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Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, South view 20170417 1
The Ontario Legislative Building, which houses the 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. Some seats changed after the election. Three Progressive Conservative MPPs left the PCs and became independent politicians. They were Jim Wilson, Amanda Simard, and Randy Hillier.

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73 40 7 3 1
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal I G

Images for kids

  • Parliament of Ontario 1871

    Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario convene in 1871.

  • Shield of arms - Ontario Leg

    The coat of arms

  • First ceremonial mace of Upper Canada, used at the first meetings of Parliament in Newark, starting in 1792 - Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, Canada - DSC00288

    The first mace used by the Upper Canadian Legislature.

  • Ceremonial mace, made in 1867 - Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, Canada - DSC00276

    The fourth, and current, mace used by the Legislature.

  • Interior Ontario Legislative Assembly Toronto 2010

    The seating chamber for the Legislative Assembly features individual chairs and desks for its members.

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