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Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Lawrence D. O'Brien Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador : December 16, 2004 53 Cancer [9] Chuck Cadman Independent: British Columbia (Surrey North) July 9, 2005 57 Malignant melanoma [10] Benoît Sauvageau Bloc Québécois: Quebec : August 28, 2006 42 Car accident [11] Jack Layton New Democratic Party: Ontario
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 ongoing case of Alberta-born Ronald Allen Smith, who has been on death row in the United States since 1982 after being convicted of murdering two people and who continues to seek calls for clemency from the Canadian government, prompted Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day to announce the change in policy. Day has stated that each ...
Ontario : February 13, 1952 97 Thomas-Jean Bourque Conservative New Brunswick : February 16, 1952 87 Herman William Quinton Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador (Burgeo-La Poile) April 2, 1952 55 James Gordon Fogo Liberal Ontario : July 6, 1952 55 Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse Liberal Ontario : January 18, 1953 62
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 ...
By the arrangements of the Canadian federation, Canada's monarchy operates in Ontario as the core of the province's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. [1] As such, the Crown within Ontario's jurisdiction may be referred to as the Crown in Right of Ontario, [2] His Majesty in Right of Ontario, [3] the King in Right of Ontario, [4] or His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario. [5]
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).
Map of Southern Ontario with the ridings shaded based on how they voted in the 2006 federal election. Ontario's federal political trends vary despite the fact that the federal Liberals dominated the province from 1993 to 2004 against a "divided right" between the centrist Progressive Conservative Party and strongly conservative Canadian Alliance.