38th Parliament of Ontario

38th Parliament of Ontario
Majority parliament
19 November 2003 – 10 September 2007
Parliament leaders
Premier	Hon. Dalton McGuinty October 23, 2003 - February 11, 2013
Leader of the Opposition	Ernie Eves 2003-2004
	John Tory 2004-2007
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Hon. Alvin Curling 2003-2005
	Hon. Michael Brown 2005-2007
Government House Leader	Dwight Duncan October 23, 2003 — October 11, 2005
Opposition House Leader	John Baird November 19, 2003 - March 29, 2005
	Bob Runciman March 29, 2005 — September 10, 2007
Members	103 MPP seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present
Sessions
1st session November 19, 2003 – September 19, 2005
2nd session October 11, 2005 – June 5, 2007
← 37th → 39th

Politics of Ontario
Crown
Monarch: King Charles III Lieutenant Governor (list): Edith Dumont
Provincial legislature
Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker: Ted Arnott Current assembly (list) Political parties Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Green Recent elections: 2018 2022 Next By-elections Electoral districts
Government
Premier (list): Doug Ford Cabinet: Executive Council of Ontario Official Opposition Opposition Leader: Marit Stiles Shadow cabinet
See also
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The 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 19, 2003, at Queen's Park in Toronto, and ended on June 5, 2007. The membership was set by the 2003 Ontario general election on October 2, 2003, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Premier Dalton McGuinty. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by Ernie Eves, and later by John Tory. The speaker was Michael A. Brown.

There were two sessions of the 38th Legislature:

• November 19, 2003: The legislature conducted a secret vote to elect the Speaker of the legislature. Liberal Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Alvin Curling is elected as Speaker. He was the first black Speaker of the Ontario legislature.
• March 24, 2004: Dominic Agostino, Liberal MPP for Hamilton East, died suddenly of liver cancer.
• May 13, 2004: A by-election was held in Hamilton East to replace Dominic Agostino. Ontario New Democratic Party candidate Andrea Horwath defeated Liberal candidate Ralph Agostino, Mr. Agostino's brother. This win returned the NDP to 8 seats and official party status.
• August 19, 2005: Speaker Alvin Curling resigned to accept an appointment as Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
• November 24, 2005: In a by-election, Bas Balkissoon held the seat of Scarborough-Rouge River for the Liberals.
• September 18, 2006: Joe Cordiano, Liberal MPP for York South-Weston, resigned from cabinet and the legislature, citing a desire to spend more time with family.
• September 25, 2006: Tony Wong, Liberal MPP for Markham, resigned from the legislature to make a successful bid for a seat on York Regional Council.
• September 28, 2006: Cam Jackson, Progressive Conservative MPP for Burlington, resigned from the legislature to make a successful bid for the mayoralty of Burlington.
• February 8, 2007: Three by-elections were held. Paul Ferreira won York South-Weston for the NDP (the seat was previously held by the Liberals); former Halton Region chair Joyce Savoline retained Burlington for the PCs; and Michael Chan held Markham for the Liberals.
• March 29, 2007: Tim Peterson, brother of former Ontario Premier David Peterson, left the Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent until the next election, in which he ran for the PCs.
• June 5, 2007: The 38th Parliament 2nd Session is prorogued.
• July 12, 2007: Liberal MPP Ernie Parsons resigned his seat in order to accept an appointment as Justice of the Peace.
• September 10, 2007: 38th Parliament dissolved.

Seating Plan

P = Premier, LO = Leader of Opposition, L = Leader of the NDP.

• Cabinet ministers are in bold. Party leaders are in italics. Premier is in both.

• Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
• CBC.ca Nov. 19, 2003: Ontario names Curling as new Speaker