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The Ontario Legislature Building at Queen's Park

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Legislative Buildings (see image) at Queen's Park in Toronto.

The British North America Act 1867 section 69 stipulated "There shall be a Legislature for Ontario consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of One House, styled the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". The Legislative Assembly is unicameral, without an upper house, with 103 seats representing ridings elected in a first-past-the-post system across the province.

The assembly is also known (informally) as the Ontario Provincial Parliament, the reason being that unlike most of the other Canadian provinces, members of this assembly have taken to calling themselves Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPPs) as opposed to Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). The Legislative Assembly Act (R.S.O. 1990) refers to "members of the Assembly".

List of members

Party standings

The Legislative Chamber inside the Ontario Legislature Building

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

• Ontario Liberal Party 71 seats
• Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 23 seats
• Ontario New Democratic Party 8 seats
• vacant 1

See also:List of Canadian political parties, Cabinet of Ontario

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