39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the current legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 19, 2003, at Queen's Park in Toronto. The membership was set by the 2007 Ontario general election on October 10, 2007.

It is controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Premier Dalton McGuinty. The Official Opposition is the Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Tory. Since Tory does not have a seat in the legislature Bob Runciman is Leader of the Opposition in his place. The speaker is Steve Peters.

There has been 1 session of the 39th Legislature:

* Cabinet ministers are in bold, leaders are in italics and the Speaker of the Legislature has a dagger next to his name.] (

Office holders

* Speaker: Steve Peters
* Premier: Dalton McGuinty (Liberal)
* Government House Leader: Michael Bryant (Liberal)
* Deputy Government House Leader: David Caplan (Liberal)
* Leader of the Opposition: Bob Runciman (PC)
* Opposition House Leader: Elizabeth Witmer (PC)
* Leader of the Third Party: Howard Hampton (NDP)
* House Leader of the Third Party: Peter Kormos (NDP)

Major legislation

* Bill 8, "Healthy 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

Standing committees

"Current standing committees through the current Legislative Assembly of Ontario"
* Standing Committee on Estimates
* Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
* Standing Committee on General Government
* Standing Committee on Government Agencies
* Standing Committee on Social Policy
* Standing Committee on Justice Policy
* Standing Committee on Public Accounts
* Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills
* Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

References

External links

* [http://www.ontla.on.ca Legislative Assembly of Ontario.]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Legislative Assembly of Ontario — Assemblée législative de l Ontario Type Type Unicameral …   Wikipedia

  • Ontario general election, 2007 — 2003 ← members October 10, 2007 → 2011 …   Wikipedia

  • Ontario general election, 2011 — 2007 ← members October 6, 2011 members → 41st …   Wikipedia

  • Ontario Family Law Act — Family law Entering into marriag …   Wikipedia

  • Ontario Youth Parliament — The Ontario Youth Parliament ( OYP ) is one of a number of provincial youth model parliaments across Canada. Delegates of OYP 2001 Ontario Youth Parliament is a 4 day debating conference held Family Day Weekend that is open to youth ages 14 to 21 …   Wikipedia

  • List of premiers of Ontario — Dalton McGuinty is the current premier of Ontario. This 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… …   Wikipedia

  • Green Party candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election — The Green Party of Ontario fielded 102 candidates in the 2003 provincial election in Ontario, Canada, none of whom were elected. The only riding which the party did not contest was Oakville. Zakaria Belghali had been selected as the GPO candidate …   Wikipedia

  • Green Party of Ontario candidates, 2003 Ontario provincial election — The Green Party of Ontario fielded 102 candidates in the 2003 provincial election in Ontario, Canada, none of whom were elected. The only riding which the party did not contest was Oakville. Zakaria Belghali had been selected as the GPO candidate …   Wikipedia

  • National Assembly of Quebec — Blue Chamber redirects here. For other uses, see Blue Room (disambiguation). National Assembly of Quebec Assemblée nationale du Québec Type …   Wikipedia

  • Speaker of the New York State Assembly — The Speaker of the New York State Assembly is the highest official in the New York State Assembly, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party.As in most Anglo Saxon countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”