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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 ...
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 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 ...
In the 1995 Ontario general election, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PCs), under party leader Mike Harris, won a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly. The party campaigned on the "Common Sense Revolution", a platform of policies aimed at reducing the provincial deficit by lowering taxes and cutting public services. [1]
Although New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh is under pressure to topple Trudeau, polls show his party, like the Liberals, would be crushed by the official opposition Conservatives in an election.
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 1975–1977. Subsequently served as Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (1984–1988) 3 Michael Cassidy: February 5, 1978 – February 7, 1982 Later a federal NDP MP (1984–1988) 4 Bob Rae: February 7, 1982 – June 22, 1996 Leader of the Opposition 1987–1990, First Ontario NDP Premier 1990–1995.