The Ontario Legislative Assembly is one of the two components of the Ontario Legislature (also known as Ontario Parliament ), the other being Ontario Lieutenant Governor. The Legislative Assembly is Canada's second largest provincial deliberative assembly by a number of members after the National Assembly of Quebec. The trial meets at the Ontario Legislature Building at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of Toronto.
The Legislative Assembly was established by the British North America Act, 1867 (later renamed Constitutional Act, 1867 ), which dismantled the Province of Canada into two new provinces, with a portion later called Western Canada to Ontario. The legislature has been unicameral from the start, with the Assembly currently having 107 seats (rising to 124 in the 42nd Ontario election) representing electoral districts ("raptures") elected through the first post-passing election system throughout the province.
As at the federal level in Canada, Ontario employs a Westminster-style parliamentary government, where members are elected to the Legislative Council through general elections, in which the Prime Minister of Ontario and the Ontario Executive Council are appointed under majority support. The prime minister is the head of the Ontario government, while the Lieutenant Governor, as the representative of the Queen, acts as head of state. The largest party that does not form a government is known as the Official Opposition, its leader is recognized as the Leader of the Opposition by the Chairman.
The Ontario Legislature is sometimes referred to as the "Ontario Provincial Parliament". Members of the assembly call themselves "Provincial Members of Parliament" (MPP) as opposed to "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) as in many other provinces. Ontario is the only province to do so, in accordance with the resolution adopted in the Assembly on 7 April 1938. However, the Legislative Assembly Act refers only to "members of the Assembly".
The Assembly is currently elected on June 12, 2014, as part of the 41st Parliament in Ontario. The first session of the 41st Parliament opened on 2 July 2014. On Friday 2 May 2014, Ontario's 40th Parliament was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor David C. Onley on the advice of Premier Kathleen Wynne after NDP and Conservative Progressive leaders said they would not supporting the Liberal minority government budget. The election was held on June 12, 2014, as a result of Liberal Party Kathleen Wynne who formed a majority government.
Due to the location of the Legislative Building on Queen's Park grounds, the metropolis "Queen's Park" is often used to refer to the Government of Ontario and the Legislative Council.
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Lawmaking
In accordance with the tradition of the Westminster system, most laws are derived from the cabinet (Government Bill), and passed by the legislature after the debate and decision-making phase. Ordinary Members of the Legislature may personally introduce (Private Membership Bill), playing an integral role in scrutinizing bills in debates and committees and altering bills filed to the legislature by the cabinet.
Members are expected to be loyal to their parliamentary parties and for the benefit of their constituents. However, in the event of a conflict, obligations to the parliamentary party take precedence. Party loyalties are imposed by government whips.
In the Ontario legislature, this confrontation provides much material for the Oral Questions and Member Statements. Legislative oversight of the executive is also at the core of much work done by the Legislative Permanent Committee, which consists of ordinary backbenches.
One day Members will usually be divided between participating in the business of the House, attending caucus and committee meetings, speaking in various debates, or returning to their constituents to address constituent concerns, problems and complaints. Depending on personal trends and political circumstances, some Members focus most of their attention on House issues while others focus on constituency issues, taking something from the role of the ombudsman in the process.
Finally, the legislative task is to provide executive personnel. As already noted, under responsible government, the ministers of the Crown are expected to become Members of the Assembly. When a ruling political party will usually place more experienced parliamentarians into key cabinet positions, where their parliamentary experience may be the best preparation for political life in a chaotic government.
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Symbol
The Ontario Legislative Assembly is the first and only legislature in Canada that has the Coat separated from the provincial emblem.
Green and gold are the main colors in the provincial arm shield. The Mace is the traditional symbol of the Speaker's authority. What is shown on the left is the current Mace. On the right is the original Mace from the time of the first parliament in 1792. The crossed Mace joins Ontario's shield arm.
Crowns on bouquets represent national and provincial loyalties; the rim is studded with a provincial gemstone, amethyst. Griffin, an ancient symbol of justice and equality, holds the calumet, which symbolizes the spirit encounters and discussions believed to be the First Countries in Ontario accompanying the use of the pipe.
Deer represent the province's natural wealth. The Loyalist coronet in their neck honors the original British settlers in Ontario who brought them a parliamentary form of British government. The Royal Crowns, abandoning 1992, precisely in 1792, recognized the two-century parliamentary and represented Ontario's heritage as a constitutional monarchy. They were given as special honor by His Majesty Queen Elizabeth II upon the recommendation of the Governor-General.
At base, maple leaf is for Canada, trillium for Ontario and roses for York (now Toronto), the provincial capital.
The motto "Audi Alteram Partem" is one of a series of Latin phrases carved in the Legislative Building Chamber. This challenges the Provincial Member of the Parliament to "Hear the Other Side," an objective that becomes impossible, because the Westminster system produces the best governance characterized as a chosen dictatorship.
Media
Proceedings of Legislative Assembly are broadcasted to cable television subscribers of Ontario as Ontario Parliament Network.
The 41st Parliament of Ontario Parents
- July 2, 2014: 41st Ontario Parliament begins its first session. Jim Wilson became the Leader of the Opposition after being elected as the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative. Dave Levac, a member of Brant was re-elected as a speaker in Ontario's Legislative Council.
- July 3, 2014: David C. Onley discusses the speech of the throne for the last time as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
- September 23, 2014: with Elizabeth Dowdeswell inducted as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, makes the three major Preferred Order in Ontario all women for the first time in history.
- November 21, 2014: Joe Cimino, MPP representing Sudbury withdrew from his seat.
- February 5, 2015: Former lawmaker Glenn Thibeault was elected as the Liberal MPP in Sudbury, replacing Joe Cimino.
- August 1, 2015: MPP PC Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North) resigns to allow PC leader Patrick Brown to run in the legislature.
- August 28, 2015: PC MPP Christine Elliott (Whitby-Oshawa) resigns from her seat.
- September 3, 2015: In presidential election, PC leader Patrick Brown was elected MPP for Simcoe North
- February 11, 2016: Lorne Coe chooses MPP PC for Whitby-Oshawa in an intermission.
- March 23, 2016: Liberal MP Balkissoon (Scarborough - Rouge River) resigns from his seat.
- June 30, 2016: Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleur (Ottawa - Vanier) resigns from her seat.
- September 1, 2016: Raymond Cho wins Scarborough - Rouge River with elections for PC, takes seat from Liberal.
- September 16, 2016: PC MPP Tim Hudak (Niagara West - Glanbrook) resigns from his seat.
- November 17, 2016: Elections are held in Ottawa - Vanier (won by Liberal Nathalie Des Rosiers) and Niagara West - Glanbrook (won by PC Sam Oosterhoff). Oosterhoff was 19 years old at the time and became the youngest member in MPP history.
- January 1, 2017: David Orazietti (Liberal, Sault Ste Marie) resigns to take a senior position at Sault College.
- May 28, 2017: Carleton - Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren has been expelled from the Progressive Conservative Party caucus after a video emerged from MacLaren criticizing bilingualism in Canada. Late in the afternoon of May 28, MacLaren announced on Twitter that he would join the right-wing Ontario Trillium Party.
- June 1, 2017: Progressive Conservative Ross Romano wins Sault Ste. Marie at the time of the election took the seat previously held by Liberal David Orazietti.
- July 31, 2017: Glen Murray (Liberal, Toronto Center) announces effective resignation 1 September 2017, to join the Pembina Institute as executive director.
- October 20, 2017: Jagmeet Singh (NDP, Bramalea - Gore - Malton) resigned from his post after being elected a federal NDP leader.
- December 31, 2017: Cheri DiNovo (NDP Parkdale - High Park) resigns from his seat.
- January 25, 2018: Patrick Brown resigns as PC leader after being accused of sexual harassment by two women.
- January 26, 2018: Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli was selected as a temporary PC by caucus members.
- February 16, 2018: Former PC leader Patrick Brown (Simcoe North) is removed from the PC caucus.
- February 26, 2018: Health Minister Eric Hoskins (St. Paul's) resigns from cabinet and legislature to receive federal appointment.
- April 9, 2018: Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris is removed from the PC caucus.
Party standings
Election of the 42nd Parliamentary Assembly of Ontario Parliament occurred June 7, 2018, as a result of Conservative Progressive Doug Ford will form a majority government.
Seating plan
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The living room was influenced by the layout of the Royal House of England and the Chapel of St.. Stephen at the Palace of Westminster. The difference with the English layout is with the use of individual chairs and tables for members, none in the British Commons design.
The previous location of the legislature, which used to be the home of the Upper Canada legislature and the United Provinces of Canada, has the same layout.
Membership changes
Members list
Officeholders
Speaker
- Chairman of the Ontario Legislative Council:
- Vice Speaker (Government):
- Vice Chairman (Official Opposition):
- Vice Speaker (Third Party):
Leader
- Premier Ontario: Doug Ford Jr. (Progressive Conservative)
- Opposition Leader: Andrea Horwath (New Democratic Party)
- The leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario: TBD
- The leader of the Green Party of Ontario: Mike Schreiner
Floor leadership
- Leader of Government House:
- Opposition House Leader:
- Leader of the Liberal House:
Whips
- Whip Main Government:
- The Whip Official Opposition:
- Liberal Whip:
Front seat
- Ontario Executive Board
- The Official Shadow Cabinet Opposition of the 42nd Legislative Council in Ontario
Committee
There are two forms that can be taken by the Committee. The first, the standing committee, was beaten during Parliament based on the Stand Order. Secondly, elected committees, usually beaten by Motion or the House Order to consider a particular law or matter that will monopolize the timing of standing committees.
Standing committees
The committees are present during the parliamentary session. The Committee reviews and reports on general activities of activities by government departments and agencies and reports on matters referred by the house, including proposed legislation.
Current Standing Committee in Parliament :
Select committee
Choose a committee set up specifically for studying certain bills or issues and in accordance with the Stand Order, consisting of no more than 11 members from all parties with representations reflecting the current position at home. In some cases, the committee should check the material with a specific date and then report its conclusions to the legislature. After the final report, the committee was disbanded.
Select Committee in the 39th Parliament:
- The Election Committee on Elections completed its work on 30 June 2009.
- Select the Mental Health and Addiction Committee complete the assignment on August 26, 2010.
- Select the Committee on the proposed transaction TMX Group and London Stock Exchange Group complete its work on April 19, 2011.
Mace
The mace of the Legislative ceremony is the fourth mace to be used in Upper Canada or Ontario.
The first mace was used by the first Chamber of Upper Canada's Parliament in 1792 in Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) and then moved to York (now Toronto). Primitive wooden blend, painted red and gold and coped with a thin brass strip crown. It was stolen by American troops as a War Prize during the Battle of the York of War of 1812 in 1813. The mace was kept at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and remained in the United States until 1934 when it was returned to Ontario when President Franklin Roosevelt sent an order to Congress to restore mace. It was kept in the Royal Ontario Museum for a while, and is now located in the Main Lobby of the Ontario Legislature Building.
The second mace was introduced in 1813 and used until 1841.
The third mace was not purchased until 1845. In 1849, it was stolen by a riotous mob in Montreal, apparently intent on destroying it in public demonstrations. Fortunately it was saved and returned to the Chairman, Sir Allan Macnab, the next day. Then, in 1854, Mace was twice rescued when the Parliament House in Quebec was struck by fire. The Mace continued to be used by the Union Parliament in Toronto and Quebec until the Confederation in 1867, when it was taken to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, where he remained in the House of Commons until 1916. When the Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire during the year, Mace could not be saved of the Central Block. All that remained was a small ball of silver and gold conglomerates.
After the Confederacy, where the third mace moved with the new Parliament of the Dominion of Canada to Ottawa. Mace is currently used in the Ontario Legislative Assembly obtained in 1867. It was provided by Charles E. Zollikofer of Ottawa for $ 200. The four-footed mace was made of copper and plated with gold, a flat ball at the butt end. Initially the mace head bore the crown of Queen Victoria and in a cup with her monogram, VR When she was replaced by Edward VII in 1901, her crown and cup were removed and a new one with Edward's initials on the cup had been installed. Finally replaced with a current cup decorated with shimmering brass leaves.
Through some careful detective work in the staff section of the Legislative Assembly, the original cup with Queen Victoria's monogram was recently discovered in the Royal Ontario Museum collection and returned to the Legislature. It is now on display in the Ontario Legislature Building.
In 2009, two diamonds were installed at Mace. Diamonds are a gift to the Ontario community of De Beers Canada to mark the opening of the Victor Mine near the Attawapiskat in northern Ontario. Three diamonds are selected from the first run of the mine. Two stones, one coarse and one polished, are set in platinum in Mace's crown while the third stone, also polished, is on display in the lobby of the Legislative Building as part of the display of Mace's history.
Officer
Like the Canadian Parliament, the Legislature has a procedural officer:
The Registrar of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is a permanent official of the Chair of the Legislative Assembly, with the rank and status of the Deputy Minister. He is the main procedural advisor and senior parliamentary officer. Clerk's responsibilities include giving advice to Speakers and Legislative Members about procedural questions and interpretations of House rules and practices. The Registrar is also responsible for the overall direction and administration of the Legislative Assembly and Secretary of the Internal Economic Council. As Chief Executive Officer, the Clerk shall be responsible to the Chairman for the administrative and operational functions of the Assembly Office.
Another key officer is the Sergeant Weapon, who is in charge of maintaining order during meetings in the Legislature. Sergeant-in-Arms is also charged with Ceremonial mace control in the Legislature in sessions.
Other officers from the legislature include Ontario Ombudsman, Environment Commissioner, Integrity Commissioner, Auditor General, Chief Election Officer, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Financial Accountability Officer, Commissioner of French Language Service and Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth.
See also
- Office of the Legislative Council of Ontario
- List of Ontario political parties
- The Ontario Cabinet
- List of Ontario general election
- List of the Legislative Council of Ontario Category
- : Member of the Legislative Council of Ontario
- Ontario Parliamentary Network
Note
References
External links
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario site
- The Mace
- Speaker
- Canadian Government Compared
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