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The 43rd Parliament of Ontario was the session of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from August 8, 2022 to January 28, 2025 with the membership having been determined by the results of the 2022 general election held on June 2. [1] It was led by a Progressive Conservative Party majority government under the premiership of Doug Ford.
The 44th Canadian Parliament is the session of the Parliament of Canada which began on 22 November 2021, with the membership of the House of Commons, having been determined by the results of the 2021 federal election held on 20 September.
January 6 – Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party, effective following the selection of his successor. [4]January 28 The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference publishes its final report, saying that it had found “no evidence of traitors” in the Parliament of Canada, while warning that foreign actors were generating disinformation in traditional and ...
“Starting today and until US tariffs are removed, Ontario is banning American companies from provincial contracts,” Ford, who heads the most populous Canadian province, wrote on X early Monday ...
The Legislative Assembly has existed since 1867 when the British North America Act, 1867 severed the Province of Canada into two new provinces, with the portion then called Canada West becoming Ontario. For the Parliaments prior to Confederation, see Parliament of the Province of Canada (1841 to 1867) and Parliament of Upper Canada (1791 to 1841).
The Ontario Legislature is sometimes referred to as the "Ontario Provincial Parliament". Members of the assembly refer to themselves as "Members of the Provincial Parliament" MPPs as opposed to "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) as in many other provinces. Ontario is the only province to do so, in accordance with a resolution passed ...
The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is directly elected. A new parliament begins after an election of the House of Commons and can sit for up to five years.
The 2022 Ontario general election was held on June 2, 2022, to elect Members of the Provincial Parliament to serve in the 43rd Parliament of Ontario. The governing Progressive Conservatives , led by Premier Doug Ford , were re-elected to a second majority government , winning 7 more seats than they had won in 2018.