Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the legislature of the province of Ontario, Canada. It has the second largest number of members out of the provincial legislatures of Canada. It meets at the Ontario Legislative Building in Toronto, the provincial capital.
The Assembly was created in 1867 by the British North America Act. The Assembly is unicameral, meaning there is no upper house. There are 124 members of the assembly, who are called Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Each member is elected from one electoral district. The party with the most members gets to choose the Premier of Ontario, who leads the government, and the Executive Council of Ontario, which is the cabinet. The leader of the second largest party in the assembly becomes the Leader of the Opposition.
The current assembly was elected in the 2018 Ontario general election. The members that were elected are part of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario.
Seat distribution
The following table shows how many seats each political party has in the legislature. [1]
| ↓ | |||||||||
| 83 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | I | G | |||||
Legislative Assembly Of Ontario Media
- Ontario Legislative Building 2023g.jpg
Chamber of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2023
- Parliament of Ontario 1871.jpg
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario convene in 1871.
- First ceremonial mace of Upper Canada, used at the first meetings of Parliament in Newark, starting in 1792 - Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, Canada - DSC00282.jpg
The first mace used by the Upper Canadian Legislature.
- Ceremonial mace, made in 1867 - Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, Canada - DSC00276.jpg
The fourth, and current, mace used by the Legislature.
- Interior Ontario Legislative Assembly Toronto 2010.jpg
The seating chamber for the Legislative Assembly features individual chairs and desks for its members.
References
- ↑ "Current MPPs". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
