39th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario

39th Parliament of Ontario

39th Parliament of Ontario

Parliamentary session of the Ontario Provincial Parliament

The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 29, 2007, and ended on June 1, 2011. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.

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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Premier Dalton McGuinty. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party. It was initially led by John Tory but the leadership changed in 2009 when the PCs elected Tim Hudak as their new leader. The third party was the New Democrats led by Howard Hampton until they chose Andrea Horwath as their leader in 2009. The speaker was Steve Peters.

Sessions

There were two sessions of the 39th Legislature:

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Timeline of the 39th Parliament of Ontario

Party standings

Affiliation
Leader of the Party
Leader in the Legislature
OntLA Status
 Members[1]
Liberal Dalton McGuinty
Government
71
Progressive Conservative Tim Hudak
Official Opposition
25
New Democratic Andrea Horwath
Third Party
10
Vacant
1
Total
107
Government Majority
37

Seating plan

See the following for a detailed seating plan: Official Seating Plan of the 39th Legislature(PDF)
Murdoch Martiniuk Clark Bailey Shurman Savoline Jones Ouellette Gélinas P. Miller Pendergast Johnson
O'Toole Hillier Chudleigh Arnott Dunlop Hardeman MacLeod Munro Barrett Prue DiNovo Tabuns Bisson Jaczek Magnat Moridi Naqvi
Wilson Sterling Witmer N. Miller Elliott Hudak Yakabuski Klees Kormos Horwath Marchese Hampton Balkissoon Albanese Carroll Dickson
Peters
Smith Bradley Dombrowsky Philips Duncan McGuinty Pupatello Matthews Wynne Gerretsen Ruprecht Kwinter Ramsay Sorbara
Leal Brown Takhar Aggelonitis Bentley Bartolucci Best Duguid Meilleur Milloy Hoskins Gravelle Crozier Colle Hoy Lalonde
Sergio Caplan Murray Chiarelli Jeffrey Wilkinson Mitchell Broten Chan Sousa McMeekin Levac Arthurs Berardinetti Brownell Cansfield
Craitor Delaney Dhillon Flynn Fonseca Kular Mauro McNeely Orazietti Qaadri Ramal Rinaldi Sandals VanBommel Zimmer Peters

List of members


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Standings changes since the 38th general election

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Membership changes

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Office holders

Major legislation

  • Bill 8, Food for Healthy Schools Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
  • Bill 48, Payday Loans Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
  • Bill 50, Provincial Animal Welfare Act, 2008, Second Reading, May 27, 20085,
  • Bill 55, Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
  • Bill 64, Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act, 2008, Royal Assent June 18, 2008
  • Bill 66, Toronto Public Transit Service Resumption Act, 2008, Royal Assent April 27, 2008
  • Bill 90, Colleges Collective Bargaining Act, 2008, Second Reading June 12, 2008

Committees

There are two forms which committees can take. The first, standing committees, are struck for the duration of the Parliament pursuant to Standing Orders. The second, select committees, are struck usually by a Motion or an Order of the House to consider a specific Bill or issue which would otherwise monopolize the time of the standing committees.

Standing Committees

Main article: Standing committee (Canada)

Standing committees in the current Parliament

Select committees in the current Parliament

The 39th Parliament had 3 select committees.

  • The Select Committee on Elections was struck, by a motion of the House, on June 11, 2008. It completed its work on June 29, 2009.
  • The Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions was struck, by a motion of the House, on February 24, 2009. It completed its work on August 24, 2010.
  • The Select Committee on the proposed transaction of the TMX Group and the London Stock Exchange Group was struck, by a motion of the House, on February 23, 2011. It completed its work on April 19, 2011.

References

  1. [1]
    CBC.ca OntarioVotes2007
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