41st Parliament of Ontario
Canadian state legislature (2014–2018)
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The 41st Parliament of Ontario was the Legislature of Ontario, a province of Canada, that was in office between June 2014 and June 2018. Its membership was set by the 2014 Ontario general election, during which the Ontario Liberal Party led by Premier Kathleen Wynne won a majority of the seats. In opposition to the government were the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, the official opposition, and the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).
| 41st Parliament of Ontario | |||||||
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| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly | ||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ontario, Canada | ||||||
| Meeting place | Ontario Legislative Building | ||||||
| Term | June 12, 2014 – May 8, 2018 | ||||||
| Election | 2014 Election | ||||||
| Government | Wynne ministry (Liberal) | ||||||
| Members | 107 | ||||||
| Speaker | Dave Levac | ||||||
| Premier | Kathleen Wynne | ||||||
| Leader of the Opposition |
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| Leader, 3rd party | Andrea Horwath | ||||||
| Party control | 58 / 107(54%) | ||||||
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The 41st parliament was presided over by Speaker Dave Levac. It held three legislative session and was dissolved on May 8, 2018.
Party standing
| Affiliation | Party leader | Status | Seats | |||||
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| 2014 elxn |
2015 Sept |
2016 Sept (2nd) |
2018 Mar. (3rd) |
2018 May diss. | ||||
| Liberal | Kathleen Wynne | Government | 58 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 55 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Patrick Brown[a] | Official Opposition | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | |
| New Democratic | Andrea Horwath | 3rd Party | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | |
| Trillium | Jack MacLaren | (Not recgonized) | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent[b] | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 107 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 103 | |||
| Vacant | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Government Majority | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |||
- Incumbent PC party leader Tim Hudak resigned following election defeated, relinquished parliamentary leadership to Jim Wilson; Brown elected leader May 2015 while a federal MP, assumed parliamentary leadership upon being elected MPP in September 2015, forced out as leader amid allegations of sexual misconduct January 2018; Vic Fedeli assumped interim party and parliamentary leadership, continued in role upon election of Doug Ford as leader.
- inclusive of members excluded from caucus


Timeline
| Date | Category | Caucus Impacted | Event | |
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| Prior events that are context directly relevant the 44th Parliament | ||||
| February 11, 2013 | Ministry | Lib | Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne (Don Valley West) sworn in as Premier of Ontario, the Wynne ministry succeeded the McGuinty ministry. | |
| May 2, 2014 | Legislature | Following threats by the opposition NDP to vote against a tabled budget,[1] Wynne moved preemptively and sought the legislature's dissolution | ||
| June 12, 2014 | Public | Ontario held generals elections, with the incumbent Liberals returned with a majority mandate. | ||
| June 17, 2014 | Caucus | PC | PC Leader Tim Hudak (Niagara West—Glanbrook) announced his intention to resign as party leader on July 2[2][3] | |
| June 24, 2014 | Ministry | Lib | Wynne conducted a major cabinet shuffle that elevated four caucus members, including future leader Steven Del Duca (Vaughan), into cabinet, and resurrected the treasury board portfolio and hand it to her closest confidant Deputy Premier Deb Matthews (London North Centre). | |
| July 2, 2014 | Caucus | PC | PC caucus elected Jim Wilson (Simcoe—Grey), a former cabinet minister and the caucus longest serving member, as interim party leader. Wilson defeated MPPs John Yakabuski (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) and Randy Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington), and became Leader of the Opposition. | |
| July 2, 2014 | Legislature | The 41st Parliament convened and re-elected Liberal Dave Levac (Brant) as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. | ||
| July 3, 2014 | Legislature | Lieutenant Governor David Onley delivered the speech from the throne for the last time as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, opening the first session of the 41st parliament. | ||
| Sep 23, 2014 | Public | Elizabeth Dowdeswell sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, making the top three of the Order of precedence in Ontario all female for the very first time in the history. | ||
| Nov 21, 2014 | Membership | NDP | Joe Cimino (Sudbury) resigned from the legislature, citing unexpected family and personal issues from being elected the legislature. | |
| December 16, 2014 | By-election | Liberal | NDP MP Glenn Thibeault made surprise announcement of his resignation as MP to contest the upcoming provincial by-election as the Liberal candidate.[4] | |
| Feb 5, 2015 | By-election | Lib | Former NDP MP Glenn Thibeault was elected as a Liberal MPP in Sudbury, replacing Joe Cimino. | |
| April 23, 2015 | Ministry | Finance minister Charles Sousa (Mississauga—Lakeshore) tabled the 2015 budget, the first after the Liberals' majority win, with $130 billion in public infrastructure investment being announced.[5] | ||
| May 9, 2015 | Caucus | PC | Barrie Conservative MP Patrick Brown elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party,[6] dealing a second leadership defeat to Deputy Leader Christine Elliott (Whitby—Oshawa), who was backed by 19 of the 28 PC caucus members.[7] | |
| August 1, 2015 | Membership | PC | Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North) resigned his safe seat to provide PC leader Patrick Brown an opportunity to enter parliament via a by-election. | |
| August 28, 2015 | Membership | PC | Christine Elliott (Whitby-Oshawa) resigned from the legislature | |
| Sep 3, 2015 | By-election | PC | PC leader Patrick Brown is elected the MPP for Simcoe North in a by-election[8] | |
| Feb 11, 2016 | By-election | PC | Lorne Coe elected PC MPP for Whitby-Oshawa in a by-election.[9] | |
| March 23, 2016 | Membership | Lib | Bas Balkissoon (Scarborough—Rouge River) resigned from the legislature.[10] | |
| May 30, 2016 | Ministry | In response to the report issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Wynne issued Ontario's formal apology to Indigenous communities for 'generations of abuse' from the floor of the legislature[11] | ||
| June 13, 2016 | Ministry | Lib | Premier Wynne conducted a major midterm cabinet shuffle. In a move that made international news, Ted McMeekin, considered among the most left-leaning ministers, wrote in a social media post a week prior to the shuffle that he had sought his departure from cabinet for the explicit purpose of making room for women at the table.[12] Two other minister, including Jim Bradley, the dean of the legislature and the only cabinet member to have served in the Peterson ministry, followed suit. The shuffle elevated seven new ministers, five of them women, six of them elected in the 2014 election or later. | |
| June 30, 2016 | Membership | Lib | Former Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur (Ottawa—Vanier), who had announced her intention to resign upon her involuntary departure from cabinet, formally resigned resigned from the legislature | |
| Sep 1, 2016 | By-election | Lib > █ PC | Raymond Cho won the Scarborough—Rouge River by-election for the PC's, capturing a former Liberal bastion that held by the party since the 1980s. | |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Legislature | Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell prorogued the first session of parliament on the request of Premier Premier Kathleen Wynne.[13] | ||
| Sep 12, 2016 | Legislature | Beginning of the second session with the Speech from the Throne.[14] | ||
| Sep 16, 2016 | Membership | PC | Former PC leader Tim Hudak (Niagara West—Glanbrook)from the legislature | |
| Nov 17, 2016 | By-election | Lib | Prominent lawyer Nathalie Des Rosiers won by-election in Ottawa—Vanier, retaining the seat for the Liberals | |
PC |
Sam Oosterhoff won by-election in Niagara West, retaining the seat for the PC Party and, at age 19, became the youngest Ontario MPP in history.[15] | |||
| January 1, 2017 | Membership; ministry | Lib | David Orazietti (Sault Ste. Marie) resigned from the legislature and cabinet to take a senior position at Sault College. | |
| April 27, 2017 | Ministry | Finance minister Charles Sousa (Mississauga—Lakeshore) tabled the 2017 budget, the first balance budget in 10 years. after the Liberals' majority win, with $130 billion in public infrastructure investment being announced.[5] | ||
| May 17, 2017 | Caucus | NDP | Jagmeet Singh (Bramalea—Gore—Malton) launched his campaign for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party[16] | |
| May 28, 2017 | Caucus | PC | Carleton—Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren is removed from the PC party caucus by Patrick Brown after a 2012 video including controversial remarks about Franco-Ontarians becomes public. By the afternoon of May 28, MacLaren announced on Twitter that he had joined the minor right-wing Trillium Party of Ontario.[17] | |
| June 1, 2017 | By-election | Lib > █ PC | Progressive Conservative Ross Romano wins the Sault Ste. Marie by-election taking the seat formerly held by Liberal David Orazietti. | |
| July 31, 2017 | Membership | Lib | Glen Murray (Toronto Centre) announces resignation effective September 1, 2017 to join the Pembina Institute as executive director.[18] | |
| October 20, 2017 | Membership | NDP | Jagmeet Singh (Bramalea—Gore—Malton) resigns his seat after being elected leader of the federal NDP. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 | Membership | NDP | Cheri DiNovo (NDP, Parkdale—High Park) resigns her seat. | |
| January 17, 2018 | Ministry | Lib | Wynne conducted the last wide-ranging shuffle of the Wynne ministry, during which three of her close allies who have signaled their intention to stand down, including Deputy Premier Deb Matthews excited cabinet. With the shuffle, women made up of 45% of cabinet, a new record for Ontario that remains the high watermark[a] | |
| January 25, 2018 | Caucus | PC | Patrick Brown (Simcoe North) resigned as PC leader after being accused of sexual misconduct by two women.[19] | |
| January 26, 2018 | Caucus | PC | Vic Fedeli (Nipissing) elected interim PC Party leader by the PC caucus.[20] | |
| Feb 16, 2018 | Caucus | PC | Former PC leader Patrick Brown (Simcoe North) ejected from the PC caucus.[21] | |
| Feb 26, 2018 | Membership; ministry | Lib | Eric Hoskins (St. Paul's) resigned from ministry and the legislature to accept a federal appointment.[22] | |
| March 15, 2018 | Legislature | Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell prorogued the second session of parliament on the request of Premier Kathleen Wynne.[23] | ||
| March 19, 2018 | Legislature | Beginning of the third session with the Speech from the Throne.[23] | ||
| April 9, 2018 | Caucus | PC | Michael Harris (Kitchener-Conestoga) removed from PC caucus over text messages "of a sexual nature" to a former intern.[24] He was removed 3 days after the party barred him from running as a PC candidate and 2 days following his own announcement saying he would not seek re-election due to health issues.[25] | |
| May 8, 2018 | Legislature | The 41st parliament of Ontario was dissolved by lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell, a provincial election will be held on June 7, 2018 | ||
Members
The record holder as the oldest and the youngest serving member of legislature served together during the 41st parliament. Monte Kwinter broke the record as the oldest member during the 40th parliament in 2013, and was 85 years old when the legislature welcomed 19 year-old Sam Oosterhoff in November 2016. Kwinter, a minister in the Peterson and McGuinty ministries, served in the legislature until dissolution in May 2018, retiring at 87 years of age, and held on to the record as the oldest sitting member until February 2024 when the record was broken by Raymond Cho. Oosterhoff was elevated to cabinet in the Ford Ministry in June 2024 at age 27 while still the Baby of the House, held on to the latter distinction until the 2025 provincial election and remains the record holder as the youngest sitting member as of 2026.
List of members
- as of September 2026
Officeholders
Officeholders in the Legislature at dissolution on May 8, 2018.
Speaker
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Hon. Dave Levac (Liberal)
Other Chair occupants
- Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole: Soo Wong (Liberal)
Leaders
- Premier of Ontario: Hon. Kathleen Wynne (Liberal)
- Leader of the Opposition: Vic Fedeli (Progressive Conservative)
- Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party: Andrea Horwath
Floor leaders
- Government House Leader: Hon. Yasir Naqvi
- Opposition House Leader: Jim Wilson
- NDP House Leader: Gilles Bisson
Whips
- Chief Government Whip: Jim Bradley
- Official Opposition Whip: John Yakabuski
- NDP Whip: John Vanthof
Front benches
Membership & composition changes
Summary of changes
Liberal
Trillium Party Independent
| Electoral District | Before | Change | |||||
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| Date | Reason | Member exited | New member | Date | |||
| Sudbury | November 20, 2014 | Resignation[a][28] | Joe Cimino | Glenn Thibeault[29] | Feb 5, 2015 | ||
| Simcoe North | August 1, 2015 | Resignation: vacated seat for leader[b] | Garfield Dunlop | Patrick Brown | September 3, 2015 | ||
| Whitby—Oshawa | August 28, 2015 | Resignation [c] | Christine Elliott | Lorne Coe | February 11, 2016 | ||
| Scarborough—Rouge River | March 22, 2016 | Resignation | Bas Balkissoon | Raymond Cho | Sep 1, 2016 | ||
| Ottawa—Vanier | June 30, 2016 | Resignation[d] | Madeleine Meilleur | Nathalie Des Rosiers | Nov 17, 2016 | ||
| Niagara West—Glanbrook | September 16, 2016 | Resignation: for other employment[e][30] | Tim Hudak | Sam Oosterhoff[31] | Nov 17, 2016 | ||
| Sault Ste. Marie | December 31, 2016 | Resignation: for other employment[f][32] | David Orazietti | Ross Romano[33] | June 1, 2017 | ||
| Carleton—Mississippi Mills | May 28, 2017[17] | Removal from caucus Subsequently: joined Trillium Party |
Jack MacLaren | ||||
| Toronto Centre | September 1, 2017 | Resignation: for other employment[g][34] | Glen Murray | Vacant at dissolution | |||
| Bramalea—Gore—Malton | October 20, 2017 | Resignation: elected federal NDP leader[35] | Jagmeet Singh | Vacant at dissolution | |||
| Parkdale—High Park | December 31, 2017 | Resignation: to return to faith ministry[36] | Cheri DiNovo | Vacant at dissolution | |||
| Simcoe North | February 16, 2018 | Removal from caucus[37][h] | Patrick Brown | ||||
| St. Paul's | February 26, 2018 | Resignation: to accept federal appointment[38] | Eric Hoskins | Vacant at dissolution | |||
| Kitchener-Conestoga | April 9, 2018 | Removal from caucus[24][39] | Michael Harris | ||||
- Citing strains on health and family
- Resigned to provide opportunity for newly elected leader to enter legislature
- Subsequently accepted appointment as Patient Ombudsman; contested 2018 leadership contest; returned in subsequent parliament as MPP for Newmarket—Aurora.
- following demotion from cabinet
- Chief executive officer of the Ontario Real Estate Association
- appointed a faculty dean at Sault College
- Became executive director of Pembina Institute
- Subsequently briefly entered leadership contest and was disallowed to stand as PC candidate (further information)
Change in party standing
| caucus members by date |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Jun | Nov | Feb | Aug | Aug | Sep | Feb | Mar | Jun | Sep | Sep | Nov | Jan | May | Jun | Sep | Oct | Dec | Feb | Feb | Apr | May | ||
| 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Liberal | 58 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | |||||||||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | |||||||||||
| New Democratic | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trillium | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total members | 107 | 106 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 106 | 105 | 107 | 106 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 103 | |||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Government majority | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Party | 2014 | Decreases | Increases | 2018 | |||||
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| Elxn | Resign | Death | Cross | Held | Gain | Diss. | |||
| Liberal | 58 | (5) | 1 | 1 | 55 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 28 | (3) | (3) | 3 | 2 | 27 | |||
| New Democratic | 21 | (3) | 18 | ||||||
| Trillium | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Independent | – | (1) | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 107 | (4) | 103 | ||||||
By-election results
