The 2022 Ontario general election will be held on or before June 2, 2022, to elect Members of Provincial Parliament to serve in the 43rd
Parliament of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Member of Provincial ...
. As of December 2016, Ontario elections are held on the first Thursday in June in the fourth calendar year following the previous general election. The
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
majority
A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from #Related terms, related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Webster
2018
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Steven Del Duca
Steven Alfonso Del Duca (born July 7, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 5th mayor of Vaughan since 2022. Del Duca previously served as the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022 and was an Ontario cabin ...
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Note that for purposes of the administration of the Assembly, parties with fewer than 12 seats are not recognized, and their members are treated as independent MPPs.
42nd Ontario general election
The 2018 Ontario general election was held on June 7, 2018, to elect the 124 members of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, won 76 of the 124 seats in the legislature and formed a majo ...
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (formerly known as Glengarry—Prescott) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography
The dist ...
Progressive Conservative MPP Amanda Simard leaves the Progressive Conservative caucus after Premier Ford had eliminated the province's French-language services commissioner and cancelled plans for a new French-language university.
2019
*February 21:
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston is a federal electoral district in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
History
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representa ...
Progressive Conservative MPP
Randy Hillier
Randy Alexander Hillier (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), member of provincial parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007-2022. Hillier represented the riding ...
is suspended from the caucus indefinitely for allegedly making disrespectful comments to parents of children with autism. Hillier was officially expelled from the PC caucus on March 15, a day after he released a statement via Twitter suggesting his suspension was due to tensions between himself and the premier's senior advisors.
*July 31:
Ottawa—Vanier
Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. Previous to that date, it was part of the Ottawa electoral district th ...
Marie-France Lalonde
Marie-France Lalonde (born ) is a Franco-Ontarian politician in Ontario, Canada who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Orléans as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2019. She also served as the Liberal ...
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (formerly known as Glengarry—Prescott) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography
The dist ...
independent MPP Amanda Simard crosses the floor to join the Liberal caucus.
*February 27: Liberals
Stephen Blais
Stephen Blais (born July 20, 1980) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Orléans since February 27, 2020, as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party
Before being elected to the Legislative ...
Ottawa—Vanier
Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. Previous to that date, it was part of the Ottawa electoral district th ...
, respectively.
*March 7: Former Vaughan MPP and cabinet minister
Steven Del Duca
Steven Alfonso Del Duca (born July 7, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 5th mayor of Vaughan since 2022. Del Duca previously served as the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022 and was an Ontario cabin ...
is elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.
*July 21: Cambridge MPP Belinda Karahalios is ejected from the Progressive Conservative caucus for voting against the government's bill, Bill 195, making her an independent MPP.
*October 5: MPP's vote unanimously in favour of a motion introduced by MPP Mitzie Hunter stating that the government will not call an election prior to the fixed election date in 2022.
Roman Baber
Roman Baber (born 1980) is a Russian-Canadian politician who was the Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for York Centre (provincial electoral district), York Centre from 2018 to 2022. Baber was elect ...
COVID-19 vaccine
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Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an e ...
. Premier Ford had previously given all PC caucus members a 5pm deadline to provide proof of vaccination or a statement of medical exemption signed by a physician or registered nurse.
* October 22: Durham MPP Lindsey Park resigns from the Progressive Conservative caucus and will not seek re-election. On October 1, 2021, Park had been removed from her role as parliamentary assistant to the attorney general after misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status. Park said the statement "misrepresented her vaccination status."
* November 8:
Randy Hillier
Randy Alexander Hillier (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada), member of provincial parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007-2022. Hillier represented the riding ...
* January 7: Elgin—Middlesex—London MPP Jeff Yurek announces he will resign his seat by the end of February and will not seek re-election.
* January 14: Ajax MPP Rod Phillips announces he will resign his seat in February and will not seek re-election.
* March 17: Hamilton East—Stoney Creek MPP Paul Miller is ejected from the NDP caucus by Leader Andrea Horwath, who cited the discovery of "clearly unacceptable" information.
Candidates
Incumbents not running for reelection
Endorsements
Below are a list of notable endorsements for each party.
Opinion polls
Notes
Target seats
Below are listed all the electoral districts in which the winning candidate won by a margin of less than 5%. The Green Party's most marginal opportunity was in Parry Sound—Muskoka where the party finished third with the PCs having a 28.05% margin over them.
2022
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