43rd Parliament of Ontario

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]

43rd Parliament of Ontario
Majority parliament
Aug. 8, 2022 – Jan. 28, 2025
Parliament leaders
Premier	Hon. Doug Ford Jun. 29, 2018 – present
Cabinet	Ford ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Andrea Horwath Jun. 29, 2018 – Jun. 28, 2022
	Peter Tabuns Jun. 28, 2022 – Feb. 4, 2023
	Marit Stiles Feb. 4, 2023 – present
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Unrecognized	Liberal Party Green Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Ted Arnott Jul. 11, 2018 – Jan. 28, 2025
Government House Leader	Hon. Paul Calandra Jun. 20, 2019 – present
Opposition House Leader	Peggy Sattler Feb. 16, 2021 – present
Members	124 MPP seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II Feb. 6, 1952 – Sep. 8, 2022
	Charles III Sep. 8, 2022 – present
Lieutenant Governor	Elizabeth Dowdeswell Sep. 23, 2014 – Nov. 14, 2023
	Edith Dumont Nov. 14, 2023 – present
Sessions
1st session August 8, 2022 – January 28, 2025
← 42nd → 44th

It was led by a Progressive Conservative Party majority government under the premiership of Doug Ford.

Current leadership of the Legislative Assembly

Presiding officers

There were five presiding officers of the Legislative Assembly. The officers, ordered by seniority, were:

• 
  Ted Arnott,
  Speaker of the Assembly
• 
  Donna Skelly,
  Deputy Speaker of the Assembly
• 
  Bhutila Karpoche,
  First Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House
• 
  Patrice Barnes,
  Second Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House
• 
  Lucille Collard,
  Third Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House

Government leadership (Progressive Conservative)

Office	Photo	Officer	Riding	Since
Leader		Doug Ford	Etobicoke North	March 10, 2018
Deputy Leader		Sylvia Jones	Dufferin-Caledon	June 24, 2022
Government House leader		Paul Calandra	Markham—Stouffville	June 20, 2019

Opposition leadership (New Democratic)

Office	Photo	Officer	Riding	Since
Leader		Marit Stiles	Davenport	February 4, 2023
Deputy Leaders		Doly Begum Sol Mamakwa	Scarborough Southwest Kiiwetinoong	July 13, 2023
Opposition House Leader Chief Whip		John Vanthof	Timiskaming—Cochrane	July 13, 2022

List of members

Name		Party	Electoral district	First Elected / Previously elected
	Patrice Barnes	Progressive Conservative	Ajax	2022
	Michael Mantha	New Democratic	Algoma—Manitoulin	2011
		Independent[a]
	Michael Parsa	Progressive Conservative	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill	2018
	Andrea Khanjin	Progressive Conservative	Barrie—Innisfil	2018
	Doug Downey	Progressive Conservative	Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte	2018
	Todd Smith (until August 16, 2024)	Progressive Conservative	Bay of Quinte	2011
	Tyler Allsopp (from September 19, 2024)	Progressive Conservative		2024
	Mary-Margaret McMahon	Liberal	Beaches—East York	2022
	Charmaine Williams	Progressive Conservative	Brampton Centre	2022
	Hardeep Grewal	Progressive Conservative	Brampton East	2022
	Graham McGregor	Progressive Conservative	Brampton North	2022
	Prabmeet Sarkaria	Progressive Conservative	Brampton South	2018
	Amarjot Sandhu	Progressive Conservative	Brampton West	2018
	Will Bouma	Progressive Conservative	Brantford—Brant	2018
	Rick Byers	Progressive Conservative	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	2022
	Natalie Pierre	Progressive Conservative	Burlington	2022
	Brian Riddell	Progressive Conservative	Cambridge	2022
	Goldie Ghamari	Progressive Conservative	Carleton	2018
		Independent[b]
	Trevor Jones	Progressive Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Leamington	2022
	Marit Stiles	New Democratic	Davenport	2018
	Adil Shamji	Liberal	Don Valley East	2022
	Vincent Ke	Progressive Conservative	Don Valley North	2018
		Independent[c]
	Stephanie Bowman	Liberal	Don Valley West	2022
	Sylvia Jones	Progressive Conservative	Dufferin—Caledon	2007
	Todd McCarthy	Progressive Conservative	Durham	2022
	Robin Martin	Progressive Conservative	Eglinton—Lawrence	2018
	Rob Flack	Progressive Conservative	Elgin—Middlesex—London	2022
	Anthony Leardi	Progressive Conservative	Essex	2022
	Kinga Surma	Progressive Conservative	Etobicoke Centre	2018
	Christine Hogarth	Progressive Conservative	Etobicoke—Lakeshore	2018
	Doug Ford	Progressive Conservative	Etobicoke North	2018
	Donna Skelly	Progressive Conservative	Flamborough—Glanbrook	2018
	Stéphane Sarrazin	Progressive Conservative	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	2022
	Mike Schreiner	Green	Guelph	2018
	Bobbi Ann Brady	Independent	Haldimand—Norfolk	2022
	Laurie Scott	Progressive Conservative	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	2003, 2011
	Andrea Horwath (until August 15, 2022)[d]	New Democratic	Hamilton Centre	2004
	Sarah Jama (from March 16, 2023)	New Democratic		2023
		Independent[e]
	Neil Lumsden	Progressive Conservative	Hamilton East—Stoney Creek	2022
	Monique Taylor	New Democratic	Hamilton Mountain	2011
	Sandy Shaw	New Democratic	Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas	2018
	Ric Bresee	Progressive Conservative	Hastings—Lennox and Addington	2022
	Tom Rakocevic	New Democratic	Humber River—Black Creek	2018
	Lisa Thompson	Progressive Conservative	Huron—Bruce	2011
	Merrilee Fullerton (until March 27, 2023)	Progressive Conservative	Kanata—Carleton	2018
	Karen McCrimmon (from July 27, 2023)	Liberal		2023
	Greg Rickford	Progressive Conservative	Kenora—Rainy River	2018
	Sol Mamakwa	New Democratic	Kiiwetinoong	2018
	Stephen Lecce	Progressive Conservative	King—Vaughan	2018
	Ted Hsu	Liberal	Kingston and the Islands	2022
	Laura Mae Lindo (until July 13, 2023)	New Democratic	Kitchener Centre	2018
	Aislinn Clancy (from November 30, 2023)	Green		2023
	Mike Harris Jr.	Progressive Conservative	Kitchener—Conestoga	2018
	Jess Dixon	Progressive Conservative	Kitchener South—Hespeler	2022
	Monte McNaughton (until October 6, 2023)	Progressive Conservative	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	2011
	Steve Pinsonneault (from May 2, 2024)	Progressive Conservative		2024
	John Jordan	Progressive Conservative	Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston	2022
	Steve Clark	Progressive Conservative	Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes	2010
	Teresa Armstrong	New Democratic	London—Fanshawe	2011
	Terence Kernaghan	New Democratic	London North Centre	2018
	Peggy Sattler	New Democratic	London West	2013
	Paul Calandra	Progressive Conservative	Markham—Stouffville	2018
	Logan Kanapathi	Progressive Conservative	Markham—Thornhill	2018
	Billy Pang	Progressive Conservative	Markham—Unionville	2018
	Parm Gill (until January 25, 2024)	Progressive Conservative	Milton	2018
	Zee Hamid (from May 2, 2024)	Progressive Conservative		2024
	Natalia Kusendova-Bashta	Progressive Conservative	Mississauga Centre	2018
	Kaleed Rasheed	Progressive Conservative	Mississauga East—Cooksville	2018
		Independent[f]
	Sheref Sabawy	Progressive Conservative	Mississauga—Erin Mills	2018
	Rudy Cuzzetto	Progressive Conservative	Mississauga—Lakeshore	2018
	Deepak Anand	Progressive Conservative	Mississauga—Malton	2018
	Nina Tangri	Progressive Conservative	Mississauga—Streetsville	2018
	Guy Bourgouin	New Democratic	Mushkegowuk—James Bay	2018
	Lisa MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Nepean	2006
	Dawn Gallagher Murphy	Progressive Conservative	Newmarket—Aurora	2022
	Jeff Burch	New Democratic	Niagara Centre	2018
	Wayne Gates	New Democratic	Niagara Falls	2014
	Sam Oosterhoff	Progressive Conservative	Niagara West	2016
	France Gélinas	New Democratic	Nickel Belt	2007
	Vic Fedeli	Progressive Conservative	Nipissing	2011
	David Piccini	Progressive Conservative	Northumberland—Peterborough South	2018
	Stephen Crawford	Progressive Conservative	Oakville	2018
	Effie Triantafilopoulos	Progressive Conservative	Oakville North—Burlington	2018
	Stephen Blais	Liberal	Orléans	2020
	Jennifer French	New Democratic	Oshawa	2014
	Joel Harden	New Democratic	Ottawa Centre	2018
	John Fraser	Liberal	Ottawa South	2013
	Lucille Collard	Liberal	Ottawa—Vanier	2020
	Chandra Pasma	New Democratic	Ottawa West—Nepean	2022
	Ernie Hardeman	Progressive Conservative	Oxford	1995
	Bhutila Karpoche	New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park	2018
	Graydon Smith	Progressive Conservative	Parry Sound—Muskoka	2022
	Matthew Rae	Progressive Conservative	Perth—Wellington	2022
	Dave Smith	Progressive Conservative	Peterborough—Kawartha	2018
	Peter Bethlenfalvy	Progressive Conservative	Pickering—Uxbridge	2018
	John Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative	Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	2003
	Daisy Wai	Progressive Conservative	Richmond Hill	2018
	Jennie Stevens	New Democratic	St. Catharines	2018
	Bob Bailey	Progressive Conservative	Sarnia—Lambton	2007
	Ross Romano	Progressive Conservative	Sault Ste. Marie	2017
	Aris Babikian	Progressive Conservative	Scarborough—Agincourt	2018
	David Smith	Progressive Conservative	Scarborough Centre	2022
	Mitzie Hunter (until May 10, 2023)	Liberal	Scarborough—Guildwood	2013
	Andrea Hazell (from July 27, 2023)	Liberal		2023
	Raymond Cho	Progressive Conservative	Scarborough North	2016
	Vijay Thanigasalam	Progressive Conservative	Scarborough—Rouge Park	2018
	Doly Begum	New Democratic	Scarborough Southwest	2018
	Brian Saunderson	Progressive Conservative	Simcoe—Grey	2022
	Jill Dunlop	Progressive Conservative	Simcoe North	2018
	Chris Glover	New Democratic	Spadina—Fort York	2018
	Nolan Quinn	Progressive Conservative	Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry	2022
	Jamie West	New Democratic	Sudbury	2018
	Laura Smith	Progressive Conservative	Thornhill	2022
	Kevin Holland	Progressive Conservative	Thunder Bay—Atikokan	2022
	Lise Vaugeois	New Democratic	Thunder Bay—Superior North	2022
	John Vanthof	New Democratic	Timiskaming—Cochrane	2011
	George Pirie	Progressive Conservative	Timmins	2022
	Kristyn Wong-Tam	New Democratic	Toronto Centre	2022
	Peter Tabuns[g]	New Democratic	Toronto—Danforth	2006
	Jill Andrew	New Democratic	Toronto—St. Paul's	2018
	Jessica Bell	New Democratic	University—Rosedale	2018
	Michael Tibollo	Progressive Conservative	Vaughan—Woodbridge	2018
	Catherine Fife	New Democratic	Waterloo	2012
	Ted Arnott	Progressive Conservative	Wellington—Halton Hills	1990
	Lorne Coe	Progressive Conservative	Whitby	2016
	Stan Cho	Progressive Conservative	Willowdale	2018
	Andrew Dowie	Progressive Conservative	Windsor—Tecumseh	2022
	Lisa Gretzky	New Democratic	Windsor West	2014
	Michael Kerzner	Progressive Conservative	York Centre	2022
	Caroline Mulroney	Progressive Conservative	York—Simcoe	2018
	Michael Ford	Progressive Conservative	York South—Weston	2022

Timeline

Changes in MPPs

Changes in seats held (2022–present)

Seat	Date	Member	Reason	Previous Party	Party After
Hamilton Centre	August 15, 2022	Andrea Horwath	Resigned from the legislature to run in the 2022 Hamilton municipal election.	█ New Democratic	Vacant
Don Valley North	March 10, 2023	Vincent Ke	Resigned from caucus after allegations surfaced of involvement with Chinese government election interference.	█ PC	█ Independent
Hamilton Centre	March 16, 2023	Sarah Jama	Won by-election to replace Andrea Horwath.	Vacant	█ New Democratic
Kanata—Carleton	March 27, 2023	Merrilee Fullerton	Resigned from the legislature for undisclosed reasons.	█ PC	Vacant
Algoma—Manitoulin	March 31, 2023	Michael Mantha	Removed from caucus due to allegations involving workplace misconduct.	█ New Democratic	█ Independent
Scarborough—Guildwood	May 10, 2023	Mitzie Hunter	Resigned from the legislature to run in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election.	█ Liberal	Vacant
Kitchener Centre	July 13, 2023	Laura Mae Lindo	Resigned from the legislature to take a teaching position at the University of Waterloo.	█ New Democratic	Vacant
Kanata—Carleton	July 27, 2023	Karen McCrimmon	Won by-election to replace Merrilee Fullerton.	Vacant	█ Liberal
Scarborough—Guildwood	July 27, 2023	Andrea Hazell	Won by-election to replace Mitzie Hunter.	Vacant	█ Liberal
Mississauga East—Cooksville	September 20, 2023	Kaleed Rasheed	Resigned from caucus after contradictory claims were made regarding a Las Vegas business trip.	█ PC	█ Independent
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	October 6, 2023	Monte McNaughton	Resigned from the legislature to pursue a career opportunity in the private sector.	█ PC	Vacant
Hamilton Centre	October 23, 2023	Sarah Jama	Removed from caucus over controversial statements made regarding the Gaza war.	█ New Democratic	█ Independent
Kitchener Centre	November 30, 2023	Aislinn Clancy	Won by-election to replace Laura Mae Lindo.	Vacant	█ Green
Milton	January 25, 2024	Parm Gill	Resigned from the legislature to run in a future federal election for the Conservative Party of Canada.	█ PC	Vacant
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	May 2, 2024	Steve Pinsonneault	Won by-election to replace Monte McNaughton.	Vacant	█ PC
Milton	May 2, 2024	Zee Hamid	Won by-election to replace Parm Gill.	Vacant	█ PC
Carleton	June 28, 2024	Goldie Ghamari	Removed from caucus over meeting with Tommy Robinson.	█ PC	█ Independent
Bay of Quinte	August 16, 2024	Todd Smith	Resigned from the legislature to return to the private sector.	█ PC	Vacant
Bay of Quinte	September 19, 2024	Tyler Allsopp	Won by-election to replace Todd Smith.	Vacant	█ PC

Membership changes

Number of members per party by date		2022		2023											2024
		June 2	August 15	March 10	March 16	March 24	March 31	May 10	July 13	July 27	September 20	October 6	October 23	November 30	January 25	May 2	June 28	August 16	September 19
	Progressive Conservative	83		82		81					80	79			78	80	79	78	79
	New Democratic	31	30		31		30		29				28
	Liberal	8						7		9
	Green	1												2
	Independent	1		2			3				4		5				6
	Total members	124	123		124	123		122	121	123		122		123	122	124		123	124
	Vacant	0	1		0	1		2	3	1		2		1	2	0		1	0

Seating plan

Notes

1. New Democratic until March 31, 2023.
2. Progressive Conservative until June 28, 2024.
3. Progressive Conservative until March 10, 2023.
4. Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition until June 28, 2022.
5. New Democratic until October 23, 2023.^[2]
6. Progressive Conservative until September 20, 2023.
7. Interim Leader of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from June 28, 2022 to February 4, 2023.