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Dalton McCarthy - Political career

(needing to revise. Not proper explanation of his transition from Conservative to english protestant rebel)

McCarthy entered politics in the federal election of 1872 as the Conservative candidate in Simcoe North (which included Barrie until 1903). He was defeated by Liberal Hermon Henry Cook, a millionaire lumber merchant by 56 votes our of 3700. He challenged the election results at the urging of party leader and prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald. His challenge was unsuccessful but it started a bond with Macdonald that led him to become one of Macdonald's key protegee and ally. In 1873 he took on the presidency of the Simcoe conservative association, and married his late wife's sister, who was also widow of Macdonald's brother-in-law, thus making the bond familial. He lost the 1874 election again to Cook, this time by 154 votes out of 4400 but contested the result successfully, and lost to Cook for a third time in the byelection that followed. Despite three consecutive losses, McCarthy threw himself into the 1875 provincial election as the local conservative association president, securing a conservative sweep in Simcoe County in a year the Liberal increased their majority with gains in area south and west of Simcoe.

When the MP for next door Cardwell died in 1876, MacDonald handed the nomination to McCarthy and dispatched Charles Tupper, a key ally and his best campaigner, to canvass the riding with McCarthy. He won the seat, and joined McDonald in opposition as applied is oratory honed in courtroom. When MacDonald returned to power in 1878, McCarthy was finally triumphant in Simcoe North with a winning margin of 50 votes out of over 5,000.

He also became the conservative's principal counsel in Ontario for elections related dispute, a lucrative business as election results were more often contested then. As a forceful advocate for a greater authority for the central government, he emerged as a leading spokesman on legal and and jurisdictional matters in both parliament and in legal cases. Despite losing three important appeals at Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London where federal authority was challenged by the Ontario Liberal government, he continued to enjoyed the confidence of MacDonald, who offered him the justice portfolio more than once. He declined on the ground of his debt load required him to continue his legal work, but in truth he was increasing feeling out of step with his conservative colleagues over his views on confederation.

An Irish-born Protestant, McCarthy was antipathetic toward French Canadian. His contemporaries respected his organizational skills and perceived him as a potential Conservative leader after Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald vacated the leadership. However, he broke with the Conservatives in the 1890s, running and being re-elected as an Independent Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1891 Canadian federal election. He appears to have been associated with the Equal Rights Party which ran in that election but did not run as their candidate.

McCarthy was a founder of the "Imperial Federation League", which proposed uniting the United Kingdom and the emerging dominions under a central Cabinet government responsible to an Imperial Parliament elected from throughout the Empire. McCarthy organized his own slate of McCarthyite candidates for the 1896 election, but he was the only one elected.

Following the 1896 election, McCarthy forged an alliance with the Liberal Party, even though its leader Wilfrid Laurier was a French Canadian Catholic. He might have been appointed to cabinet had he not died following a carriage accident in 1898.

McCarthy was a key figure in the Manitoba Schools Question, and a major proponent in pushing English only in legislatures, courts, and schools of Western Canada.

By portfolio

Key: ‡ indicate office assigned to a secretary of state who is not a full member of cabinet

Portfolio	March 14, 2025 – May 13, 2025	May 13, 2025 - present
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
President of the King's Privy Council for Canada	Dominic LeBlanc
Intergovernmental Affairs
Government House Leader	Arielle Kayabaga	Steven MacKinnon
Chief Government Whip	Rechie Valdez
Democratic Institutions	Arielle Kayabaga
Quebec Lieutenant	Steven Guilbeault
Finance	François-Philippe Champagne
President of the Treasury Board	Ginette Petitpas Taylor	Shafqat Ali
Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency	Élisabeth Brière	François-Philippe Champagne
Foreign Affairs	Mélanie Joly	Anita Anand
International Trade	Dominic LeBlanc	Maninder Sidhu
International Development	Mélanie Joly	Randeep Sarai‡
Industry	Anita Anand	Mélanie Joly
Internal Trade	Chrystia Freeland
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation	(not in use)	Evan Solomon
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency	(Assigned to the department minister Anita Anand)	Sean Fraser
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions		Mélanie Joly
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency		Rebecca Chartrand
Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada		Gregor Robertson
Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario	(not in use)	Patty Hajdu
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario		Evan Solomon
Prairies Economic Development Canada		Eleanor Olszewski
Rural Economic Development	Kody Blois	Buckley Belanger‡
Environment and Climate Change	Terry Duguid	Julie Dabrusin
Agriculture and Agri-Food	Kody Blois	Heath MacDonald
Energy and Natural Resources	Jonathan Wilkinson	Tim Hodgson
Fisheries	Joanne Thompson
Nature	(not in use)	Nathalie Provost‡
Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement	Ali Ehsassi	Joël Lightbound
Housing and Infrastructure	Nathaniel Erskine-Smith	Gregor Robertson
Indigenous Services	Patty Hajdu	Mandy Gull-Masty
Transport	Chrystia Freeland
Health	Kamal Khera	Marjorie Michel
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship	Rachel Bendayan	Lena Diab
Jobs and Families	Steven MacKinnon	Patty Hajdu
Children and Youth	(not in use)	Anna Gainey‡
Seniors		Stephanie McLean‡
Labour		John Zerucelli‡
Justice & Attorney General	Gary Anandasangaree	Sean Fraser
Public Safety	David McGuinty	Gary Anandasangaree
Emergency Management and Community Resilience		Eleanor Olszewski
Combatting Crime	(not in use)	Ruby Sahota‡
National Defence	Bill Blair	David McGuinty
Veterans Affairs & Associate Minister of National Defence	Élisabeth Brière	Jill McKnight
Defence Procurement	(not in use)	Stephen Fuhr‡
Canadian Identity and Culture	Steven Guilbeault
Crown–Indigenous Relations	Gary Anandasangaree	Rebecca Alty
Northern and Arctic Affairs		Rebecca Chartrand
Women and Gender Equality	(Assigned to culture minister Steven Guilbeault)	Rechie Valdez
Sport	(not in use)	Adam van Koeverden‡

LGBT

current status

representation table

Under

Enabling Legislation
Year	1867	1872	1874	1882	1887	1896	1904	1908	1917	1925	1935	1949	1952
Election Contested	1867	1872	1874, 78	1882	1887, 91	1896, 1900	1904	1908, 11	1917, 21	1925, 26, 30	1935, 40, 45	1949	1953, 57, 58, 62, 63, 65
Newfoundland												7	7
Prince Edward Island			6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Nova Scotia	19	21	21	21	21	20	18	18	16	14	12	13	12
New Brunswick	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	10
Quebec	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	73	75
Ontario	82	88	88	92	92	92	86	86	82	82	82	83	85
Manitoba		4	4	5	5	7	10	10	15	17	17	16	14
Saskatchewan								10	16	21	21	20	17
Alberta								7	12	16	17	17	17
British Columbia		6	6	6	6	6	7	7	13	14	16	18	22
Territories					4	4	11	1	1	1	1	1	2
Total	181	200	206	211	215	213	214	221	235	245	245	262	265

Since Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1964

Year (Census)	1966 (1961)		1976 (1971)		1987 (1981)		1996 (1991)		2003 (2001)		2013 (2011)		2023 (2021)
Election Contested	1968,72,74		1979,80,84		1988,93		1997,2000		2004,06,08,11		2015,19,21		2025
Newfoundland	7	(65>75k)	7	(75>81k)	7	(81>81k)	7	(81>73k)	7	(73>74k)	7	(74>73k)	7	(73k)
Prince Edward Island	4	(26>28k)	4	(28>30k)	4	(30>32k)	4	(32>34k)	4	(34>35k)	4	(35>39k)	4	(39k)
New Brunswick	10	(60>63k)	10	(63>69k)	10	(69>72k)	10	(72>73k)	10	(73>75k)	10	(75>78k)	10	(78k)
Nova Scotia	11	(67>72k)	11	(72>76k)	11	(76>82k)	11	(82>83k)	11	(83>84k)	11	(84>88k)	11	(88k)
Quebec	74	(71>81k)	75	(80>85k)	75	(85>92k)	75	(92>96k)	75	(96>105k)	78	(101>109k)	78	(109k)
Ontario	88	(71>88k)	95	(81>90k)	99	(86>102k)	103	(98>111k)	106	(108>121k)	121	(106>118k)	122	(117k)
Manitoba	13	(71>76k)	14	(71>72k)	14	(72>78k)	14	(78>80k)	14	(80>86k)	14	(86>96k)	14	(96k)
Saskatchewan	13	(71>71k)	14	(66>68k)	14	(68>71k)	14	(71>70k)	14	(70>74k)	14	(74>81k)	14	(81k)
Alberta	19	(70>86k)	21	(78>105k)	26	(85>98k)	26	(98>114k)	28	(106>130k)	34	(107>125k)	37	(115k)
British Columbia	23	(71>95k)	28	(78>97k)	32	(85>103k)	34	(97>115k)	36	(109>122k)	42	(105>119k)	43	(116k)
Territories	2	(19>27k)	3	(18>23k)	3	(23>28k)	3	(28>31k)	3	(31>36k)	3	(36>39k)	3	(39k)
Total	264	(69>82k)	282	(76>85k)	295	(82>93k)	301	(91>100k)	308	(97>109k)	338	(99>109k)	343	(108k)

Toronto Federal Seats

Election	Liberal	Conservative	New Democratic	Green	People's	PC	Reform / Alliance	Others
1979	216,558 39.0%	—N/a	108,335 19.5%	—N/a	—N/a	224,930 40.5%	—N/a	4,498 0.8%
1980	241,807 45.5%	—N/a	99,860 18.8%	—N/a	—N/a	184,937 34.8%	—N/a	4,422 0.8%
1984	207,881 35.9%	—N/a	98,008 16.9%	1,155 0.2%	—N/a	264,282 45.6%	—N/a	7,047 1.2%
1988	235,688 41.3%	—N/a	98,652 17.3%	1,353 0.2%	—N/a	223,328 39.1%	—N/a	11,440 2.0%
1993	319,633 58.5%	—N/a	20,720 3.8%	1,021 0.2%	—N/a	92,321 16.9%	95,884 17.5%	16,254 3.0%
1997	296,140 60.2%	—N/a	38,061 7.7%	1,464 0.3%	—N/a	81,995 16.7%	70,008 14.2%	4,651 0.9%
2000	297,513 65.3%	—N/a	28,281 6.2%	532 0.1%	—N/a	49,447 10.9%	74,911 16.4%	2,562 0.6%
2004	276,372 57.5%	111,637 23.2%	64,146 13.3%	14,762 3.1%	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	11,576 2.4%
2006	297,480 55.2%	147,796 27.4%	71,660 13.3%	18,790 3.5%	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	2,078 0.4%
2008	236,655 49.7%	146,574 30.8%	62,604 13.2%	27,851 5.9%	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1,489 0.3%
2011	185,020 36.6%	184,456 36.5%	122,461 24.2%	11,190 2.2%	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	2,185 0.4%
2015	353,598 54.7%	202,506 31.3%	74,118 11.5%	12,348 1.9%	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	3,194 0.5%
2019	365,357 55.2%	184,256 27.8%	75,023 11.3%	24,561 3.7%	8,548 1.3%	—N/a	—N/a	3,947 0.6%
2021	321,685 55.7%	156,198 27.0%	70,993 12.3%	4,997 0.9%	22,169 3.8%	—N/a	—N/a	942 0.2%

BC Elections

Year	Total seats	Left of Centre (Modern Day NDP)		Centre (Modern Day Liberal)		Right of Centre (Modern Day Conservative)		Other Parties		Independents
1903	42		2		17		22	-		1
	In the first partisan election, the Conservative Party, led by Richard McBride, are elected over the Liberal Party, led by James Alexander MacDonald. Two Socialists and one labour candidate are elected.
rowspan=2 1907	42	The Conservatives, led by Premier McBride, are re-elected, defeating the Liberals, led by MacDonald.											26		13		3	-		-
rowspan=2 1909	42		38		2		2	-		-
The Conservatives, led by Premier McBride, are re-elected, defeating the Liberals, led by MacDonald.

2013 OLP Ldr

The 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election was a leadership contest conducted by the Ontario Liberal Party following the resignation of incumbent leader and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty that resulted in the election of Kathleen Wynne as its twenty-first permanent leader. As the Ontario Liberals were in government at the time, the contest was also a race for the Premiership of Ontario. With Wynne's victory, the contest produced the province's first female Premier and Canada's openly gay first minister.

The contest formally began with McGuinty's resignation announcement on October 15, 2012 and concluded with a delegated convention held on January 26, 2013 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The convention that culminated this contest was the last time any political party in Canda held a delegated convention to elected its leader while in government. Accordingly, Wynne was the last person in Canada to have ascended to a first minister's office as the result of a delegated convention.

Following the contest, the Wynne Ministry was sworn in on February 11, 2013. After leading a minority government for 18 months, Wynne called a general election in May 2014 in advance of an expected defeat of her government's budget and subsequently secured a renewed majority mandate in June 2014.

Background

Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his pending resignation as leader of the Liberal Party on October 15, 2012, citing a desire to bring new blood to the party leadership. McGuinty also, citing the political "logjam" in Ontario, prorogued the Legislative Assembly.

Rules and procedures

Under the procedure outlined by the party's constitution, the leader was to be chosen in a traditional delegated leadership convention in which up to 2,283 delegates were eligible to vote, made up of 1,712 elected delegates (16 elected by proportional representation in each of the 107 provincial riding associations), 419 ex officio delegates (current and former Liberal MPPs, defeated candidates from the last election, riding association presidents, party executive officers and other party officials, and federal Liberal MPs for Ontario) 144 youth delegates from 18 campus clubs and eight delegates representing the Women's Commission. Riding delegates ran on the slate of a leadership candidate or as independents, in the case of the former they were required to vote for that candidate on the first ballot but were free to change their support subsequently. Balloting at convention continued until one candidate received a majority of ballots cast.

There was a $50,000 entry fee and $500,000 spending limit not including the 25% of all money raised by candidates which had to be turned over to the party in order to pay for the convention. Candidates were not permitted to accumulate more than $100,000 in debt. Nomination papers had to be signed by at least 250 party members. The registration fee for delegates was between $249 and $599.

44,421 party members were eligible to vote in the selection of delegates. Of these, less than 15,000 had been members when McGuinty announced his departure; 27,206 were recruited by the leadership campaigns before November 24.

Historical Significance

Women premier and leader

Upon her election, Wynne became the second female leader of the Ontario Liberals after Lyn McLeod (who endorsed her leadership bid), and the third women to lead a party with seats at Queen's Park. She is the 9th women to lead a Liberal party with parliamentary representation in Canada (after Sharon Carstairs and Ginny Hasselfield in Manitoba, Lynda Haverstock in Saskatchewan, MacLeod, Catherine Callback in PEI, Nancy McBeth in Alberta, Yvonne Jones in Newfoundland, Christy Clark in British Columbia).

While Wynne was the first female premier in Ontario, she was the seven woman to become provincial premier. While women did not occupied any of the provincial premiership in the first decade of the millennium, the early 2010s saw a surge of women leadership in provincial capitals throughout Canada. Upon her election, Wynne joined Quebec Premier Pauline Marois (became premier 2012), British Columbia Premier Christy Clark (2011), Alberta Premier Allison Redford (2011), Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale (2010) and Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak (became premier 2008) at the Council of the Federation, bringing the number of women premiers to the record six. For thirteen months between Wynne's swearing-in in February 2013 and Redford's resignation in March 2014, more 85% of Canadians had women as premiers of their province.

The surge was however short-lived. Aariak and Clark both lost their own seats later in 2013, though Clark secured a majority mandate for her party and was able to remain Premier. Dunledale and Redford both faced caucus unrest and left office in first quarter of 2014. Marois was ousted in the 2014 Quebec election during which she also lost her own seats. Since 2014, at no point were there more than three women premier simultaneously.

LGBT premier and leader

Wynne election as an openly gay premier is historic in many aspect. Domestically, she was the first evern openly LGBT person to become first minister in Canada, and was joined by Wade MacLauchlan who won the PEI Liberal leadership in 2015. She was only the second openly LGBT person to become leader of a party with parliamentary representation after André Boisclair who lead Parti Quebecois 2005 to 2007.

With Wynne's election, Ontario with 13 million population surpassed Belgium as the government jurisdiction in the world with the largest population with an openly LGBT head of government. (Elio Di Rupo became Prime Minister of Belgium in 2011 when its population stood at 11 million.) The record was surpassed in 2024 when Gabriel Attal became Prime Minister of France. Within Canada, Winnipeg (where fellow leadership contestant Glen Murray was elected mayor in 1998 when it has a population of 610,000) was the jurisdiction with the largest population, prior to this election.

OLP Leader

	Photo	Name	Time in Office Tenure		Elections contested	# of seats	Change +/-	# and % of votes	Standing in Legislature
-		George Brown	1857	1867	(Pre-Confederation, de facto leader of the opposition 1857-1958, Premier of Canada West August 2–6, 1858)
		Unofficial. Served as Premier of Canada West (August 2–6, 1858) as leader of the Clear Grits (a predecessor of both the Ontario Liberal Party and Liberal Party of Canada) prior to Confederation. Generally recognized to have led the Liberals in Ontario's first election.
-		Archibald McKellar	1867	February 3, 1870
		Unofficial. Led the informal Liberal opposition emerged after the first election, and approved the choice of young Toronto lawyer Edward Blake as official leader in 1870.
1		Edward Blake	February 3, 1870	October 25, 1872	1867	41 / 82	41		Opposition
			2 years, 265 days		1871	43 / 82	2		Majority
		First official leader. Won the election held in March 1871 but did not become Premier until December 20, 1871 (due to incumbent Premier John Sandfield Macdonald refusal to resign or call the assembly into session. Left provincial politics upon the abolition of dual mandate. Served as leader of the federal Liberal Party from 1880 to 1887.
2		Sir Oliver Mowat	October 25, 1872	July 12, 1896	1875	50 / 88	7		Majority
					1879	57 / 88	7		Majority
					1883	48 / 88	9		Majority
			23 years, 261 days		1886	57 / 90	9		Majority
					1890	53 / 91	4		Majority
					1894	45 / 94	8		Minority
		Served as Premier the entire period while leader, won six elections with majority mandate, remains the longest serving Premier in Ontario history (and third longest in Canada). Left provincial politics to become a Senator and federal Minister of Justice. Served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
3		Arthur S. Hardy	July 12, 1896	October 21, 1899	1898	51 / 94	6		Majority
			3 years, 101 days
4		George William Ross	October 21, 1899	January 15, 1907	1902	50 / 98	1		Majority
			7 years, 86 days		1905	28 / 98	22		Opposition
5		George P. Graham	1907
	3 years, 101 days
6		Alexander Grant MacKay	1907	1911
	3 years, 101 days
7		Newton Rowell	1911	1917
	3 years, 101 days
-		William Proudfoot	1918	1919	Interim leader
	3 years, 101 days
8		Hartley Dewart	1919	1921	First party leader elected by leadership convention.
	3 years, 101 days
9		Wellington Hay	1922	1923

Energy

	Name	Term of office	Tenure	Political party (Ministry)	Note
	Minister of Energy Resources
	Robert Macaulay	May 5, 1959	November 8, 1961	4 years, 164 days	PC (Frost)
November 8, 1961		October 16, 1963	PC (Robarts)
John Richard Simonett	October 16, 1963	March 25, 1964	5 years, 232 days
	Minister of Energy Resource and Management
	John Richard Simonett	March 26, 1964	June 5, 1969
George Albert Kerr	June 5, 1969	March 1, 1971	2 years, 48 days
	March 1, 1971	July 23, 1971		PC (Davis)
	Minister of Energy
	Darcy McKeough	July 4, 1973	June 18, 1975	1 year, 349 days
Dennis Timbrell	June 18, 1975	February 3, 1977	1 year, 230 days
James Taylor	February 3, 1977	January 21, 1978	352 days
Reuben Baetz	January 21, 1978	August 18, 1978	209 days
James Auld	August 18, 1978	August 30, 1979	1 year, 12 days	Concurrently Minister of Natural Resources
Bob Welch	August 30, 1979	July 6, 1983	3 years, 310 days	While Deputy Premier
Philip Andrewes	July 6, 1983	February 8, 1985	1 year, 217 days
George Ashe	February 8, 1985	May 17, 1985	98 days	PC (Miller)
Mike Harris	May 17, 1985	June 26, 1985	40 days	Concurrently Minister of Natural Resources
	Vince Kerrio	June 26, 1985	September 29, 1987	2 years, 95 days	Liberal (Peterson)	Concurrently Minister of Natural Resources
Bob Wong	September 29, 1987	August 2, 1989	1 year, 307 days
Lyn McLeod	August 2, 1989	October 1, 1990	1 year, 60 days	Concurrently Minister of Natural Resources
	Jenny Carter	October 1, 1990	July 31, 1991	303 days	NDP (Rae)
Will Ferguson	July 31, 1991	February 13, 1992	197 days
Brian Charlton	February 14, 1992	February 3, 1993	355 days	Interim minister prior to September 23, 1992
	Minister of Environment and Energy
	Bud Wildman	February 3, 1993	June 26, 1995	2 years, 143 days
	Brenda Elliott	June 26, 1995	August 16, 1996	1 year, 51 days	PC (Harris)
Norm Sterling	August 16, 1996	October 10, 1997	1 year, 55 days
	Minister of Energy, Science and Technology
	Jim Wilson	October 10, 1997	April 14, 2002	4 years, 186 days
	Minister of Environment and Energy
	Chris Stockwell	April 15, 2002	August 22, 2002	129 days	PC (Eves)
	Minister of Energy
	John Baird	August 22, 2002	October 22, 2003	1 year, 61 days
	Dwight Duncan	October 23, 2003	October 11, 2005	1 year, 353 days (first time)	Liberal (McGuinty)	While Government House Leader & Chair of Cabinet
Donna Cansfield	October 11, 2005	May 23, 2006	224 days
Dwight Duncan	May 23, 2006	October 30, 2007	1 year, 160 days (second time, 3 years, 148 days in total)	While Chair of Cabinet
Gerry Phillips	October 30, 2007	June 20, 2008	234 days (first time)
	Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
	George Smitherman	June 20, 2008	November 9, 2009	1 year, 142 days	While Deputy Premier
Gerry Phillips	November 9, 2009	January 18, 2010	70 days (second time, 304 days in total)	While Chair of Cabinet
Brad Duguid	January 18, 2010	August 18, 2010	1 year, 275 days
	Minister of Energy
	Brad Duguid	August 18, 2010	October 20, 2011
Chris Bentley	October 20, 2011	February 11, 2013	1 year, 114 days
Bob Chiarelli	February 11, 2013	June 13, 2016	3 years, 123 days	Liberal (Wynne)
Glenn Thibeault	June 13, 2016	June 29, 2018	2 years, 16 days
	Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines				PC (Ford)
	Greg Rickford	June 29, 2018	June 18, 2021	2 years, 354 days	Concurrently Minister of Indigenous Affairs. Bill Walker served as Associate Minister of Energy from June 20, 2019 to June 18, 2021
	Minister of Energy
	Todd Smith	June 18, 2021	incumbent	4 years, 357 days

CPC Party and State Leaders

National leaders is the generic version of "Party and State Leaders" (党和国家领导人), a political jargon used by official documents and by official media in China referring to specific senior officials of the People's Republic of China. The range of Party and State Leaders are prescribed by the national civil servant system. Only officials holding the rank of "chief positions at the state level" (正国級) or "deputy positions at the state level" (副国級) (colloquially in some western media, "National leaders" and "Sub-national leaders") are considered Party and State Leaders.

As of March 2018 (when the first session of the current 13th National People's Congress was convened), the 71 holders of the following 102 offices are considered Party and State Leaders.

• Chief positions at the state level (8)

1. General Secretary of the Communist Party (1)
2. President (same holder as General Secretary of CPC)
3. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1)
4. Premier (1)
5. Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1)
6. Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party (same holder as General Secretary of CPC)
7. Chairman of the Central Military Commission (same membership of the Central Military Commission of CPC, same holder as General Secretary of CPC)
8. Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (3, plus 4 holding other positions listed above)
9. Vice President of the People's Republic of China (1)

• Deputy positions at the state level (63)

1. Members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China not members of the Standing Committee (18)
2. Secretaries of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (1, plus 6 who are also members of the Politburo)
3. Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress (13, plus 1 who is also a member of the Politburo)
4. Vice Premiers (all 4 Vice Premiers are members of the Politburo) and State Councillors (5)
5. Vice Chairpersons of the Central Military Commission (both members of the Politburo)
6. Director of the National Supervisory Commission (also a member of the Politburo)
7. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (1)
8. Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (1)
9. Vice Chairpersons of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (24)

cabinet

Wynne By Minister

Minister	First Elected	First Entered Cabinet	February 11, 2013	March 25, 2014	June 24, 2014	June 13, 2016	January 12, 2017 & July 31, 2017	January 17, 2018
Kathleen Wynne	2003	2006 (McGuinty)	Premier; Intergovernmental Affairs (from July 2, 2013)
			Agriculture & Food
Deb Matthews	2003	2007 (McGuinty)	Deputy Premier (plus Chair of Cabinet after June 13, 2016)					(left cabinet - not seeking re-election)
			Health & Long-Term Care		Treasury Board	Advanced Education & Skills Development
Jim Bradley	1977	1985 (Peterson)	Environment		Chair of Cabinet	(left cabinet - to make room for women in cabinet)
John Gerretsen	1995	2003 (McGuinty)	Attorney General	Chair of Cabinet	(did not seek re-election)
Madeleine Meilleur	2003	2003 (McGuinty)	Community Safety & Correctional Services	Attorney General		(resigned - from legislature)
			Francophone Affairs
Harinder Takhar	2003	2003 (McGuinty)	Government Services (until May 8, 2013)	(resigned - health reasons)
Laurel Broten	2003	2005 (McGuinty)	Intergovernmental Affairs (until July 2, 2013)	(resigned - from legislature)
			Women's Issues (until July 2, 2013)
Michael Gravelle	1995	2007 (McGuinty)	Northern Development & Mines
Ted McMeekin	2000	2007 (McGuinty)	Community & Social Services		Municipal Affairs & Housing	(left cabinet - to make room for women in cabinet)
Brad Duguid	2003	2007 (McGuinty)	Training, Colleges & Universities		Economic Development, Employment & Infrastructure (Before June 13, 2016) Economic Development, Growth (After June 13, 2016			(left cabinet - not seeking re-election)
Michael Chan	2007	2007 (McGuinty)	Tourism, Culture & Sport (2015 Pan/Parapan American Games)		Citizenship, Immigration & Trade	International Trade
John Milloy	2003	2009 (McGuinty)	Government House Leader		(did not seek re-election)
			Government Services (from May 8, 2013)
Bob Chiarelli	1987	2010 (McGuinty)	Energy			Infrastructure
Linda Jeffrey	2003	2010 (McGuinty)	Municipal Affairs & Housing	(resigned - to seek Mayoralty of Brampton)
			Chair of Cabinet
Charles Sousa	2007	2010 (McGuinty)	Finance
Eric Hoskins	2009	2010 (McGuinty)	Economic Development, Trade & Employment		Health & Long-Term Care (until February 26, 2018)
Glen Murray	2010	2010 (McGuinty)	Transportation; Infrastructure		Environment & Climate Change		(resigned July 2017 - from legislature)
Mario Sergio	1995	2013	Seniors			(left cabinet)
Jeff Leal	2003	2013	Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (only Rural Affairs until June 24, 2014)
							Small Business (from July 2017)
David Orazietti	2003	2013	Natural Resources		Government & Consumer Services	Community Safety & Correctional Services	(resigned January 2017- from legislature)
Liz Sandals	2003	2013	Education			Treasury Board		(left cabinet - not seeking re-election)
David Zimmer	2003	2013	Aboriginal Affairs (until June 13, 2016); Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation (after June 13, 2016)
Reza Moridi	2007	2013	Research & Innovation
					Training, Colleges & Universities
Yasir Naqvi	2007	2013	Labour	Community Safety & Correctional Services		Attorney General
					Government House Leader
Michael Coteau	2011	2013	Citizenship & Immigration		Tourism, Culture & Sport (2015 Pan/Parapan American Games)	Children & Youth Services Community & Social Services (from February 26, 2018)
Tracy MacCharles	2011	2013	Consumer Services		Children & Youth Services; Women's Issues	Women's Issues	Government & Consumer Services (from January 207)
Teresa Piruzza	2011	2013	Children & Youth Services		(lost re-election)
Bill Mauro	2003	2014 March		Municipal Affairs & Housing	Natural Resources	Municipal Affairs
Kevin Flynn	2003	2014 March		Labour
Helena Jaczek	2007	2014 June			Community & Social Services (until February 26, 2018) Health & Long-Term Care (after February 26, 2018)
Steven Del Duca	2012	2014 June			Transportation			Economic Development, Growth
Dipika Damerla	2011	2014 June			(Assoc) Long-Term Care & Wellness	Seniors
Mitzie Hunter	2013	2014 June			(Assoc) Ontario Retirement Pension Plan	Education		Advanced Education & Skills Development
Laura Albanese	2014	2016				Citizenship & Immigration
Chris Ballard	2014	2016				Housing	Environment & Climate Change (from July 2017)
Marie-France Lalonde	2014	2016				Government & Consumer Services	Community Safety & Correctional Services (from January 2017)
						Francophone Affairs
Eleanor McMahon	2014	2016				Tourism, Culture & Sport		Treasury Board
Indira Naidoo-Harris	2014	2016				(Assoc) Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (until Aug 24, 2016) (Assoc) Early Years & Child Care (after Aug 24, 2016)	Women's Issues	Education
Kathryn McGarry	2014	2016				Natural Resources		Transportation
Glenn Thibeault	2015	2016				Energy
Peter Milczyn	2014	2017					Housing (from July 2017)
Harinder Malhi	2014	2018						Women's Issues
Daiene Vernile	2014	2018						Tourism, Culture & Sport
Nathalie Des Rosiers	2016	2018						Natural Resources

Ford By Minister

Minister	First Elected	First Entered Cabinet	June 29, 2018	November 5, 2018	June 20, 2019	December 31, 2020	June 18, 2021
Doug Ford	2018	2018	Premier
			Intergovernmental Affairs
Jim Wilson	1990	1995 (Harris)	Economic Development, Job Creation & Trade	Resigned (to seek substance abuse treatment, in response to allegations of sexual misconduct)
Ernie Hardeman	1995	1999 (Harris)	Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs				Left cabinet
Laurie Scott	2003	2018	Labour		Infrastructure		Left cabinet
John Yakabuski	2003	2018	Transportation	Natural Resources and Forestry			Left cabinet
Christine Elliott	2006	2018	Health (Prior to June 20, 2019: Health and Long-Term Care)
			Deputy Premier
Lisa MacLeod	2006	2018	Children, Community and Social Services Women's Issues		Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries (Prior to October 21, 2019: Tourism, Culture and Sport)
Sylvia Jones	2007	2018	Tourism, Culture and Sport	Solicitor General (Prior to April 4, 2019: Community Safety and Correctional Services)
Steve Clark	2010	2018	Municipal Affairs and Housing
Vic Fedeli	2011	2018	Finance		Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Monte McNaughton	2011	2018	Infrastructure		Labour, Training and Skills Development (Prior to October 21, 2019: Labour)
Todd Smith	2011	2018	Government and Consumer Services	Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade	Children, Community and Social Services		Energy
			House Leader
Lisa Thompson	2011	2018	Education		Government and Consumer Services		Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Jeff Yurek	2011	2018	Natural Resources and Forestry	Transportation	Environment, Conservation and Parks		Left cabinet
Raymond Cho	2016	2018	Seniors and Accessibility
Peter Bethlenfalvy	2018	2018	Treasury Board			Treasury Board; Finance	Finance
Merrilee Fullerton	2018	2018	Training, Colleges and Universities		Long-Term Care		Children, Community and Social Services
Caroline Mulroney	2018	2018	Attorney General		Transportation
			Francophone Affairs
Rod Phillips	2018	2018	Environment, Conservation and Parks		Finance	Resign (controversy re non-essential travel)	Long-Term Care
Greg Rickford	2018	2018	Energy, Northern Development and Mines				Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
			Indigenous Affairs
Michael Tibollo	2018	2018	Community Safety and Correctional Services	Tourism, Culture and Sport	Assoc - Mental Health and Addictions
Bill Walker	2011	November 2018		Government and Consumer Services	Assoc - Energy		Left cabinet
Ross Romano	2017	2019			Training, Colleges and Universities		Government and Consumer Services
Paul Calandra	2018	2019			House Leader
Doug Downey	2018	2019			Attorney General
Jill Dunlop	2018	2019			Assoc - Children and Women's Issues		Colleges and Universities
Stephen Lecce	2018	2019			Education
Prabmeet Sarkaria	2018	2019			Assoc - Small Business & Red Tape Reduction		Treasury Board
Kinga Surma	2018	2019			Assoc - Transportation (GTA)		Infrastructure
Jane McKenna	2011	2021					Assoc - Children and Women's Issues
Stan Cho	2018	2021					Assoc - Transportation (GTA)
Parm Gill	2018	2021					Citizenship and Multiculturalism
Kaleed Rasheed	2018	2021					Assoc - Digital Government
David Piccini	2018	2021					Environment, Conservation and Parks
Nina Tangri	2018	2021					Assoc - Small Business & Red Tape Reduction

By Ministry

Ministry	June 29, 2018	November 5, 2018	June 20, 2019	December 31, 2020	June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Deputy Premier	Christine Elliott
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs	Ernie Hardeman				Lisa Thompson
Attorney General	Caroline Mulroney		Doug Downey
Children, Community and Social Services	Lisa MacLeod		Todd Smith		Merrilee Fullerton
Citizenship and Multiculturalism					Parm Gill
Colleges and Universities Prior to October 21, 2019: Training, Colleges and Universities	Merrilee Fullerton		Ross Romano		Jill Dunlop
Economic Development, Job Creation & Trade	Jim Wilson	Todd Smith	Vic Fedeli
Education	Lisa Thompson		Stephen Lecce
Energy	Greg Rickford (as Minister of Energy, Northern Development & Mines)				Todd Smith
Environment, Conservation and Parks	Rod Phillips		Jeff Yurek		David Piccini
Finance	Vic Fedeli		Rod Phillips	Peter Bethlenfalvy
Francophone Affairs	Caroline Mulroney
Government and Consumer Services	Todd Smith	Bill Walker	Lisa Thompson		Ross Romano
Health	Christine Elliott (as Minister of Health & Long-term Care)		Christine Elliott
Long-Term Care			Merrilee Fullerton		Rod Phillips
Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries (Prior to October 21, 2019: Tourism, Culture and Sport)	Sylvia Jones	Michael Tibollo	Lisa MacLeod
Indigenous Affairs	Greg Rickford
Infrastructure	Monte McNaughton		Laurie Scott		Kinga Surma
Intergovernmental Affairs	Doug Ford
Labour, Training and Skills Development Prior to October 21, 2019: Labour	Laurie Scott		Monte McNaughton
Municipal Affairs and Housing	Steve Clark
Natural Resources and Forestry	Jeff Yurek	John Yakabuski			Greg Rickford (as Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources & Forestry)
Northern Development and Mines	Greg Rickford (as Minister of Energy, Northern Development & Mines)
Seniors and Accessibility	Raymond Cho
Solicitor General Prior to April 4, 2019: Community Safety & Correctional Services	Michael Tibollo	Sylvia Jones
Transportation	John Yakabuski	Jeff Yurek	Caroline Mulroney
Treasury Board	Peter Bethlenfalvy				Prabmeet Sarkaria
Women's Issues	Lisa MacLeod		Jill Dunlop (Assoc)		Jane McKenna (Assoc)
Government House Leader	Todd Smith		Paul Calandra
Assoc - Digital Government					Kaleed Rasheed
Assoc - Energy			Bill Walker
Assoc - Mental Health and Addictions			Michael Tibollo
Assoc - Small Business & Red Tape Reduction			Prabmeet Sarkaria		Nina Tangri
Assoc - Transportation (GTA)			Kinga Surma		Stan Cho

1984

Result

  = Eliminated from next round

  = Withdrew

  = Elected

Liberal Party Leadership Convention, June 16, 1984
Voting results by ballot

Candidate		First Ballot		Second Ballot
		Votes cast	%	Votes cast	%
	John Turner	1,593	46.4%	1,862	54.4%
	Jean Chrétien	1,067	31.1%	1,368	40.0%
	Don Johnston	278	8.1%	192	5.6%
	John Roberts	185	5.4%	Endorsed Chrétien
	Mark MacGuigan	135	3.9%	Endorsed Turner
	John Munro	93	2.7%	Endorsed Chrétien
	Eugene Whelan	84	2.4%	Endorsed Chrétien
Total		3,435	100.0%	3,422	100.0%

Source: CPAC – 1984 Liberal Convention

Candidates

Jean Chrétien

Chrétien, 50, MP for Saint-Maurice since 1963, was Minister of Energy and had been Minister Responsible for constitutional negotiations, playing a significant role in the patriation of the Constitution of Canada,. First appointed to Cabinet by Lester Pearson in 1967, he had served in several senior portfolios under Trudeau, including Minister of Finance and Justice Minister.

• Supporters in caucus:
  • Pierre Bussières (Charlesbourg, PQ; Minister of National Revenue)
  • Charles Caccia (Davenport, ON; Minister of the Environment)
  • David Collenette (York East, ON; Minister of State (Multiculturalism))
  • Paul Cosgrove (York—Scarborough, ON; former cabinet minister)
  • Bud Cullen (Sarnia—Lambton, ON; former cabinet minister)
  • Pierre de Bané (Matapédia—Matane, PQ; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans)
  • David Dingwall (Cape Breton—East Richmond, NS)
  • Roland de Corneille (Eglinton—Lawrence, ON)
  • Jean-Robert Gauthier (Ottawa—Vanier, ON)
  • Charles Lapointe (Charlevoix, PQ; Minister of Supply and Services)
  • Roméo LeBlanc (Westmorland—Kent, NB; Minister of Public Works)
  • Russell MacLellan (Cape Breton—The Sydneys, NS)
  • Dave Rooney (Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, NF)
  • Antonio Yanakis (Berthier—Maskinongé, PQ)
  • Sen. David Croll (Ontario)
  • Sen. Joseph Guay (St. Boniface, Manitoba)
  • Sen. Renaude Lapointe (Mille Isles, Quebec)
  • Sen. Bud Olson (Alberta South, Alberta; Minister of Economic and Regional Development & Leader of the Government in the Senate)
  • Sen. Yvette Rousseau (De Salaberry, Quebec)
  • Sen. Dalia Wood (Montarville, Quebec)

(Plus others - The Globe and Mail reported that Chrétien launched his campaign with support from 29 MPs from Quebec, nine from Ontario, two each from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and one each from Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories, as well as five senators from Quebec, two from Ontario and one from Alberta)

Don Johnston

Johnston, 47, MP for Saint-Henri—Westmount in Montreal since 1978, was President of the Treasury Board, and had served in several other economic portfolios.

• Supporters in caucus:
  • David Berger (Laurier, PQ)
  • Jack Burghardt (London West, ON)
  • James Fleming (York West, ON)
  • Bryce Mackasey (Lincoln, ON; former cabinet minister)
  • Raymond Savard (Verdun, PQ)
  • Sen. Gildas Molgat (Manitoba)

Mark MacGuigan

MacGuigan, 53, MP from Windsor-Walkerville since 1968 and a former dean of law, was the Minister of Justice and a former Minister of External Affairs. His campaign was supported by Paul Martin, thrice leadership contender who MacGuigan succeeded as MP.

John Munro

Munro, 53, a MP for Hamilton East since 1962, was Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

• • Peter Ittinuar (Nunatsiaq, NWT) (initially endorsed Chrétien)
  • Sen. Willie Adams (Northwest Territories) (initially endorsed Chrétien)

John Roberts

Roberts, 48, MP for St. Paul's, was Minister of Employment and Immigration.

John Turner

Turner, 55, former MP for Ottawa-Orleans (1968-1976) and previously for St. Lawrence—St. George, Quebec (1962-1968), had served in Cabinet under Lester Pearson and Trudeau and had been Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance until resigning from cabinet in 1975 over a policy dispute over wage and price freezes. Since then, he had been a corporate lawyer on Bay Street until his return to politics in 1984. Turner had run for the leadership previously in 1968, placing third on the final ballot.

• Supporters in caucus:
  • Lloyd Axworthy (Winnipeg—Fort Garry, MB; Minister of Transport)
  • Dennis Dawson (Louis-Hébert, PQ)
  • Pierre Deniger (Laprairie, PQ)
  • Louis Duclos (Montmorency, PQ)
  • Judy Erola (Nickel Belt, ON; Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs)
  • Francis Fox (Blainville—Deux-Montagnes, PQ; Minister of Communications)
  • Doug Frith (Sudbury, ON)
  • Herb Gray (Windsor West, ON; President of the Treasury Board)
  • Bob Kaplan (York Centre, ON; Solicitor General)
  • Norm Kelly (Scarborough Centre, ON)
  • Marc Lalonde (Outremont, PQ; Minister of Finance)
  • [Peter Lang (politician)|Peter Lang]] (Kitchener, ON)
  • Jean Lapierre (Shefford, PQ)
  • Ed Lumley (Stormont—Dundas, ON; Minister of Regional Economic Expansion)
  • Allan MacEachen (Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, NS; Deputy Prime Minister of Canada & Secretary of State for External Affairs)
  • Jean-Claude Malépart (Sainte-Marie,PQ)
  • Paul-André Massé (Saint-Jean (electoral district)|Saint-Jean]], PQ)
  • André Ouellet (Papineau, PQ; Minister of Labour)
  • Jean-Luc Pépin (Ottawa—Carleton, ON; Minister of State (External Relations))
  • Jim Peterson (Willowdale, ON; wife Heather Peterson served as Turner's campaign director)
  • Gerald Regan (Halifax, NS; Minister of International Trade)
  • William Rompkey (Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador, NF; Minister of State for Mines)
  • David Smith (Don Valley East, ON; Minister of State (Small Businesses and Tourism))
  • Brian Tobin (Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe, NF)
  • Sen. Hazen Argue (Regina, Saskatchewan; Minister of State (Canada Wheat Board))
  • Sen. Keith Davey (York, Ontario)
  • Sen. Royce Frith (Glen Tay, Ontario)
  • Sen. Jerry Grafstein (Ontario)
  • Sen. Alasdair Graham (The Highlands, Nova Scotia)
  • Sen. Leo Kolber (Victoria, Quebec)
  • Sen. Frederick McGrand (Sunbury, New Brunswick)
  • Sen. Joan Neiman (Peel, Ontario)
  • Sen. Ray Perrault (British Columbia)
  • Sen. Louis Robichaud, (Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick; former New Brunswick premier)

(Plus others, it was reported that Turner was supported by 24 of 64 Liberal senators at the time)

Eugene Whelan

Whelan, 59, MP for Essex-Windsor since 1962, has been Minister of Agriculture from 1972 to 1979, when the Liberals lost power, and again since 1980.

1982 OLP

Background

Stuart Smith had been leader since 1976. He led the party through two elections. Although he was leader of the opposition in a minority government after the 1977 election, the Liberals failed to make gains in the 1981 election when the Tories regained their majority status. Smith announced his decision to resign on September 5, 1981. Speculation about possible successors included MPPs Jim Breithaupt, David Peterson and Patrick Reid. The race quickly heated up when five days later, John Sweeney a Kitchener MPP announced his intention to seek the party leadership. Fellow MPP Jim Breithaupt announced his candidacy a day later.

On September 19, the Liberal party announced that they would hold a convention on the weekend of February 19–21, 1982 to choose a new leader.

Candidates

Jim Breithaupt

Breithaupt, 47, MPP for Kitchener since 1967 and former Liberal House Leader, was a lawyer and the party's justice critic. He was portrayed by the media as a rational politician who favoured reason over passion. He said, "I've not seen that as a fault... it is just the way I am. I think I can do the job when it has to be done." He said that he would focus on a reorganization of the party's riding associations and a campaign to pay off the party's election debt. He was initially seen as one of the front-runners, but was kept off the campaign trail by a car accident. His wife, Jane, and Wentworth North MPP Eric Cunningham represented him at campaign meetings and rallies.

• Supporters in Caucus (3): Eric Cunningham (Wentworth North), Patrick Reid (Rainy River) and Harry Worton (Wellington South)

Sheila Copps

Copps, 29, a rookie MPP for Hamilton Centre since 1981 and daughter of former Hamilton Mayor Victor Copps, was riding assistant to outgoing leader Smith for four years before being elected herself. She ran a left-of-centre reformist campaign for leader. Her campaign received surprising amount of media attention, positioning her as the leading challenging to the front runner Peterson.

• Copps had no declared supporters in caucus, but was endorsed by federal cabinet ministers Judy Erola, John Munro, James Fleming, Bob Kaplan and Charles Caccia.

David Peterson

Peterson, 38, MPP for London Centre since 1975, was the running up in the 1976 leadership contest, caming within 45 votes of defeating Stuart Smith. Peterson was generally acknowledged as the front-runner throughout the campaign, having spent the years since the last leadership race "organizing, getting his people in place, getting commitments of support from caucus members, raising money and biding his time." His campaign focus on economics issues and pitched himself as a Liberal a Conservative would vote for.

• Supporters in Caucus (18): Jim Bradley (St. Catharines), Sean Conway (Renfrew North), John Eakins (Victoria-Haliburton), Murray Elston (Huron-Bruce), Herbert Epp (Waterloo North), Remo Mancini (Essex South), J. Earl McEwen (Frontenac-Addington), Bob McKessock (Grey), Gordon Miller (Haldimand-Norfolk), Robert Nixon (Brant-Oxford-Norfolk), Hugh O'Neil (Quinte), Julian Reed (Halton-Burlington), Jack Riddell (Huron-Middlesex), Richard Ruston (Essex North), Edward Sargent (Grey-Bruce), Michael Spensieri (Yorkview), Ronald Van Horne (London North) and Bill Wrye (Windsor-Sandwich)

John Sweeney

Sweeney, 50, MPP for Kitchener—Wilmot since 1975, was a former teacher who served as the party's education critic. Sweeney held strong views on abortion and had sponsored a private member's bill in 1978 to reduce the number of abortions performed in the province. He was also a member of the Council of Mind Abuse, a group formed to fight mind-indoctrination techniques by cults. Fellow member Sean Conway said that Sweeney would appeal to the "Catholic conservative constituency within the Liberal party." Sweeney disagreed saying that he was actually a middle of the road politician. He said, "Because I have some firm moral positions doesn't mean I am to the right." He said that if elected leader he would seek to tighten the restrictions on abortion performed in the province.

Richard Thomas

Thomas, 49, was a former Perry Township councillor and environmental activist who was a voice-over artist professionally, known for his work in commercials and narrating documentaries. As a Liberal candidate in the 1981 provincial election he came within six votes of defeating future Premier Ernie Eves in Parry Sound. He would later run several times for the Green Party of Ontario from 1990 to 2001 and was elected head of Armour Township council in 2003.

Endorse

2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election

March 7, 2020

KG Candidate Steven Del Duca Michael Coteau Kate Graham Riding Vaughan-Woodbridge (2012-18, lost re-election) Don Valley East London North Centre (defeated) Elected delegates 1172 (56.2%) 370 (17.75%) 273 (13.1%) Contest won 89 ridings (plus 3 ties), 12 clubs 17 ridings, 2 clubs 12 ridings Final ballot 1258 (58.8%) 363 (16.9%) 299 (13.9%)   AT BH Candidate Mitzie Hunter Alvin Tedjo Brenda Hollingsworth Riding Scarborough-Guildwood Oakville-North Burlington (defeated) N/A Elected delegates 130 (6.2%) 72 (3.5%) 25 (1.2%) Contest won 2 ridings (plus 3 ties), 1 club none 1 riding Final ballot 122 (5.7%) 74 (3.5%) 24 (1.1%)

Leader before election Kathleen Wynne John Fraser (interim) Elected Leader Steven Del Duca

2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election

Date	March 7, 2020
Convention	International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
Resigning leader	Kathleen Wynne
Won by	Steven Del Duca
Ballots	1
Candidates	6
Entrance fee	$100,000 ($75,000 non-refundable)

• Kevin Flynn (Oakville 2003-18, cabinet minister 2014-18, Oakville Regional & Town Councillor 1985-2003)
• Eric Hoskins (St. Paul's 2009-18, cabinet minister 2010-18, 2013 leadership candidate)
• Harinder Takhar (Mississauga—Erindale 2003-18, cabinet minister 2003-13, 2013 leadership candidate)

• Francesco Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge since 2015)
• Chandra Arya (Nepean since 2015)
• Lloyd Longfield (Guelph since 2015)

• [[]] (Oakville 2003-18, cabinet minister 2014-18)

• • Daiene Vernile (Kitchener Centre 2014-18, cabinet minister 2018)
  • Hon. Don Boudria (Prescott and Russell 1981-84, MP for Glengarry–Prescott–Russell 1984-2006, federal cabinet minister 1996-2003)
  • Murray Elston (Huron—Bruce 1981-94, cabinet minister 1985-90, interim party leader 1991, runner-up of 1992 leadership contest)
  • Hon. Maria Minna (MP for Beaches—East York 1993-2011, cabinet minister 1999-2002)
  • Hon. David Smith (MP for Don Valley East 1980-84, cabinet minister 1983-84, senator for Cobourg 2002-16, National Liberal Campaign Co-Chair in 1993/1997/2000/2008/2011)
  • Iqra Khalid (MP for Mississauga—Erin Mills since 2015)
  • Bob Bratina (MP for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek since 2015, Mayor of Hamilton 2010-14, Hamilton City Councillor 2004-10)
  • Neil Ellis (MP for Bay of Quinte since 2015, Mayor of Belleville 2006-14)

List of ministers

	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Tenure	Political party (Ministry)	Note
	Minister responsible for Women's Issues					PC (Davis)
		Robert Welch	May 17, 1983	February 8, 1985	1 year, 267 days	While Deputy Premier
		Dennis Timbrell	February 8, 1985	June 26, 1985	138 days	PC (Miller)	While Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
		Ian Scott	June 26, 1985	September 29, 1987	2 years, 95 days	Liberal (Peterson)	While Attorney General and Minister responsible for Native Affairs
		Greg Sorbara	September 29, 1987	August 2, 1989	1 year, 307 days	While Minister of Labour
		Mavis Wilson	August 2, 1989	October 1, 1990	1 year, 60 days
		Anne Swarbrick	October 1, 1990	September 11, 1991	345 days	NDP (Rae)
		Marion Boyd	September 11, 1991	June 26, 1995	3 years, 288 days		While Minister of Education (until October 15, 1991), Minister of Community and Social Services (October 15, 1991 to February 3, 1993) and Minister of Justice and Attorney General (from February 3, 1993)
		Dianne Cunningham	June 26, 1995	June 17, 1999	3 years, 356 days (first instance)	PC (Harris)	While Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
		Helen Johns	June 17, 1999	February 7, 2001	1 year, 235 days		While Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation & Minister Responsible for Seniors Affairs
		Dianne Cunningham	February 8, 2001	April 14, 2002	2 years, 256 days (second instance) 6 years, 247 days in total		While Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
			April 15, 2002	October 22, 2003		PC (Eves)
		Sandra Pupatello	October 23, 2003	October 30, 2007	4 years, 7 days	Liberal (McGuinty)	While Minister of Community and Social Services (until April 5, 2006), Minister of Education (April 5, 2006 to September 18, 2006), Minister of Economic Development and Trade (from September 16, 2006)
		Deb Matthews	October 30, 2007	October 7, 2009	1 year, 342 days	While Minister of Children and Youth Services
		Laurel Broten	October 7, 2009	February 11, 2013	3 years, 268 days	While Minister of Children and Youth Services (until October 20, 2011), Minister of Education (from October 20, 2011) and Interim Minister of Children and Youth Services (from November 13, 2012)
February 11, 2013			July 2, 2013	Liberal (Wynne)		While Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
		Teresa Piruzza	July 2, 2013	June 24, 2014	357 days	While Minister of Children and Youth Services
		Tracy MacCharles	June 24, 2014	January 12, 2017	2 years, 202 days	While Minister of Children and Youth Services (until June 13, 2016), Minister Responsible for Accessibility (from June 13, 2016)
	Minister of the Status of Women
		Indira Naidoo-Harris	January 12, 2017	January 17, 2018	1 year, 5 days	Styled as Minister of Women's Issues until February 14, 2017
		Harinder Malhi	January 17, 2018	June 29, 2018	163 days
	Minister responsible for Women's Issues					PC (Ford)
		Lisa MacLeod	June 29, 2018	present	7 years, 346 days	While Minister of Children, Community and Social Services

Tourism

	Name	Term of office		Name	Term of office		Political party (Ministry)	Note
	Minister of Travel and Publicity				PC (Drew)
	George Arthur Welsh	March 25, 1946	October 19, 1948
	Louis-Pierre Cécile	October 19, 1948	May 4, 1949		PC (Kennedy)
		May 4, 1949	August 17, 1955		PC (Frost)
	Bryan Lewis Cathcart	August 17, 1955	November 8, 1961
		November 8, 1961	August 14, 1963		PC (Robarts)
	James Auld	August 14, 1963	March 25, 1964
	Minister of Tourism and Information
	James Auld	March 25, 1964	March 1, 1971
	Fernand Guindon	March 1, 1971	February 2, 1972		PC (Davis)
	John White	February 2, 1972	April 7, 1972		White was concurrently Minister of Trade and Development
	Minister of Industry and Tourism
	John White	April 7, 1972	January 15, 1973
	Claude Bennett	January 15, 1973	January 21, 1978	Minister of Culture and Recreation
Bob Welch				January 14, 1975	August 16, 1978
		John Rhodes	January 21, 1978			September 25, 1978	Rhodes died in office, suffered a heart attack during a trade mission to the Middle East with Premier Davis.
	Larry Grossman	October 18, 1978	February 13, 1982	Reuben Baetz	August 18, 1978	February 13, 1982
	Minister of Tourism and Recreation			Minister of Citizenship and Culture
	Reuben Baetz	February 13, 1982	February 8, 1985	Bruce McCaffrey	February 13, 1982	July 6, 1983
				Susan Fish	July 6, 1983	February 8, 1985
	Claude Bennett	February 8, 1985	June 26, 1985		February 8, 1985	May 17, 1985	PC (Miller)
				Nick Leluk	May 17, 1985	June 26, 1985
	John Eakins	June 26, 1985	September 29, 1987	Lily Munro	June 26, 1985	September 29, 1987	Liberal (Peterson)
	Hugh O'Neil	September 29, 1987	August 2, 1989	Minister of Culture and Communications
				Lily Munro	September 29, 1987	August 2, 1989
	Ken Black	August 2, 1989	October 1, 1990	Christine Hart	August 2, 1989	June 5, 1990
				Hugh O'Neil	June 5, 1990	October 1, 1990
	Peter North	October 1, 1990	November 13, 1992	Rosario Marchese	October 1, 1990	July 31, 1991	NDP (Rae)
				Karen Haslam	July 31, 1991	February 3, 1993
	Ed Philip	November 13, 1992	February 3, 1993				Philip was concurrently Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology
	Minister of Culture, Tourism and Recreation
	Anne Swarbrick				February 3, 1993	June 26, 1995
	Minister Economic Development, Trade and Tourism			Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation			PC (Harris)
	Bill Saunderson	June 26, 1995	October 10, 1997	Marilyn Mushinski	June 26, 1995	October 10, 1997
	Al Palladini	October 10, 1997	June 17, 1999	Isabel Bassett	October 10, 1997	June 17, 1999
	Minister of Tourism			Helen Johns	June 17, 1999	February 7, 2001
	Cam Jackson	June 17, 1999	February 7, 2001
	Minister of Culture, Tourism and Recreation
	Tim Hudak				February 8, 2001	April 14, 2002
	Minister of Tourism and Recreation			Minister of Culture			PC (Eves)
	Cam Jackson	April 15, 2002	October 2, 2002	David Tsubouchi	April 15, 2002	October 22, 2003		Tsubouchi was concurrently Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet
	Frank Klees	October 3, 2002	February 25, 2003
	Brian Coburn	February 25, 2003	October 22, 2003
	Jim Bradley	October 23, 2003	June 29, 2005	Madeleine Meilleur	October 23, 2003	April 5, 2006	Liberal (McGuinty)
	Minister of Tourism
	Jim Bradley	June 29, 2005	October 30, 2007
Caroline Di Cocco				April 5, 2006	October 30, 2007
	Peter Fonseca	October 30, 2007	September 18, 2008	Aileen Carroll	October 30, 2007	January 18, 2010
	Monique Smith	September 18, 2008	January 18, 2010
	Minister of Tourism and Culture
	Michael Chan				January 18, 2010	December 7, 2011
	Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
	Michael Chan				December 7, 2011	February 11, 2013
	February 11, 2013	June 24, 2014	Liberal (Wynne)
	Michael Coteau				June 24, 2014	June 13, 2016
	Eleanor McMahon				June 13, 2016	January 17, 2018
	Daiene Vernile				January 17, 2018	June 29, 2018
	Sylvia Jones				June 29, 2018	November 5, 2018	PC (Ford)
	Michael Tibollo				November 5, 2018	June 20, 2019
	Lisa MacLeod				June 20, 2019	October 21, 2019
	Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
	Lisa MacLeod				October 21, 2019	Present

History

	Name	Term of office	Tenure	Political party (Ministry)	Note
	Commissioner of Crown Lands				Liberal Conservative (MacDonald)
	Stephen Richards	July 16, 1867	July 25, 1871	4 years, 9 days
	Matthew Crooks Cameron	July 25, 1871	December 21, 1871	149 days
	Richard William Scott	December 21, 1871	October 25, 1872	1 year, 348 days	Liberal (Blake)
October 25, 1872		December 4, 1873	Liberal (Mowat)
	Timothy Blair Pardee	December 4, 1873	January 18, 1889	15 years, 45 days	Resigned due to poor health, subsequently died on July 21, 1889.
	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	January 18, 1889	July 21, 1896	7 years, 185 days
	John Morison Gibson	July 21, 1896	October 21, 1899	3 years, 92 days	Liberal (Hardy)
	Elihu Davis	October 21, 1899	November 22, 1904	5 years, 32 days	Liberal (Ross)
	Alexander Grant MacKay	November 22, 1904	February 8, 1905	78 days
	James Joseph Foy	February 8, 1905	May 30, 1905	111 days	Conservative (Whitney)
	Minister of Lands and Mines
	Francis Cochrane	May 30, 1905	April 27, 1906	6 years, 135 days
	Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines
	Francis Cochrane	April 27, 1906	October 12, 1911
	William Howard Hearst	October 12, 1911	October 2, 1914	3 years, 71 days
October 2, 1914		December 22, 1914	Conservative (Hearst)		While Premier
	Howard Ferguson	December 22, 1914	November 14, 1919	4 years, 327 days (first instance)
	Minister of Lands and Forests				United Farmers (Drury)
	Beniah Bowman	November 14, 1919	July 16, 1923	3 years, 244 days
	James W. Lyons	July 16, 1923	March 1, 1926	2 years, 228 days	Conservative (Ferguson)
	Howard Ferguson	March 2, 1926	October 18, 1926	230 days (second instance) 5 years, 192 days in total
	William Finlayson	October 18, 1926	December 15, 1930	7 years, 265 days
December 15, 1930		July 10, 1934	Conservative (Henry)
	Peter Heenan	July 10, 1934	May 27, 1941	6 years, 321 days	Liberal (Hepburn)
	Norman Otto Hipel	May 27, 1941	October 21, 1942	2 years, 82 days	Concurrently Provincial Secretary and Registrar (October 27, 1942 – May 18, 1943)
October 21, 1942		May 18, 1943	Liberal (Conant)
May 18, 1943		August 17, 1943	Liberal (Nixon)
	Wesley Gardiner Thompson	August 17, 1943	November 28, 1946	3 years, 103 days	PC (Drew)
	Harold Robinson Scott	November 28, 1946	October 19, 1948	5 years, 188 days
October 19, 1948		May 4, 1949	PC (Kennedy)
May 4, 1949		June 3, 1952	PC (Frost)
	Welland Gemmell	June 3, 1952	June 18, 1954	2 years, 15 days	Died in office
	Clare Mapledoram	July 7, 1954	July 4, 1958	3 years, 362 days
	Wilf Spooner	July 23, 1958	November 8, 1961	4 years, 94 days
November 8, 1961		October 25, 1962	PC (Robarts)
	Kelso Roberts	October 25, 1962	November 24, 1966	4 years, 30 days
	René Brunelle	November 24, 1966	March 1, 1971	5 years, 70 days	Concurrently Minister of Mines (November 23, 1967 – February 13, 1968)
March 1, 1971		February 2, 1972	PC (Davis)
	Leo Bernier	February 2, 1972	April 7, 1972	5 years, 1 day	Concurrently Minister of Mines and Northern Affairs
	Minister of Natural Resources
	Leo Bernier	April 7, 1972	February 3, 1977
	Frank Miller	February 3, 1977	August 18, 1978	1 year, 196 days
	James Auld	August 18, 1978	April 10, 1981	2 years, 235 days	Concurrently Minister of Energy
	Alan Pope	April 10, 1981	February 8, 1985	3 years, 304 days
	Mike Harris	February 8, 1985	June 26, 1985	138 days	PC (Miller)	Concurrently Minister of Energy (May 17, 1985 – June 26, 1985)
	Vince Kerrio	June 26, 1985	August 2, 1989	4 years, 37 days	Liberal (Peterson)	Concurrently Minister of Energy (June 26, 1985 – September 29, 1987)
	Lyn McLeod	August 2, 1989	October 1, 1990	1 year, 60 days	Concurrently Minister of Energy
	Bud Wildman	October 1, 1990	February 3, 1993	2 years, 125 days	NDP (Rae)	Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs
	Howard Hampton	February 3, 1993	June 26, 1995	2 years, 143 days		Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs
	Minister of Natural Resources, Northern Development and Mines				PC (Harris)
	Chris Hodgson	June 26, 1995	October 10, 1997	2 years, 106 days
	Minister of Natural Resources
	John Snobelen	October 10, 1997	April 14, 2002	4 years, 186 days
	Jerry Ouellette	April 15, 2002	October 22, 2003	1 year, 190 days	PC (Eves)
	David Ramsay	October 23, 2003	October 30, 2007	4 years, 7 days	Liberal (McGuinty)	Concurrently Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs (June 29, 2005 – June 21, 2007), Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (June 21, 2007 – October 30, 2007)
	Donna Cansfield	October 30, 2007	January 18, 2010	2 years, 80 days
	Linda Jeffrey	January 18, 2010	October 20, 2011	1 year, 275 days
	Michael Gravelle	October 20, 2011	February 11, 2013	1 year, 114 days
	David Orazietti	February 11, 2013	June 24, 2014	1 year, 133 days	Liberal (Wynne)
	Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry
	Bill Mauro	June 24, 2014	June 13, 2016	1 year, 355 days
	Kathryn McGarry	June 13, 2016	January 17, 2018	1 year, 218 days
	Nathalie Des Rosiers	January 17, 2018	June 29, 2018	163 days
	Jeff Yurek	June 29, 2018	Incumbent	7 years, 346 days	PC (Ford)

P List

! rowspan=2; style="background:#9999FF;"|Liberal
Conservative
(MacDonald)|| ! style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Blake) ! rowspan=4; style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Mowat) ! style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Hardy) ! rowspan=2; style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Ross) ! rowspan=3; style="background:#9999FF;"|Conservative
(Whitney) ! style="background:#9999FF;"|Conservative
(Hearst) ! style="background:#66CC00;"|United Farmers
(Drury) ! rowspan=2; style="background:#9999FF;"|Conservative
(Ferguson) ! rowspan=2; style="background:#9999FF;"|Conservative
(Henry) ! rowspan=3; style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Hepburn) ! style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Conant) ! style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Nixon) ! style="background:#9999FF;"|PC
(Drew) ! style="background:#9999FF;"|PC
(Kennedy) ! rowspan=5; style="background:#9999FF;"|PC
(Frost) ! rowspan=2; style="background:#9999FF;"| PC
(Robarts) ! rowspan=10; style="background:#9999FF;"| PC
(Davis) ! rowspan=2; style="background:#9999FF;"| PC
(Miller) ! rowspan=4; style="background:#EA6D6A;"|Liberal
(Peterson) ! rowspan=4 ; style="background:#F4A460;"|NDP
(Rae) ! rowspan=3 ; style="background:#9999FF;"|PC
(Harris) ! style="background:#9999FF;"|PC
(Eves) ! rowspan=8; style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(McGuinty) ! rowspan=5; style="background:#EA6D6A;"| Liberal
(Wynne) ! style="background:#9999FF;"|PC
(Ford) | |}