The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1990 the position has been elected by MPPs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by the Premier of Ontario after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the third party and then ratified by the legislature. David Warner was the first Speaker to be elected by his or her peers. The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (i. ... The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Dalton McGuinty The Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... In a two-party system a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones. ... Hon. ...

The Speaker is usually a member of the governing party. The only exceptions are Jack Stokes and Nelson Parliament. Stokes was the NDP MPP for Lake Nipigon, and was named Speaker by Progressive Conservative Premier Bill Davis. Davis was elected to lead a minority government and having an opposition MPP as Speaker was a means of denying the opposition one vote (as the Speaker only votes in the occasion of a tie and then must vote by precedent). Neson Parliament was a Liberal who became Speaker when the United Farmers of Ontario formed government as the entire UFO/Labour caucus were freshly elected with no legislative experience. As a result E.C. Drury looked to the opposition benches for a Speaker. Upon becoming Speaker, Parliament resigned from the Liberal caucus and sat without party affilation. While this is the normal practice in the British House of Commons, it is the only time it has happened in Ontario. Hon. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Dalton McGuinty The Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. ... For the actor, professor, and waterskiier, see William B. Davis The Honourable William (Bill) Grenville Davis, PC , CC , O.Ont. ... For minority régime, see Apartheid. ... Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... The United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) were the Ontario section of the nation-wide United Farmers movement that arose in Canada in the early part of the 20th century. ... There have been various groups in Canada who have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. ... Ernest Charles Drury (January 22, 1878-February 17, 1968) was a farmer, politician and writer who served as Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario - Labour coalition government. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

• John Stevenson, Con., (1867-1871)
• Richard Scott, Lib., (1871)
• James Currie, Lib., (1871-1873)
• Rupert Mearse Wells, Lib., (1874-1879)
• Charles Clarke, Lib., (1880-1886)
• Jacob Baxter, Lib., (1887-1890)
• Thomas Ballantyne, Lib., (1891-1894)
• William Balfour, Lib., (1895-1896)
• Francis Evanturel, Lib., (1897-1902)
• William Charlton, Lib., (1903-1904)
• Joseph St. John, Con., (1905-1907)
• Thomas Crawford, Con., (1907-1911)
• William Hoyle, Con., (1912-1914)
• David Jamieson, Con., (1915-1919)
• Nelson Parliament, no party, (1920-1923)
• Joseph Thompson, Con., (1924-1926)
• William Black, Con., (1927-1929)
• Thomas Kidd, Con., (1930-1934)
• Norman Hipel, Lib., (1935-1938)
• James Clark, Lib., (1939-1943)
• William James Stewart, PC, (1944-1947)
• James Hepburn, PC, (1947-1948)
• Myrddyn Davies, PC, (1949-1955)
• Alfred Downer, PC, (1955-1959)
• William Murdoch, PC, (1960-1963)
• Donald Morrow, PC, (1963-1967)
• Frederick Cass, PC, (1968-1971)
• Allan Reuter, PC, (1971-1974)
• Russell Rowe, PC, (1974-1977)
• Jack Stokes, NDP, (1977-1981)
• John M. Turner, PC, (1981-1985)
• Hugh Edighoffer, Lib., (1985-1990)
• David Warner, NDP, (1990-1995)
• Al McLean, PC, (1995-1996)
• Chris Stockwell, PC, (1996-1999)
• Gary Carr, PC, (1999-2003)
• Alvin Curling, Lib., (2003-2005)

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External links

• The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from the Ontario Legislative Assembly website. Biography of the current speaker and a history of the office.