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 Tim Hudak. The speaker is Steve Peters. There has been 1 session of the 39th Legislature: | Session | Start | End | | 1st | November 29, 2007 | | [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 7, 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.
- January 9, 2009: Progressive Conservative MPP Laurie Scott announces her resignation from the legislature to allow party leader John Tory, who has been without a seat since his defeat in Don Valley West in the 2007 election, to re-enter the legislature.
- March 5, 2009: In the Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock by-election following Scott's resignation, Tory is defeated by Liberal candidate Rick Johnson.
- March 6, 2009: John Tory resigns as Progressive Conservative leader pending the selection of an interim party leader.
- March 7, 2009: Andrea Horwath is elected leader of the Ontario NDP at the party's 2009 leadership convention.
- June 27, 2009: Tim Hudak is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative party at its 2009 leadership election and also becomes the new Leader of the Opposition.
- September 17, 2009: Eric Hoskins is elected as the MPP for the riding of St. Paul's following the resignation of Michael Bryant on June 7, 2009.
[edit] Party standings [edit] Seating plan (v • d • e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sousa | Pendergast | | Johnson | Hoskins | | | Murdoch | Bailey | | O'Toole | Shurman | | Savoline | Dunlop | | Jones | Ouellette | | Gélinas | P. Miller | | | | | Jaczek | Mangat | | Moridi | Naqvi | | Martinuk | Hillier | Chudleigh | | Arnott | Barrett | | Yakabuski | MacLeod | | Munro | Hardeman | | Prue | DiNovo | | Tabuns | Bisson | | Balkissoon | Aggelonitis | | Albanese | Dickson | | | Wilson | Sterling | | Witmer | N. Miller | | Elliott | Hudak | | Runciman | Klees | | Kormos | Horwath | | Marchese | Hampton | | Rinaldi | Sandals | | VanBommel | Zimmer | | | Peters | | | Cansfield | Bradley | | Wynne | Philips | | Duncan | McGuinty | | Smitherman | Pupatello | | Dombrowski | Gerretsen | | Ruprecht | Kwinter | | Ramsay | Sorbara | | | | | | | Colle | Gravelle | | Bentley | Bartolucci | | Best | Matthews | | Meilleur | Watson | | Milloy | Carroll | | Brown | Crozier | | Hoy | Lalonde | | | | | | | Sergio | Fonseca | | Duguid | Wilkinson | | Smith | Broten | | Chan | Takhar | | McMeekin | Caplan | | Levac | Arthurs | | Brownell | Berardinetti | | | | | | | Craitor | Delaney | | Dhillon | Flynn | | Jeffrey | Kular | | Leal | Mauro | | McNeely | Mitchell | | Orazietti | Qaadri | | Ramal | | | Peters | | | [edit] List of members | Name | Party | Riding | Notes | | | Joe Dickson | Liberal | Ajax—Pickering | | | | Mike Brown | Liberal | Algoma—Manitoulin | | | | Ted McMeekin | Liberal | Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | | | | Aileen Carroll | Liberal | Barrie | | | | Michael Prue | New Democrat | Beaches—East York | | | | Kuldip Kular | Liberal | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | | | | Linda Jeffrey | Liberal | Brampton—Springdale | | | | Vic Dhillon | Liberal | Brampton West | | | | Dave Levac | Liberal | Brant | | | | Bill Murdoch | Progressive Conservative | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Removed from caucus September 12, 2008; rejoined April 23, 2009 | | | Joyce Savoline | Progressive Conservative | Burlington | | | | Gerry Martiniuk | Progressive Conservative | Cambridge | | | | Norm Sterling | Progressive Conservative | Carleton—Mississippi Mills | | | | Pat Hoy | Liberal | Chatham-Kent—Essex | | | | Tony Ruprecht | Liberal | Davenport | | | | David Caplan | Liberal | Don Valley East | | | | Kathleen Wynne | Liberal | Don Valley West | | | | Sylvia Jones | Progressive Conservative | Dufferin—Caledon | | | | John O'Toole | Progressive Conservative | Durham | | | | Mike Colle | Liberal | Eglinton—Lawrence | | | | Steve Peters | Liberal | Elgin—Middlesex—London | | | | Bruce Crozier | Liberal | Essex | | | | Donna Cansfield | Liberal | Etobicoke Centre | | | | Laurel Broten | Liberal | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | | | | Shafiq Qaadri | Liberal | Etobicoke North | | | | Jean-Marc Lalonde | Liberal | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | | | | Liz Sandals | Liberal | Guelph | | | | Toby Barrett | Progressive Conservative | Haldimand—Norfolk | | | | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Resigned on January 9, 2009. | | | Rick Johnson | Liberal | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Elected March 5, 2009. | | | Ted Chudleigh | Progressive Conservative | Halton | | | | Andrea Horwath | New Democrat | Hamilton Centre | Leader of the New Democratic Party from March 7, 2009. | | | Paul Miller | New Democrat | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | | | | Sophia Aggelonitis | Liberal | Hamilton Mountain | | | | Carol Mitchell | Liberal | Huron—Bruce | | | | Howard Hampton | New Democrat | Kenora—Rainy River | Leader of the New Democratic Party to March 7, 2009. | | | John Gerretsen | Liberal | Kingston and the Islands | | | | John Milloy | Liberal | Kitchener Centre | | | | Leeanna Pendergast | Liberal | Kitchener—Conestoga | | | | Elizabeth Witmer | Progressive Conservative | Kitchener—Waterloo | | | | Maria Van Bommel | Liberal | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | | | | Randy Hillier | Progressive Conservative | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | | | | Bob Runciman | Progressive Conservative | Leeds—Grenville | Interim Leader of the Opposition until June 27, 2009 | | | Khalil Ramal | Liberal | London—Fanshawe | | | | Deb Matthews | Liberal | London North Centre | | | | Chris Bentley | Liberal | London West | | | | Michael Chan | Liberal | Markham—Unionville | | | | Amrit Mangat | Liberal | Mississauga—Brampton South | | | | Peter Fonseca | Liberal | Mississauga East—Cooksville | | | | Harinder Takhar | Liberal | Mississauga—Erindale | | | | Charles Sousa | Liberal | Mississauga South | | | | Bob Delaney | Liberal | Mississauga—Streetsville | | | | Lisa MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | Nepean—Carleton | | | | Frank Klees | Progressive Conservative | Newmarket—Aurora | | | | Kim Craitor | Liberal | Niagara Falls | | | | Tim Hudak | Progressive Conservative | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Progressive Conservatives from June 27, 2009 | | | France Gélinas | New Democrat | Nickel Belt | | | | Monique Smith | Liberal | Nipissing | | | | Lou Rinaldi | Liberal | Northumberland—Quinte West | | | | Helena Jaczek | Liberal | Oak Ridges—Markham | | | | Kevin Flynn | Liberal | Oakville | | | | Jerry Ouellette | Progressive Conservative | Oshawa | | | | Yasir Naqvi | Liberal | Ottawa Centre | | | | Phil McNeely | Liberal | Ottawa—Orléans | | | | Dalton McGuinty | Liberal | Ottawa South | Premier, leader of the Liberal Party. | | | Madeleine Meilleur | Liberal | Ottawa—Vanier | | | | Jim Watson | Liberal | Ottawa West—Nepean | | | | Ernie Hardeman | Progressive Conservative | Oxford | | | | Cheri DiNovo | New Democrat | Parkdale—High Park | | | | Norm Miller | Progressive Conservative | Parry Sound—Muskoka | | | | John Wilkinson | Liberal | Perth—Wellington | | | | Jeff Leal | Liberal | Peterborough | | | | Wayne Arthurs | Liberal | Pickering—Scarborough East | | | | Leona Dombrowsky | Liberal | Prince Edward—Hastings | | | | John Yakabuski | Progressive Conservative | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | | | | Reza Moridi | Liberal | Richmond Hill | | | | Jim Bradley | Liberal | St. Catharines | | | | Michael Bryant | Liberal | St. Paul's | Resigned June 7, 2009. | | | Eric Hoskins | Liberal | St. Paul's | Elected September 17, 2009. | | | Bob Bailey | Progressive Conservative | Sarnia—Lambton | | | | David Orazietti | Liberal | Sault Ste. Marie | | | | Gerry Phillips | Liberal | Scarborough—Agincourt | | | | Brad Duguid | Liberal | Scarborough Centre | | | | Margarett Best | Liberal | Scarborough—Guildwood | | | | Bas Balkissoon | Liberal | Scarborough—Rouge River | | | | Lorenzo Berardinetti | Liberal | Scarborough Southwest | | | | Jim Wilson | Progressive Conservative | Simcoe—Grey | | | | Garfield Dunlop | Progressive Conservative | Simcoe North | | | | Jim Brownell | Liberal | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry | | | | Rick Bartolucci | Liberal | Sudbury | | | | Peter Shurman | Progressive Conservative | Thornhill | | | | Bill Mauro | Liberal | Thunder Bay—Atikokan | | | | Michael Gravelle | Liberal | Thunder Bay—Superior North | | | | David Ramsay | Liberal | Timiskaming—Cochrane | | | | Gilles Bisson | New Democrat | Timmins—James Bay | | | | George Smitherman | Liberal | Toronto Centre | | | | Peter Tabuns | New Democrat | Toronto—Danforth | | | | Rosario Marchese | New Democrat | Trinity—Spadina | | | | Greg Sorbara | Liberal | Vaughan | | | | Peter Kormos | New Democrat | Welland | | | | Ted Arnott | Progressive Conservative | Wellington—Halton Hills | | | | Christine Elliott | Progressive Conservative | Whitby—Oshawa | | | | David Zimmer | Liberal | Willowdale | | | | Dwight Duncan | Liberal | Windsor—Tecumseh | | | | Sandra Pupatello | Liberal | Windsor West | | | | Monte Kwinter | Liberal | York Centre | | | | Julia Munro | Progressive Conservative | York—Simcoe | | | | Laura Albanese | Liberal | York South—Weston | | | | Mario Sergio | Liberal | York West | | [edit] Office holders [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 - Standing Committee on Estimates
- Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
- Standing Committee on General Government
- Standing Committee on Government Agencies
- Standing Committee on Social Policy
| - Standing Committee on Justice Policy
- Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills
- Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly
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