bill 48 amended several education-related acts to make provisions for service animals in schools, require applicants for the Ontario College of Teachers to demonstrate proficiency in mathematics, and amend the provisions regarding teacher-student sexual abuse.[19] Bill 68 repealed and replaced the Police Services Act and the Police Oversight Act with the Community Safety and Policing Act and the Special Investigations Unit Act.[20] In addition to repealing the Lung Health Act, Bill 74 enacted the Connecting Care Act to create a new Crown agency titled Ontario Health intended to merge the 14 Local Health Integration Network and several crown agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario, the Gift of Life Network, eHealth Ontario, HealthForceOntario, and provide the ability for the government to create Integrated Care Delivery Systems (or Health Teams) to deliver health care services.[21] Bill 115 terminated the province's agreement with The Beer Store in favour of making alcoholic beverages available for sale through grocery stores and convenience outlets.[22] Bill 107 transferred, to Metrolinx from the City of Toronto, the responsibility for designing and developing rapid transit within the city.[23] Bill 108 amended 13 acts, including the Endangered Species Act by inserting new abilities for the Ministry of the Environment to delay listing species on the endangered list and provide exemptions from the protections under the act for listed species,[24] the Environmental Assessment Act by allowing for exemptions to routine class environmental assessments, the Ontario Heritage Act by creating a formal process for property owners to appeal a heritage designation, the Development Charges Act and Planning Act regarding what and how certain services may be charged development cost charges, community benefits charges and municipal parkland acquisitions, allow for inclusionary zoning and create lower timelines for local governments to decide on rezoning and subdivision applications, and the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act by amending the practices and procedures of the tribunal.

Few bills were adopted during the fall 2019 sitting but they amended, created or repealed numerous acts. Bill 136 repealed the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and replaced it with the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act.[25] Bill 124 caps public sector wage increases to no more than 1% per year.[26] Bill 138 repealed the Toronto Stock Exchange Act; enacted the Egyptian Heritage Month Act, the Hellenic Heritage Month Act, the Provincial Day of Action on Litter Act, and the Supply Chain Management (Government, Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities) Act; repealed and replaced the Liquor Licence Act and the Wine Content and Labelling Act with the new Liquor Licence and Control Act; amended cannabis-related acts to allow for online and telephone purchases from private cannabis retail stores and allowed peace officers and judges to refer a youth to an education program rather than pursuing conviction of a cannabis offense, and created a lower aviation fuel tax rate applicable to purchases made in Northern Ontario. Bill 132, aimed at red tape reduction eliminated or lowered certain penalties for contravening the Environmental Protection Act; repealed the Residential Complex Sales Representation Act, Local Planning Appeal Support Centre Act, Farm Products Grades and Sales Act, Partnerships for Jobs and Growth Act, Paperback and Periodical Distributors Act, Statute Labour Act, and the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act; permits Algoma University and Ontario College of Art & Design University to award degrees and diplomas in all branches of learning; and amended Pesticides Act to allow for more use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes, among other provisions.[27]

2020-21

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The legislature reconvened in 2020 but the events of the Covid pandemic came to dominant the agenda. Covid-related legislation adopted in 2020 included budgetary measures in Bill 188;[28] Bill 186 to create an unpaid leave of absence within the Employment Standards Act for infectious disease emergencies and to repeal the SARS Assistance and Recovery Strategy Act; Bill 187 to allow local governments to hold meetings through electronic means; Bill 189 to suspend loan repayments in the Ontario Student Assistance Program;[29] Bill 190 to allow provincially-regulated organizations to conduct business remotely (e.g. use of electronic signatures, filings, affidavits); Bills 192 & 204 to suspend evictions of commercial tenants and freeze residential rents;[30] Bill 195 to allow the Ontario Provincial Police to enforce covid-related regulations on gatherings; Bill 218 indemnified workers and organizations from legal actions relating to covid exposures;[31] and Bill 283 enacted the Covid-19 Vaccination Reporting Act.[32]

Other bills adopted in 2020 included Bill 197 to amend the Environmental Assessment Act to prioritize assessments by anticipated impact, allow for a streamlined-class of assessment, and reduce mandated timelines of other assessments; amend the Planning Act addressing community benefits charges and enhancing order making powers for the minister responsible; amend the Education Act to allow for demonstration schools; create an appeal process for those denied farm business registration; amend the Payday Loans Act to cap fees for dishonoured cheques, pre-authorized debits, and loans under $1,500; create the new Transit-Oriented Communities Act; and repeal and replace the Burden Reduction Reporting Act, 2014 and the Reducing Regulatory Costs for Business Act, 2017 with the new Modernizing Ontario for People and Businesses Act, 2020.[33] Bill 213, titled the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 was adopted to repeal the Ontario Highway Transport Board Act, grant university status and rename several Christian colleges, remove residency requirements for corporate directors, and allow the Ministry of the Environment to levy new fees for providing documents. Bill 215 removes local government ability to regulate noise associated with the delivery of goods, and increases fines for unlicenced ridesharing. Bill 229 reduces the authority of conservation authorities and allows municipalities to opt out;[34] removes promotion of renewable energy generation from the list of objectives of the Ontario Energy Board; exempts Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada from paying property tax; creates the "seniors' home safety tax credit"; creates iGaming as a subsidiary of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation; creates the Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.; exempts forestry operations on crown land from complying with the Endangered Species Act; updates and modernizes the Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act; repeals and replaces the Film Classification Act with the new Film Content Information Act; and repeals the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act.[35] Bill 236 creates government regulations applicable to food delivery services.[36]

Bills adopted in 2021 included Bill 245 which enacted the Ontario Land Tribunal Act to consolidate several different boards and tribunals into one body;[37] Bill 251 which enacted the Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy Act and repealed and replaced the Hotel Registration of Guests Act with the Accommodation Sector Registration of Guests Act;[38] Bill 283 which created the Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority; and Bill 282 which enacted the Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act to regulate towing services.[39] Bill 246 mandated that school buses be equipped with four overhead amber signal-lights and four overhead red signal-lights. Bills 254 and 307 brought social media accounts under the purview of the Members' Integrity Act and invoked the "notwithstanding clause" to double the amount of time spending limits are imposed on political advertising by third parties.[40] Bill 269 created Invest Ontario and the Ontario jobs training tax credit[41] while Bills 222 and 257 expedited certain transit and broadband projects that were deemed to be a priority. Bill 288 replaced the Ontario College of Trades with a new Crown corporation Skilled Trades Ontario.[42] Bill 276 made the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the Collège de Hearst into universities,[43] dissolved the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council and the Ontario Drug Benefit Act's Pharmacy Council and a Citizens' Council, and created a prohibition on recordings hearings of the Landlord and Tenant Board.[44]

Second session

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Speech from the Throne was read on October 4, 2021.

Timeline of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario

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The following notable events occurred during the 2018–present period:

Summary of seat changes

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Changes in seats held (2018–2022)
Seat Date Member Reason Previous Party Party After
Simcoe—Grey November 2, 2018[47] Jim Wilson Resigned from caucus after allegations of sexual misconduct. █ PC █ Independent
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell November 29, 2018[48] Amanda Simard Resigned from caucus after opposing the government's cuts to francophone services. █ PC █ Independent
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston February 20, 2019[49][61] Randy Hillier Removed from caucus after allegedly making disrespectful comments to parents of children with autism. █ PC █ Independent
Ottawa—Vanier July 31, 2019[50] Nathalie Des Rosiers Resigned from the legislature to accept position at Massey College of the University of Toronto. █ Liberal Vacant
Orléans September 20, 2019[51] Marie-France Lalonde Resigned from the legislature to run in the federal election for its equivalent seat. █ Liberal Vacant
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell January 16, 2020[52] Amanda Simard Joined the Liberal Party. █ Independent █ Liberal
Ottawa—Vanier February 27, 2020[62] Lucille Collard Won by-election. Vacant █ Liberal
Orléans February 27, 2020[62] Stephen Blais Won by-election. Vacant █ Liberal
Cambridge July 21, 2020[53] Belinda Karahalios Removed from caucus after voting against Bill 195. █ PC █ Independent
York Centre January 15, 2021[63] Roman Baber Removed from caucus after opposing COVID lockdown. █ PC █ Independent
Cambridge January 18, 2021 Belinda Karahalios Joined the New Blue Party. █ Independent █ New Blue
Don Valley East August 17, 2021 Michael Coteau Resigned from the legislature to run in the federal election for its equivalent seat. █ Liberal Vacant
Chatham-Kent-Leamington August 19, 2021 [64] Rick Nicholls Removed from caucus after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. █ PC █ Independent
Durham October 22, 2021 [65] Lindsey Park Resigned from caucus following party accusations that she had misrepresented her COVID-19 vaccine status. █ PC █ Independent
Chatham-Kent-Leamington December 22, 2021 Rick Nicholls Joined the Ontario Party █ Independent █ Ontario Party
Ajax February 2, 2022[66][67] Rod Phillips Resigned from the legislature to return to the private sector. █ PC Vacant
Elgin—Middlesex—London February 28, 2022[68][69] Jeff Yurek Resigned from the legislature to retire from politics. █ PC Vacant
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek March 17, 2022[70] Paul Miller Removed from caucus during vetting process for re-election for having joined an Islamophobic Facebook group. █ New Democratic █ Independent
Brampton North April 22, 2022[59] Kevin Yarde Resigned from caucus after losing nomination contest for re-election. █ New Democratic █ Independent

Party standings

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Affiliation Leader Status Members
Progressive Conservative Doug Ford Government 67
New Democratic Andrea Horwath Official Opposition 38
Liberal Steven Del Duca Unrecognized 7
Green Mike Schreiner Unrecognized 1
New Blue Jim Karahalios Unrecognized 1
Ontario Party Derek Sloan Unrecognized 1
Independent 6
Vacant 3
Total 124
Government Majority 13

Membership changes

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Number of members per party by date
Party 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Jun. 7 Nov. 2 Nov. 29 Feb. 20 Jul. 31 Sep. 20 Jan. 16 Feb. 27 Jul. 21 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Aug. 17 Aug. 19 Oct. 22 Dec. 22 Feb. 2 Feb. 28 Mar. 17 Apr. 22
Progressive Conservative 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67
New Democratic 40 39 38
Liberal 7 6 5 6 8 7
Green 1
New Blue – 1
Ontario Party 0 1
Independent – 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 6
Total members 124 123 122 124 123 122 121
Vacant – 1 2 – 1 2 3
Government Majority 28 26 24 22 23 24 22 20 18 19 17 15 14 13

Seating plan

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See the following for a detailed seating plan: Official Seating Plan of the 42nd Legislature(PDF), linked from Members (MPPs) page
Hassan Farrell Harden Rakocevic Morrison Glover Bell Bourgouin Arthur Berns-McGown Burch Collard Yarde Karahalios Park
Kernaghan West Stevens Gates Gretzky French G. Singh Andrew Hatfield Karpoche Blais Simard Hillier Baber
Stiles Armstrong Mantha Taylor Begum Mamakwa Shaw Mae Lindo Natyshak Hunter Gravelle Miller Nicholls
Gélinas Fife S. Singh Vanthof Sattler Horwath Bisson Tabuns Fraser Wynne Schreiner Wilson
Arnott
Gill Lecce Mulroney Calandra Fedeli Ford Elliott Bethlenfalvy Sarkaria Clark T. Smith Jones Downey MacLeod Rickford
Parsa Khanjin Coe McNaughton Dunlop Rasheed Piccini Surma McKenna S. Cho Fullerton Thompson Tibollo Romano Tangri R. Cho Hardeman
Walker McDonell Hogarth Yakabuski Crawford Bailey Sandhu Pettapiece Skelly Martin Barrett Roberts Scott Harris Miller Cuzzetto Bouma
Kramp Pang Fee Triantafilopoulos Oosterhoff Sabawy Thanigasalam Ke D. Smith Ghamari Wai Babikian Kusendova Anand Kanapathi Martow Mitas

Note: Bold text designates the party leader, John Fraser serves as the Parliamentary leader of the Ontario Liberal Party as their leader does not have a seat in the Legislature.

List of members

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Name Party Riding First Elected Left office Notes
  Rod Phillips Progressive Conservative Ajax June 7, 2018 February 2, 2022
  Michael Mantha New Democratic Algoma—Manitoulin October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Michael Parsa Progressive Conservative Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Andrea Khanjin Progressive Conservative Barrie—Innisfil June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Doug Downey Progressive Conservative Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Todd Smith Progressive Conservative Bay of Quinte October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Rima Berns-McGown New Democratic Beaches—East York June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Sara Singh New Democratic Brampton Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Gurratan Singh New Democratic Brampton East June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Kevin Yarde Independent Brampton North June 7, 2018 Incumbent New Democrat until April 22, 2022.[59]
  Prabmeet Sarkaria Progressive Conservative Brampton South June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Amarjot Sandhu Progressive Conservative Brampton West June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Will Bouma Progressive Conservative Brantford—Brant June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Bill Walker Progressive Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Jane McKenna Progressive Conservative Burlington October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Belinda Karahalios New Blue Cambridge June 7, 2018 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until July 21, 2020. Independent until January 18, 2021.
  Goldie Ghamari Progressive Conservative Carleton June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Rick Nicholls Ontario Party Chatham-Kent—Leamington October 6, 2011 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until August 19, 2021. Independent until December 22, 2021
  Marit Stiles New Democratic Davenport June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East October 6, 2011 August 17, 2021
  Vincent Ke Progressive Conservative Don Valley North June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Kathleen Wynne Liberal Don Valley West October 2, 2003 Incumbent Longest serving female member. Former Premier of Ontario.
  Sylvia Jones Progressive Conservative Dufferin—Caledon October 10, 2007 Incumbent
  Lindsey Park Independent Durham June 7, 2018 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until October 22, 2021.
  Robin Martin Progressive Conservative Eglinton—Lawrence June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Jeff Yurek Progressive Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London October 6, 2011 February 28, 2022
  Taras Natyshak New Democratic Essex October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Kinga Surma Progressive Conservative Etobicoke Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Christine Hogarth Progressive Conservative Etobicoke—Lakeshore June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Doug Ford Progressive Conservative Etobicoke North June 7, 2018 Incumbent Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and Premier of Ontario.
  Donna Skelly Progressive Conservative Flamborough—Glanbrook June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Amanda Simard Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell June 7, 2018 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until November 29, 2018. Independent until January 16, 2020.
  Mike Schreiner Green Guelph June 7, 2018 Incumbent Leader of the Green Party.
  Toby Barrett Progressive Conservative Haldimand—Norfolk June 8, 1995 Incumbent
  Laurie Scott Progressive Conservative Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock October 2, 2003 Incumbent
  Andrea Horwath New Democratic Hamilton Centre May 13, 2004 Incumbent Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition.
  Paul Miller Independent Hamilton East—Stoney Creek October 10, 2007 Incumbent New Democrat until March 17, 2022.[71]
  Monique Taylor New Democratic Hamilton Mountain October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Sandy Shaw New Democratic Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Daryl Kramp Progressive Conservative Hastings—Lennox and Addington June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Tom Rakocevic New Democratic Humber River—Black Creek June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Lisa Thompson Progressive Conservative Huron—Bruce October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Merrilee Fullerton Progressive Conservative Kanata—Carleton June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Greg Rickford Progressive Conservative Kenora—Rainy River June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Sol Mamakwa New Democratic Kiiwetinoong June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Stephen Lecce Progressive Conservative King—Vaughan June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Ian Arthur New Democratic Kingston and the Islands June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Laura Mae Lindo New Democratic Kitchener Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Mike Harris Jr. Progressive Conservative Kitchener—Conestoga June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Amy Fee Progressive Conservative Kitchener South—Hespeler June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Monte McNaughton Progressive Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Randy Hillier Independent Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston October 10, 2007 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until February 20, 2019.
  Steve Clark Progressive Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes March 4, 2010 Incumbent
  Teresa Armstrong New Democratic London—Fanshawe October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Terence Kernaghan New Democratic London North Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Peggy Sattler New Democratic London West August 1, 2013 Incumbent
  Paul Calandra Progressive Conservative Markham—Stouffville June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Logan Kanapathi Progressive Conservative Markham—Thornhill June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Billy Pang Progressive Conservative Markham—Unionville June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Parm Gill Progressive Conservative Milton June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Natalia Kusendova Progressive Conservative Mississauga Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Kaleed Rasheed Progressive Conservative Mississauga East—Cooksville June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Sheref Sabawy Progressive Conservative Mississauga—Erin Mills June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Rudy Cuzzetto Progressive Conservative Mississauga—Lakeshore June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Deepak Anand Progressive Conservative Mississauga—Malton June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Nina Tangri Progressive Conservative Mississauga—Streetsville June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Guy Bourgouin New Democratic Mushkegowuk—James Bay June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Lisa MacLeod Progressive Conservative Nepean March 30, 2006 Incumbent
  Christine Elliott Progressive Conservative Newmarket—Aurora March 30, 2006 Incumbent
  Jeff Burch New Democratic Niagara Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Wayne Gates New Democratic Niagara Falls February 13, 2014 Incumbent
  Sam Oosterhoff Progressive Conservative Niagara West November 17, 2016 Incumbent
  France Gélinas New Democratic Nickel Belt October 10, 2007 Incumbent
  Vic Fedeli Progressive Conservative Nipissing October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  David Piccini Progressive Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Stephen Crawford Progressive Conservative Oakville June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Effie Triantafilopoulos Progressive Conservative Oakville North—Burlington June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Marie-France Lalonde Liberal Orléans June 12, 2014 September 20, 2019
  Stephen Blais Liberal Orléans February 27, 2020 Incumbent
  Jennifer French New Democratic Oshawa June 12, 2014 Incumbent
  Joel Harden New Democratic Ottawa Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  John Fraser Liberal Ottawa South August 1, 2013 Incumbent Parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party.
  Nathalie Des Rosiers Liberal Ottawa—Vanier November 17, 2016 July 31, 2019[50]
  Lucille Collard Liberal Ottawa—Vanier February 27, 2020 Incumbent
  Jeremy Roberts Progressive Conservative Ottawa West—Nepean June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Ernie Hardeman Progressive Conservative Oxford June 8, 1995 Incumbent
  Bhutila Karpoche New Democratic Parkdale—High Park June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Norm Miller Progressive Conservative Parry Sound—Muskoka March 22, 2001 Incumbent
  Randy Pettapiece Progressive Conservative Perth—Wellington October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Dave Smith Progressive Conservative Peterborough—Kawartha June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Peter Bethlenfalvy Progressive Conservative Pickering—Uxbridge June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  John Yakabuski Progressive Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke October 2, 2003 Incumbent
  Daisy Wai Progressive Conservative Richmond Hill June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Jennie Stevens New Democratic St. Catharines June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Bob Bailey Progressive Conservative Sarnia—Lambton October 10, 2007 Incumbent
  Ross Romano Progressive Conservative Sault Ste. Marie June 1, 2017 Incumbent
  Aris Babikian Progressive Conservative Scarborough—Agincourt June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Christina Mitas Progressive Conservative Scarborough Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Mitzie Hunter Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood August 1, 2013 Incumbent
  Raymond Cho Progressive Conservative Scarborough North September 1, 2016 Incumbent
  Vijay Thanigasalam Progressive Conservative Scarborough—Rouge Park June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Doly Begum New Democratic Scarborough Southwest June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Jim Wilson Independent Simcoe—Grey September 6, 1990 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until November 2, 2018. Longest serving member, alongside Ted Arnott and Gilles Bisson.
  Jill Dunlop Progressive Conservative Simcoe North June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Chris Glover New Democratic Spadina—Fort York June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Jim McDonell Progressive Conservative Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Jamie West New Democratic Sudbury June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Gila Martow Progressive Conservative Thornhill February 13, 2014 Incumbent
  Judith Monteith-Farrell New Democratic Thunder Bay—Atikokan June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Michael Gravelle Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North June 8, 1995 Incumbent Longest serving Liberal member.
  John Vanthof New Democratic Timiskaming—Cochrane October 6, 2011 Incumbent
  Gilles Bisson New Democratic Timmins September 6, 1990 Incumbent Longest serving member, alongside Ted Arnott and Jim Wilson, and the longest serving NDP member.
  Suze Morrison New Democratic Toronto Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Peter Tabuns New Democratic Toronto—Danforth March 30, 2006 Incumbent
  Jill Andrew New Democratic Toronto—St. Paul's June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Jessica Bell New Democratic University—Rosedale June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Michael Tibollo Progressive Conservative Vaughan—Woodbridge June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Catherine Fife New Democratic Waterloo September 6, 2012 Incumbent
  Ted Arnott Progressive Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills September 6, 1990 Incumbent Longest serving member, alongside Gilles Bisson and Jim Wilson, and the longest serving PC member.
  Lorne Coe Progressive Conservative Whitby February 11, 2016 Incumbent
  Stan Cho Progressive Conservative Willowdale June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Percy Hatfield New Democratic Windsor—Tecumseh August 1, 2013 Incumbent
  Lisa Gretzky New Democratic Windsor West June 12, 2014 Incumbent
  Roman Baber Independent York Centre June 7, 2018 Incumbent Progressive Conservative until January 15, 2021.
  Caroline Mulroney Progressive Conservative York—Simcoe June 7, 2018 Incumbent
  Faisal Hassan New Democratic York South—Weston June 7, 2018 Incumbent

Officeholders

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Officeholders in the Legislature

Speaker

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Other Chair occupants

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Party leaders

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Floor leaders

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Whips

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Front benches

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References

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