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The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the current legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 29, 2007, at Queen's Park in Toronto. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.

It is controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Premier Dalton McGuinty. The Official Opposition is the Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Tory. Since Tory does not have a seat in the legislature Bob Runciman is Leader of the Opposition in his place. The speaker is Steve Peters.

There has been 1 session of the 39th Legislature:

[edit] Timeline of the 39th Parliament of Ontario

November 28, 2007:

• The legislature conducted a secret vote to elect the Speaker of the legislature. Liberal Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Steve Peters is elected as Speaker defeating incumbent Michael A. Brown. The former labour minister defeated Brown and three other candidates after four ballots.

November 29, 2007:

• The session officially opens with the Speech from the Throne.

February 23, 2008:

• John Tory's continued leadership of the Progressive Conservative party is endorsed by 66.9% of delegates at a leadership review.

June 14, 2008

• NDP leader Howard Hampton announces he will be stepping down as party leader at the March 8, 2009 NDP leadership convention.

June 20, 2008

• A mini-cabinet shuffle of the Executive Council of Ontario sees David Caplan sworn in as Minister of Health and George Smitherman becoming Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.

[edit] Party standings

Affiliation		Leader of the Party	Leader in the Legislature	OntLA Status	Members[1]
	Liberal	Dalton McGuinty		Government	71
	PC	John Tory	Bob Runciman	Official Opposition	26
	NDP	Howard Hampton		Third Party	10
Total					107
Government Majority					18

[edit] Seating plan

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[edit] List of members

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

[edit] Office holders

• Speaker: Steve Peters
• Premier: Dalton McGuinty (Liberal)
• Government House Leader: Michael Bryant (Liberal)
• Deputy Government House Leader: David Caplan (Liberal)
• Leader of the Opposition: Bob Runciman (PC)
• Opposition House Leader: Elizabeth Witmer (PC)
• Leader of the Third Party: Howard Hampton (NDP)
• House Leader of the Third Party: Peter Kormos (NDP)

[edit] Major legislation

• Bill 8, Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
• Bill 48, Payday Loans Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
• Bill 50, Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008, Second Reading, May 27, 20085,
• Bill 55, Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
• Bill 64, Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
• Bill 66, Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
• Bill 90, Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008, Second Reading June 12, 2008

[edit] Standing committees

Current standing committees through the current Legislative Assembly of Ontario

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Legislative Assembly of Ontario.