Editing List of premiers of Ontario (section)

==Premiers of Ontario since 1867==

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|name            = [[John Sandfield Macdonald]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 1
|image           = John Sandfield Macdonald.jpg
|birth_year      = 1812
|death_year      = 1872
|party           = Conservative
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Cornwall (provincial electoral district)|Cornwall]]
|cabinet         = [[John Sandfield Macdonald ministry|Macdonald ministry]]
|term_start      = 1867-07-16
|term_end        = 1871-12-20
|event1          = establishment
|event1_year     = 1867
|event1_assembly = none
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1867
|event2_assembly = 1st
|accomplishments = Macdonald led a [[coalition government|Coalition]] (the "Patent Combination") between the [[Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative Party]] and the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Party]]; was also an MP in the House of Commons (as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]) until 1872.
|tenure          = {{Age in years and days|1867|07|15|1871|12|20}}
|references      = <ref name=Macdonald>{{cite web|title=John Sandfield Macdonald, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=769|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Edward Blake]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 2
|image           = Edward Blake.jpg
|birth_year      = 1833
|death_year      = 1912
|party           = Liberal
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Bruce South (provincial electoral district)|Bruce South]]
|cabinet         = [[Blake ministry]]
|term_start      = 1871-12-20
|term_end        = 1872-10-25
|assembly_type   = Legislative Assembly of Ontario
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1871
|event1_assembly = 2nd
|accomplishments = Simultaneously a federal MP; resigned after [[dual mandate]]s were abolished to concentrate on federal politics.
|tenure          = 
|references      = <ref name=Blake>{{cite web|title=Edward Blake, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=465|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = Sir [[Oliver Mowat]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 3
|image           = Oliver_Mowat_head.jpg
|birth_year      = 1820
|death_year      = 1903
|party           = Liberal
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Oxford North (provincial electoral district)|Oxford North]]
|cabinet         = [[Mowat ministry]]
|term_start      = 1872-10-25
|term_end        = 1896-07-21
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 2nd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1875
|event2_assembly = 3rd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1879
|event3_assembly = 4th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1883
|event4_assembly = 5th
|event5          = election
|event5_year     = 1886
|event5_assembly = 6th
|event6          = election
|event6_year     = 1890
|event6_assembly = 7th
|event7          = election
|event7_year     = 1894
|event7_assembly = 8th
|accomplishments = Secured a large amount of power for the provinces through court battles with the federal government; introduced the secret ballot in elections and extended suffrage beyond property owners; created the municipal level of government; [[1894 Ontario prohibition plebiscite]]. Retired to enter federal politics. Was appointed [[lieutenant governor of Ontario]] in 1897.
|references      = <ref name=Mowat>{{cite web|title=Oliver Mowat, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=813|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Arthur Sturgis Hardy]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 4
|image           = Arthur Sturgis Hardy.jpg
|birth_year      = 1837
|death_year      = 1901
|party           = Liberal
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Brant South (provincial electoral district)|Brant South]]
|cabinet         = [[Hardy ministry]]
|term_start      = 1896-07-21
|term_end        = 1899-10-21
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 8th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1898
|event2_assembly = 9th
|accomplishments = 
|references      = <ref name=Hardy>{{cite web|title=Arthur Sturgis Hardy, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=463|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = Sir [[George William Ross]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 5
|image           = Honourable GW Ross, Prime Minister for Ontario (HS85-10-12129).jpg
|birth_year      = 1841
|death_year      = 1914
|party           = Liberal
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Middlesex West (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex West]]
|cabinet         = [[Ross ministry]]
|term_start      = 1899-10-21
|term_end        = 1905-02-08
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 9th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1902
|event2_assembly = 10th
|accomplishments = Expanded libraries, kindergarten, and university grants; [[1902 Ontario prohibition referendum]]
|references      = <ref name=Ross>{{cite web|title=George William Ross, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=462|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = Sir [[James Whitney (politician)|James Whitney]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 6
|image           = James Whitney.jpg
|birth_year      = 1843
|death_year      = 1914
|party           = Conservative
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Dundas (provincial electoral district)|Dundas]]
|cabinet         = [[Whitney ministry]]
|term_start      = 1905-02-08
|term_end        = 1914-09-25
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1905
|event1_assembly = 11th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1908
|event2_assembly = 12th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1911
|event3_assembly = 13th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1914
|event4_assembly = 14th
|accomplishments = [[Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario]]; ''Workmen's Compensation Act''; [[Temperance movement|temperance]] legislation; [[Regulation 17]]; Only Premier to die in office (1914).
|references      = <ref name=Whitney>{{cite web|title=James Pliny Whitney, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=461|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = Sir [[William Hearst (politician)|William Hearst]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 7
|image           = William Hearst.jpg
|birth_year      = 1864
|death_year      = 1941
|party           = Conservative
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|cabinet         = [[Hearst ministry]]
|term_start      = 1914-10-02
|term_end        = 1919-11-14
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 14th
|accomplishments = ''[[Ontario Temperance Act]]''; expanded workers injury compensation; allowed woman suffrage; [[1919 Ontario prohibition referendum]]
|references      = <ref name=Hearst>{{cite web|title=William Howard Hearst, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=460|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Ernest Drury]]
|number          = 8
|jurisdiction    = ON
|image           = Ernest Drury.jpg
|birth_year      = 1878
|death_year      = 1968
|party           = United Farmers
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Halton (provincial electoral district)|Halton]]
|cabinet         = [[Drury ministry]]
|term_start      = 1919-11-14
|term_end        = 1923-07-16
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1919
|event1_assembly = 15th
|accomplishments = Led a Coalition between the United Farmers party and the [[Labour candidates and parties in Canada|Labour]] MLAs; did not win a seat in the legislature until a 1920 by-election; created the first Department of Welfare; set a minimum wage for women; expanded [[Ontario Hydro]]; created the [[Province of Ontario Savings Office]]; began the first major reforestation program in North America; [[1921 Ontario prohibition referendum]]
|references      = <ref name=Drury>{{cite web|title=Ernest Charles Drury, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=459|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Howard Ferguson]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 9
|image           = Honghowardferguson.jpg
|birth_year      = 1870
|death_year      = 1946
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = [[1920 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|1920]]
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Grenville (provincial electoral district)|Grenville]]
|cabinet         = [[Ferguson ministry]]
|term_start      = 1923-07-16
|term_end        = 1930-12-15
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1923
|event1_assembly = 16th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1926
|event2_assembly = 17th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1929
|event3_assembly = 18th
|accomplishments = Relaxed [[Regulation 17]]; created the [[Liquor Control Board of Ontario]]; [[1924 Ontario prohibition referendum]]
|references      = <ref name=Ferguson>{{cite web|title=George Howard Ferguson, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=458|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[George Stewart Henry]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 10
|image           = George S. Henry 1941 (cropped).jpg
|birth_year      = 1871
|death_year      = 1958
|party           = Conservative
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[York East (provincial electoral district)|York East]]
|cabinet         = [[Henry ministry]]
|term_start      = 1930-12-15
|term_end        = 1934-07-10
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 18th
|accomplishments = Expansion of highway system, including construction of what became the [[Queen Elizabeth Way]]
|references      = <ref name=Henry>{{cite web|title=George Stewart Henry, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=457|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Mitchell Hepburn]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 11
|image           = Mitchell Hepburn1 crop.jpg
|birth_year      = 1896
|death_year      = 1953
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1930
|member_title    = MLA
|riding          = [[Elgin (provincial electoral district)|Elgin]] <small>(MPP after 1938)</small>
|cabinet         = [[Hepburn ministry]]
|term_start      = 1934-07-10
|term_end        = 1942-10-21
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1934
|event1_assembly = 19th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1937
|event2_assembly = 20th
|accomplishments = Greatly cutting government spending; succession tax; compulsory milk pasteurization; relaxed temperance laws; made the [[Dionne Quintuplets]] wards of the state; unsuccessfully tried to break the first [[United Auto Workers]] strike against [[General Motors of Canada|GM]]; closed [[Chorley Park]]; conflict with PM [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|Mackenzie King]] over conduct of [[WWII]] and [[Conscription Crisis of 1944|conscription]].
|references      = <ref name=Hepburn>{{cite web|title=Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=456|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Gordon Daniel Conant]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 12
|image           = Hon. Gordon Conant, M.L.A. 1937 (cropped).jpg
|birth_year      = 1885
|death_year      = 1953
|party           = Liberal
|riding          = [[Ontario (provincial electoral district)|Ontario]]
|cabinet         = [[Conant ministry]]
|term_start      = 1942-10-21
|term_end        = 1943-05-18
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 20th
|accomplishments = "Appointed" premier by Liberal leader Mitchell Hepburn but forced to call and contest leadership convention due to caucus revolt, which he lost to Nixon.
|references      = <ref name=Conant>{{cite web|title=Gordon Daniel Conant, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=455|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref> 
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|name            = [[Harry Nixon]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 13
|image           = Harry Nixon MLA.jpg
|birth_year      = 1891
|death_year      = 1961
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = [[1943 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election|1943]]
|riding          = [[Brant (provincial electoral district)|Brant]]
|cabinet         = [[Nixon ministry]]
|term_start      = 1943-05-18
|term_end        = 1943-08-17
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 20th
|accomplishments = Long-time minister in UFO and Liberal governments. Called an election immediately after becoming premier and led his government to defeat. Shortest-serving Ontario premier but went on to be Ontario's longest-serving MPP.
|references      = <ref name=Nixon>{{cite web|title=Harry Corwin Nixon, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=454|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[George A. Drew]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 14
|image           = GeorgeDrew.jpg
|birth_year      = 1894
|death_year      = 1973
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1938 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|1938]]
|riding          = [[High Park (provincial electoral district)|High Park]]
|cabinet         = [[Drew ministry (Ontario)|Drew ministry]]
|term_start      = 1943-08-17
|term_end        = 1948-10-19
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1943
|event1_assembly = 21st
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1945
|event2_assembly = 22nd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1948
|event3_assembly = 23rd
|accomplishments =  Began a 42-year Conservative dynasty; Drew Regulation; [[LeBel Royal Commission]]; joined Ontario to North American power grid, increased provincial share of Education spending; opened immigration offices in UK and arranged for cheap charter flights to bring 20,000 British immigrants to Ontario.
|references      = {{note|Drew|α}}<ref name=Drew>{{cite web|title=George Alexander Drew, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=453|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Thomas Laird Kennedy]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 15
|image           = T.L. Kennedy.JPG
|birth_year      = 1878
|death_year      = 1959
|party           = PC
|riding          = [[Peel (provincial electoral district)|Peel]]
|cabinet         = [[Kennedy ministry]]
|term_start      = 1948-10-19
|term_end        = 1949-05-04
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 23rd
|accomplishments = Interim leader between resignation of Drew and leadership convention to choose his successor.
|references      = <ref name=Kennedy>{{cite web|title=Thomas Laird Kennedy, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=452|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Leslie Frost]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 16
|image           = Leslie Frost Premier of Ontario.jpg
|birth_year      = 1895
|death_year      = 1973
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1949 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|1949]]
|riding          = [[Victoria (Ontario electoral district)|Victoria]]
|cabinet         = [[Frost ministry]]
|term_start      = 1949-05-04
|term_end        = 1961-11-08
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 23rd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1951
|event2_assembly = 24th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1955
|event3_assembly = 25th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1959
|event4_assembly = 26th
|accomplishments = [[400-series highways]]; [[Provincial Sales Tax]]; public hospital insurance which would become [[OHIP]]; Expansion of universities;  ''Fair Employment Practices Act'' and ''Fair Accommodation Practices Act'' and [[Ontario Human Rights Commission]] created; Voting rights for First Nations; Creation of [[Metropolitan Toronto]] and Toronto's first subway.
|references      = <ref name=Frost>{{cite web|title=Leslie Miscampbell Frost, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=451|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[John Robarts]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 17
|image           = John Robarts, Premier of Ontario.jpg
|birth_year      = 1917
|death_year      = 1982
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1961 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|1961]]
|riding          = [[London North]]
|cabinet         = [[Robarts ministry]]
|term_start      = 1961-11-08
|term_end        = 1971-03-01
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 26th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1963
|event2_assembly = 27th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1967
|event3_assembly = 28th
|accomplishments = [[Ontario Human Rights Code]]; 1967 "Confederation of Tomorrow" conference; [[Ontario Housing Corporation]] created; French education in Ontario schools; Creation of [[Ontario Health Insurance Plan]]; Creation of [[community college]] system; Creation of [[TVOntario]]; Creation of [[GO Transit]]; Creation of the [[Ontario Science Centre]].
|references      = <ref name=Robart>{{cite web|title=John Parmenter Robarts, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=450|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Bill Davis]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 18
|image           = Bill Davis Toronto 1984.jpg
|birth_year      = 1929
|death_year      = 2021
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1971 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|1971]]
|riding          = [[Peel North]]
|riding_term     = 1971-1975
|riding2         = [[Brampton (provincial electoral district)|Brampton]]
|riding2_term    = 1975-1985
|cabinet         = [[Davis ministry]]
|term_start      = 1971-03-01
|term_end        = 1985-02-08
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 28th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1971
|event2_assembly = 29th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1975
|event3_assembly = 30th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1977
|event4_assembly = 31st
|event5          = election
|event5_year     = 1981
|event5_assembly = 32nd
|accomplishments = [[Spadina Expressway]]; rejected (1971) then later partly extended (1984); full funding to Ontario's Catholic high schools; expansion of health care and education; extension of [[Ontario Human Rights Code]] provisions; expansion of French-language services ; new regional governments; [[Rent control]]s; social housing expansion; Played a key role in patriation of the [[Canadian Constitution]].
|references      = <ref name=Davis>{{cite web|title=William Grenville Davis, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=449|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Frank Miller (Canadian politician)|Frank Miller]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 19
|image           = 
|birth_year      = 1927
|death_year      = 2000
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1985 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership elections|1985]]
|riding          = [[Muskoka (federal electoral district)|Muskoka]]
|cabinet         = [[Miller ministry (Ontario)|Miller ministry]]
|term_start      = 1985-02-08
|term_end        = 1985-06-26
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 32nd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1985
|event2_assembly = 33rd
|accomplishments = Lost a [[motion of no confidence]] immediately after the election and resigned power to the opposition party.
|references      = <ref name=Miller>{{cite web|title=Frank Stuart Miller, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=448|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[David Peterson]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 20
|image           = David Peterson (2005).jpg
|birth_year      = 1943
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1982
|riding          = [[London Centre (provincial electoral district)|London Centre]]
|cabinet         = [[Peterson ministry]]
|term_start      = 1985-06-26
|term_end        = 1990-10-01
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 33rd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1987
|event2_assembly = 34th
|accomplishments = Had the second-most seats in the 33rd assembly, but formed an accord with the New Democratic Party that would let the Liberal Party take power without forming an official coalition. Banned extra-billing by doctors and ended health insurance premiums. Reforms to rent laws, labour negotiation laws, pensions, environment; implemented extension of Catholic school funding to grade 13 announced by previous government; supported the [[Meech Lake Accord]]; Introduced no-fault auto insurance; [[Patti Starr|Patti Starr scandal]]
|references      = <ref name=Peterson>{{cite web|title=David Robert Peterson, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=447|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Bob Rae]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 21
|image           = Bob Rae, Toronto City Summit Alliance (cropped).jpg
|birth_year      = 1948
|party           = NDP
|leadership      = [[1982 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election|1982]]
|riding          = [[York South (federal electoral district)|York South]]
|cabinet         = [[Rae ministry]]
|term_start      = 1990-10-01
|term_end        = 1995-06-26
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1990
|event1_assembly = 35th
|accomplishments = [[Social Contract (Ontario)|Social Contract]] and clash with unions; [[Rae days]]; Pay equity; Affirmative action; Strengthening of rent control; anti-[[Scab labour|scab]] legislation; Reserve status for [[North Ontario Aboriginals]]; [[Moratorium (law)|Moratorium]] on new nuclear plants; Attempted to maintain ban on [[Sunday shopping]] before allowing it; Introduction of casinos; [[Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act|Attempted to bring in extension of spousal benefits for same-sex partners]].
|references      = <ref name=Rae>{{cite web|title=Bob Keith Rae, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=351|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Mike Harris]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 22
|image           = Mike Harris 2014.jpg
|birth_year      = 1945
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1990 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|1990]]
|riding          = [[Nipissing (provincial electoral district)|Nipissing]]
|cabinet         = [[Harris ministry]]
|term_start      = 1995-06-26
|term_end        = 2002-04-14
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1995
|event1_assembly = 36th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1999
|event2_assembly = 37th
|accomplishments = [[Common Sense Revolution]]; 30% tax cut; 21% cut to social assistance rates; attempted to introduce [[Workfare]]; cancelled urban infrastructure projects including [[Eglinton West line|Eglinton subway]]; cut government spending; downloading of [[Ontario Housing Corporation|Ontario Housing]] to municipalities; provincial funding for municipal transit reduced; Telehealth Ontario created; division of [[Ontario Hydro]]; municipal amalgamations, including [[Amalgamation of Toronto]]; Elimination of [[Ontario Academic Credit|OAC year]] (Grade 13) and re-introduction of standardized testing; privatization of [[Highway 407]]; [[Ipperwash Crisis]]; teacher strikes; $1B cut from Education; [[Walkerton Tragedy]]; [[Ontario's Drive Clean]]; hospital closures and health restructuring.
|references      = <ref name=Harris>{{cite web|title=Michael Harris, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=44|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|name            = [[Ernie Eves]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 23
|image           = 
|birth_year      = 1946
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|2002]]
|riding          = [[Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (provincial electoral district)|Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey]]
|cabinet         = [[Eves ministry]]
|term_start      = 2002-04-15
|term_end        = 2003-10-22
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 37th
|accomplishments = [[Kimberly Rogers]] and welfare reform; Possible sale of [[Hydro One]] and problem with hydro costs due to hot summers and [[2003 North America blackout]].
|references      = <ref name=Eves>{{cite web|title=Ernie Eves, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=313|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|name            = [[Dalton McGuinty]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 24
|image           = Dalton McGuinty, Mayors' Summit (cropped).jpg
|birth_year      = 1955
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = [[1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election|1996]]
|riding          = [[Ottawa South (provincial electoral district)|Ottawa South]]
|cabinet         = [[McGuinty Ministry|McGuinty ministry]]
|term_start      = 2003-10-23
|term_end        = 2013-02-11
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2003
|event1_assembly = 38th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2007
|event2_assembly = 39th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 2011
|event3_assembly = 40th
|accomplishments = ''Green Energy and Economy Act''; Auto insurance reforms; Cancelled tax cuts; Increase in health spending and Health Premium tax; Transfer of gas tax to municipalities; Breed-specific legislation aka ban on/government-sanctioned euthanization of 'pit bulls' and dogs considered to resemble 'pit bulls'; Established the [[Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe)|Greenbelt]]; Renegotiation of federal [[Equalization payments in Canada|equalization]]; Expansion of [[Ontario's Drive Clean]]; full-day kindergarten; [[MoveOntario]]; [[eHealth Ontario scandal]]; [[Harmonized Sales Tax]]; [[Ontario power plant scandal]]. On October 15, 2012, resigned unexpectedly and [[Prorogation in Canada|proroged]] the legislature.
|references      = <ref name=McGuinty>{{cite web|title=Dalton McGuinty, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=66&detailPage=members_detail_career|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=McGuinty Government Takes Office; Ready To Get To Work For All Ontarians|url=http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/event.php?ItemID=3780&Lang=EN|publisher=Office of the Premier of Ontario|access-date=January 27, 2013|date=October 23, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meeting with the Premier and Ms. Wynne|url=http://www.lgontario.ca/en/events/pages/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=15|publisher=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario|access-date=February 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607122402/http://www.lgontario.ca/en/events/pages/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=15|archive-date=June 7, 2015}}</ref>
}}
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|name            = [[Kathleen Wynne]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = 25
|image           = Kathleen Wynne March 2015.jpg
|birth_year      = 1953
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = [[2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election|2013]]
|riding          = [[Don Valley West (provincial electoral district)|Don Valley West]]
|cabinet         = [[Wynne ministry]] 
|term_start      = 2013-02-11
|term_end        = 2018-06-29
|event1          = appointment
|event1_assembly = 40th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2014
|event2_assembly = 41st
|accomplishments = First female Premier of Ontario, first openly gay premier in Canada; Ontario-Québec Relations (500 megawatts (MW) of peak electricity sharing); ''[[Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act]]''; The ''Great Lakes Protection Act''; $30-billion investment into transportation across the province; privatization of [[Hydro One]]; allowed [[Beer in Canada|beer]] and [[wine]] to be sold in certain grocery stores;implementation of controversial [[Ontario sex education curriculum controversy|updated sex education]] in public schools; raised the [[minimum wage]] in Ontario to $14; created the [[OHIP+ program]] to provide prescription drugs free for youth under 25; conflicted with the [[Auditor General of Ontario|Auditor General]] and Financial Accountability Office over budgeting. On June 7, 2018, led party to worst defeat of a governing party in Ontario history.
|references      = <ref>{{cite web|title=Kathleen Wynne, MPP|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=2111&detailPage=members_detail_career|work=Legislative Assembly website|publisher=Legislative Assembly on Ontario|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jobs, Economy, a Fair Society: Priorities for New Ontario Government|url=http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/event.php?ItemID=23266&Lang=EN|publisher=Office of the Premier of Ontario|access-date=February 12, 2013|date=February 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GovtConfirm" /><ref name="GlobeandMail" />
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Doug Ford]]
|jurisdiction    = ON
|number          = [[Premiership of Doug Ford|26]]
|image           = Doug Ford at Building Faster Fund announcement 2024-03-22 02 (cropped).jpg
|birth_year      = 1964
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|2018]]
|riding          = [[Etobicoke North (provincial electoral district)|Etobicoke North]]
|cabinet         = [[Ford ministry]]
|term_start      = 2018-06-29
|term_end        = 
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2018
|event1_assembly = 42nd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2022
|event2_assembly = 43rd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 2025
|event3_assembly = 44th
|accomplishments = Cancelled the provincial [[Emissions trading|cap and trade system]]. Cut [[Toronto City Council]] from 47 to 25 wards. [[Buck-a-beer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Doug Ford delivers 'buck-a-beer', but corner stores will have to wait {{!}} The Star|language=en|work=thestar.com|publisher=The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/08/27/doug-ford-delivers-buck-a-beer-but-corner-stores-will-have-to-wait.html|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905065317/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/08/27/doug-ford-delivers-buck-a-beer-but-corner-stores-will-have-to-wait.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Reduced the small business tax rate by 8.7%. Scrapped the [[Ontario sex education curriculum controversy|2015 sex-ed curriculum]] in favour of the 1998–2014 curriculum. Introduced free dental care for low-income seniors. Oversaw Ontario's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Removed passenger vehicle [[Vehicle registration plates of Ontario|license plate]] renewal fees. Raised the provincial [[Minimum wage in Canada|minimum wage]] to $15 per hour in January 2022, $16.50 in October 2023, and $17.20 in October 2024. Closed the [[Ontario Science Centre]]. Involved with [[Greenbelt scandal]]. Leased [[Ontario Place]] to Therme Canada for redevelopment.<ref>https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/4a7d2d/contentassets/84df22e71b7c40b2aaeef94da88c78b5/ontario-place---therme-lease.pdf</ref>
|references      = <ref name="GovtConfirm">{{cite web |title=Doug Ford to Become Ontario's 26th Premier |url=https://news.ontario.ca/opd/en/2018/06/doug-ford-to-become-ontarios-26th-premier.html |website=Government of Ontario |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="GlobeandMail">{{cite news |last1=Denette |first1=Nathan |title=Doug Ford has won Ontario's election. What happens now? A guide |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-doug-ford-wins-ontario-election-explainer/ |access-date=8 June 2018 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=8 June 2018}}</ref>
}}
{{Canadian first minister list/bottom|notes=
:{{note label|Drew|α}} Party won the election, but premier lost own seat.
}}