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Ontario's first Leader of the Official Opposition was Edward Blake of the Ontario Liberal Party who held the position from 1869 until 1871 when he became Premier of Ontario (Archibald McKellar had previously led the Liberal Party in the legislature for two years, but was not formally recognized as opposition leader). Ten leaders were Premier ...
Ontario Social Reform Party: 2018-2019: Populism [1] Parliamentary Freedom Party: 2018-2019: Party for Human Rights in Ontario: 2011: Party of Objective Truth: 2018-2019: Meritocratic social democracy [1] Pauper Party of Ontario Parti Pauvre de l'Ontario: 2011-before 2022 election: Social credit, Libertarianism [3] People First Republican Party ...
The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government, and the party's leader becomes premier of the province, i.e., the head of the government. Ontario's current primary political parties are the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC), the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), the ...
A majority government was formed by the Progressive Conservative Party with leader Doug Ford serving as Premier of Ontario. The Official Opposition, and the only other recognized party, was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Andrea Horwath. [1] The Ontario Liberal Party and Green Party of Ontario also elected members to seats in the ...
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.
Leader of the Opposition and later Chief Justice of Ontario — William Proudfoot: 1918–1919: Interim leader and Leader of the Opposition 8 Hartley Dewart: 1919–1921: First party leader elected by leadership convention. Leader of the Opposition 9 Wellington Hay: 1922–1923: Leader of the Opposition and later federal Liberal MP — W.E.N ...
In the 43rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which began in 2022, the Official Opposition was formed by the Ontario New Democratic Party. [ 1 ] The first shadow cabinet was announced by interim leader Peter Tabuns in July 2022. [ 2 ]
Below is a list of the premiers of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation in 1867. Ontario uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the Legislative Assembly. The premier is Ontario's head of government.