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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 2025 Ontario general election will take place on February 27, 2025, to elect the 44th Parliament of Ontario. [2] On January 24, 2025, Premier Doug Ford confirmed that he would be asking the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature and call for a snap election .
May 2: 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election and 2024 Milton provincial by-election in Ontario. [21] May 5: Municipal by-election in District 2, Saint-Sixte, Quebec; May 6: Municipal by-election in Norwich, Ontario [22]
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 ...
Part of the Province of Quebec colony. 1791–1841 Split into Lower Canada (now Quebec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario). 1841–1867 Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada: Governor General of the Province of Canada: Parliament of the Province of Canada: 1867–1968 Split into Ontario and ...
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.
General elections in the province are required to be held on the second Tuesday in October every four years, the first fixed date election occurred on October 9, 2007. In the event that a premier leaves office while the legislature is summoned, the new premier is required to, within 12 months of being appointed, advise the lieutenant governor ...