List of Ontario Legislative Assemblies

This is a list of the Ontario Legislative Assemblies, also called Ontario Parliaments of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation in 1867. Like the Canadian federal government, Ontario uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are elected to the Legislative Assembly and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Ontario and Executive Council of Ontario. The premier, sometimes called the prime minister, acts as Ontario's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Members are elected to the legislative assembly during general elections. General elections must be conducted every four years from the date of the last election, though before the 38th assembly they could last up to five years. An election may also happen if the Governing party loses the confidence of the assembly, by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.

The leader of the party with the second-most seats in the House becomes the Leader of the Opposition, and debate between the parties is presided over by the Speaker of the House. When the party with the most seats has less than half of the total number of seats, it forms a minority government, which can be voted out of power by the other parties. Members meet at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of the city of Toronto.

This article only covers the time since the Canadian Confederation was created in 1867. For the legislative assemblies of Canada West from 1840 to 1867, see Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.

:note label|Lib|A|A Although they had fewer seats that the Conservatives, the Liberals formed a minority government with the support of the NDP.

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*Cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all.do?locale=en |author=Ontario |publisher=Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |title=Historical Records |work=Past & Present MPPs |accessdate=2007-03-11
*Cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/speaker/speakers.asp |author=Ontario |publisher=Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |title=Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |work=The Speaker |accessdate=2007-02-16

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