Official Opposition
18-765: The Ford ministry is the Cabinet , chaired by Premier Doug Ford , that began governing Ontario shortly before the opening of the 42nd Parliament . The original members were sworn in during a ceremony held at Queen's Park on June 29, 2018. Ford has carried out four major Cabinet reshuffles : once in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The cabinet was sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29. The cabinet featured Ford as Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs with former Progressive Conservative leadership candidates Christine Elliott as Deputy Premier and Minister of Health , and Caroline Mulroney as Attorney General . Former interim leaders of
36-438: A government backbench supporter for the next four years. In 1996, he was commissioned by the government to conduct a survey on the possible amalgamation of Hamilton, Ontario into a united municipality. He was easily re-elected in the 1999 provincial election . He was appointed to cabinet by Mike Harris as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on June 17, 1999. As Minister, he replaced agricultural offices with
54-621: Is almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Though the lieutenant governor does not generally attend Cabinet meetings, directives issued by the Crown on the advice of the ministers are said to be ordered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council . Ministers hold the honorific prefix " The Honourable " while members of the council. The Cabinet is similar in structure and role to
72-471: The 2018 general election . This is the current cabinet of Ontario: Lieutenant Governor Premier Other ministers Ernie Hardeman Ernie Hardeman MPP (born December 4, 1947) is a Canadian politician who served as Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs from 2018 to 2021 in the Doug Ford government and as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 1999 to 2001 in
90-635: The Cabinet of Ontario (French: Cabinet de l'Ontario ), is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Ontario . It comprises ministers of the provincial Crown , who are selected by the premier of Ontario (the first minister of the Crown) and appointed by the lieutenant governor . The activities of the Government of Ontario are directed by the Executive Council. The Executive Council
108-775: The Mike Harris government. He represents the rural riding of Oxford for the Progressive Conservative Party . Hardeman was the owner and operator of Hardeman Feed Limited , established in Salford, Ontario , from 1966 to 1995. Hardeman's nephew, John Vanthof , is a current sitting MPP for the New Democratic Party and behind his uncle in the legislature. He served as mayor of the Township of Southwest Oxford from 1988 to 1994. He
126-755: The Agricultural Information Contact Centre. He was removed from cabinet on February 7, 2001. On February 25, 2003, he returned to cabinet under Ernie Eves in the new position of Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing , with Responsibility for Rural Affairs. Hardeman was re-elected in the 2003 election . He supported Jim Flaherty 's unsuccessful bid for the Progressive Conservative party's leadership in 2004. On June 13, 2005, Hardeman's private members bill, Farm Implements Amendment Act , received third reading and royal assent. In 2007 Hardeman
144-722: The Environment, Parm Gill as Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Khaleed Rasheed as Associate Minister of Digital Government, Stan Cho as Associate Minister of Transportation, Nina Tangri as Associate Minister for Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, and Jane McKenna as the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues. Kinga Surma and Jill Dunlop were promoted from their associate minister roles to be Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Colleges and Universities, respectively, with Prabmeet Sakaria being promoted from associate minister to President of
162-700: The Minister of the Environment, Todd Smith the Minister of Children and Youth Services, Caroline Mulroney the Minister of Transportation, Vic Fedeli the Minister of Economic Development, Lisa Thompson the Minister of Government and Consumer Services , Lisa MacLeod the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport , Laurie Scott the Minister of Infrastructure , and Monte McNaughton the Minister of Labour . Bill Walker and Michael Tibollo were demoted from ministerial positions to be Associate Ministers, and Christine Elliott's portfolio split with Merrilee Fullerton taking over
180-566: The Progressive Conservatives Vic Fedeli and Jim Wilson were assigned to be Minister of Finance and Minister of Economic Development , respectively. This initial cabinet also featured Lisa MacLeod as both Minister of Community and Social Services and Minister of Children and Youth Services , Lisa Thompson as Minister of Education , Rod Phillips as Minister of the Environment , and John Yakabuski as Minister of Transportation . The first change to
198-575: The Treasury Board. This cabinet shuffle was held following the 2022 Ontario general election . Earlier in the year, a minor shuffle occurred following the resignation of Merrilee Fullerton , with Michael Parsa replacing her. A major cabinet shuffle was held following the fallout due to the Greenbelt scandal . Housing minister Steve Clark resigned and Stan Cho was added to cabinet. Weeks later, another cabinet shuffle took place following
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#1732797389085216-642: The cabinet came on November 2, 2018, when Jim Wilson resigned to sit as an independent and Todd Smith assumed his role as Minister of Economic Development. The first major cabinet shuffle came on June 20, 2019, as the premier expanded the cabinet to 28 members Doug Downey , Paul Calandra , Stephen Lecce and Ross Romano were promoted to cabinet to be Attorney General, Government House Leader, Minister of Education, and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities , respectively. Jill Dunlop , Kinga Surma , and Prabmeet Sarkaria were promoted to be Associate Ministers. Rod Phillips became Minister of Finance, Jeff Yurek
234-624: The cabinet without removing a current minister from cabinet. The new additions to the team included Sam Oosterhoff , Stephen Crawford , Nolan Quinn , Natalia Kusendova-Bashta , Mike Harris Jr. (Son of Former PC Premier Mike Harris Sr. ), and Trevor Jones . The cabinet shuffle also included the addition of Former Minister of Housing Steve Clark as Government House leader. (See List below of all Cabinet Members) Executive Council of Ontario [REDACTED] Canada portal The Executive Council of Ontario ( French : Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario ), often informally referred to as
252-631: The federal Privy Council for Canada , though smaller in size, and, whereas the federal Cabinet is actually a committee of the Privy Council, the Executive Council of Ontario and Cabinet of Ontario are one and the same. Also, unlike the Privy Council, members of the Ontario Executive Council are not appointed for life, and are not entitled to post-nominal letters . Doug Ford and his Cabinet were sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29, 2018, following
270-591: The newly created Ministry of Long-Term Care . In February 2021, Peter Bethlenfalvy replaced Rod Phillips as Minister of Finance following criticism of his international vacations during the COVID-19 pandemic , though he returned to cabinet in June as the Minister of Long-Term Care. That June shuffle removed 5 members (Jeff Yurek, John Yakabuski, Laurie Scott, Bill Walker, and Ernie Hardeman ) and introduced 6 new members to cabinet, including David Piccini as Minister of
288-423: The resignations of Monte McNaughton and Kaleed Rasheed . Andrea Khanjin and Todd McCarthy were added to cabinet. On June 6th, 2024 on the last day of sitting before the summer break Doug Ford conducted a major cabinet shuffle, surprising his caucus, the media, and the public. Ford expanded the size of cabinet to 36 members, changing the portfolios of many ministers and adding many Parliamentary Assistants to
306-568: Was chair of the Wardens' Association of Ontario in 1990–91, and served as a board member on the Association of Municipalities of Ontario . Hardeman was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1995 , defeating incumbent New Democrat Kimble Sutherland by about 8000 votes. The Progressive Conservatives under Mike Harris won the election, and Hardeman was
324-557: Was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term. He served as Deputy House Leader and was then promoted to Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Agencies. He is also the PC critic for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. On June 16, 2008, Hardeman introduced a private member's bill which allows farmers to post seasonal, directional signage along provincial highways to advertise their Ontario grown produce and direct consumers to
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