32nd Parliament of Ontario


The 32nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 19, 1981, until March 25, 1985, just prior to the 1985 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis.
In 1985, Davis retired as party leader and Frank Miller was chosen as party leader in a leadership convention held in January 1985.
John Melville Turner served as speaker for the assembly.

Members

RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously electedNotes---
AlgomaCharles Jackson WildmanNew Democratic Party1975----
Algoma—ManitoulinJohn Gordon LaneProgressive Conservative1971----
ArmourdaleBruce Robert McCaffreyProgressive Conservative1977----
Beaches—WoodbineMarion Helen BrydenNew Democratic Party1975----
BellwoodsRoss A. McClellanNew Democratic Party1975----
BramptonWilliam Grenville DavisProgressive Conservative1959Premier and Party Leader----
Brant—Oxford—NorfolkRobert Fletcher Nixon[Ontario Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Party|Liberal]1962Party Leader----
BrantfordPhilip Andrew GilliesProgressive Conservative1981----
BrockRobert Stanley WelchProgressive Conservative1963----
Burlington SouthGeorge Albert KerrProgressive Conservative1963----
CambridgeWilliam Walter BarlowProgressive Conservative1981----
CarletonRobert C. MitchellProgressive Conservative1980----
Carleton EastRobert W. MacQuarrieProgressive Conservative1981----
Carleton-GrenvilleNorm SterlingProgressive Conservative1977----
Chatham—KentAndrew Naismith WatsonProgressive Conservative1978----
Cochrane NorthRené L. PichéProgressive Conservative1981----
Cochrane SouthAlan William PopeProgressive Conservative1977----
CornwallGeorge SamisNew Democratic Party1974----
Don MillsDennis Roy TimbrellProgressive Conservative1971----
DovercourtAntonio LupusellaNew Democratic Party1975----
DownsviewOdoardo Di SantoNew Democratic Party1975----
Dufferin—SimcoeGeorge R. McCagueProgressive Conservative1975----
Durham EastSammy Lawrence CureatzProgressive Conservative1977----
Durham WestGeorge AsheProgressive Conservative1977----
Durham—YorkKenneth Ross StevensonProgressive Conservative1981----
EglintonRoland McMurtryProgressive Conservative1975----
ElginRonald Keith McNeilProgressive Conservative1958----
ErieRaymond Louis HaggertyLiberal1967----
Essex NorthDick RustonLiberal1967----
Essex SouthRemo J. ManciniLiberal1975----
EtobicokeEd Thomas PhilipNew Democratic Party1975----
Fort WilliamMichael Patrick HennessyProgressive Conservative1977----
Frontenac—AddingtonJoseph Earl McEwenLiberal1975Join the Progressive Conservatives in 1984
Progressive Conservative---
Frontenac—AddingtonJoseph Earl McEwenGrey1975Join the Progressive Conservatives in 1984
Robert Carson McKessockLiberal1975
Grey—BruceEdward Carson SargentLiberal1963----
Haldimand—NorfolkGordon Irvin MillerLiberal1975----
Halton—BurlingtonJulian Alexander Arnott ReedLiberal1975----
Hamilton CentreSheila Maureen CoppsLiberal1981Resigned in 1984----
Hamilton CentreMichael Norman Davison New Democratic Party1975, 1984----
Hamilton EastBob Warren MackenzieNew Democratic Party1975----
Hamilton MountainBrian Albert CharltonNew Democratic Party1977----
Hamilton WestStuart Lyon SmithLiberal1975Party Leader----
Hamilton WestRichard Alexander Allen New Democratic Party1982----
Hastings—PeterboroughJames PollockProgressive Conservative1981----
High Park—SwanseaYuri ShymkoProgressive Conservative1981----
HumberMorley KellsProgressive Conservative1981----
Huron—BruceMurray John ElstonLiberal1981----
Huron—MiddlesexJohn Keith RiddellLiberal1973----
KenoraLeo Edward BernierProgressive Conservative1966----
Kent—ElginJames Fitzgerald McGuiganLiberal1977----
Kingston and the IslandsKeith Calder NortonProgressive Conservative1975----
KitchenerJames Roos BreithauptLiberal1967----
Kitchener—WilmotJohn SweeneyLiberal1975----
Lake NipigonJohn Edward StokesNew Democratic Party1967----
LakeshoreAlbert KolynProgressive Conservative1981----
LambtonLorne Charles HendersonProgressive Conservative1963----
LanarkDouglas Jack WisemanProgressive Conservative1971----
LeedsRobert W. RuncimanProgressive Conservative1981----
LincolnPhilip W. AndrewesProgressive Conservative1981----
London CentreDavid Robertson PetersonLiberal1975Party Leader----
London NorthRonald George Van HorneLiberal1977----
London SouthGordon Wayne WalkerProgressive Conservative1971, 1977----
MiddlesexRobert Gordon EatonProgressive Conservative1971----
Mississauga EastMilton Edward Charles GregoryProgressive Conservative1975----
Mississauga NorthTerry David JonesProgressive Conservative1975----
Mississauga SouthRobert Douglas KennedyProgressive Conservative1967----
MuskokaFrank Stuart MillerProgressive Conservative1971Premier and Party Leader----
Niagara FallsVincent George KerrioLiberal1975----
Nickel BeltFloyd LaughrenNew Democratic Party1971----
NipissingMichael HarrisProgressive Conservative1981----
NorthumberlandHoward Nicholas SheppardProgressive Conservative1981----
OakvilleJames Wilfred SnowProgressive Conservative1967----
OakwoodAnthony William GrandeNew Democratic Party1975----
OrioleJohn Reesor WilliamsProgressive Conservative1975----
OshawaMichael James BreaughNew Democratic Party1975----
Ottawa CentreMichael Morris CassidyNew Democratic Party1971Party Leader----
Ottawa CentreEvelyn Adelaide Gigantes New Democratic Party1975, 1984-----
Ottawa EastAlbert J. RoyLiberal1971Resigned seat in 1984----
Ottawa EastBernard C. Grandmaître Liberal1984Elected in by-election in 1984----
Ottawa SouthClaude Frederick BennettProgressive Conservative1971----
Ottawa WestReuben Conrad BaetzProgressive Conservative1977----
OxfordRichard L. TreleavenProgressive Conservative1981----
ParkdaleTony RuprechtLiberal1981----
Parry SoundErnie EvesProgressive Conservative1981----
PerthHugh Alden EdighofferLiberal1967----
PeterboroughJohn Melville TurnerProgressive Conservative1971, 1977----
Port ArthurJames Francis FouldsNew Democratic Party1971----
Prescott and RussellDon BoudriaLiberal1981Resigned in 1984----
Prescott and RussellJean Poirier Liberal1984Elected in by-election in 1984----
Prince Edward—LennoxJames A. TaylorProgressive Conservative1971----
QuinteHugh Patrick O'NeilLiberal1975----
Rainy RiverT. Patrick ReidLiberal-Labour1967----
Renfrew NorthSean ConwayLiberal1975----
Renfrew SouthPaul Joseph YakabuskiProgressive Conservative1963----
RiverdaleJim RenwickNew Democratic Party1964Died in 1984----
SarniaAndy BrandtProgressive Conservative1981----
Sault Ste. MarieRussell Harold RamsayProgressive Conservative1978----
Scarborough CentreJames Francis DreaProgressive Conservative1971----
Scarborough EastMargaret BirchProgressive Conservative1971----
Scarborough NorthThomas Leonard WellsProgressive Conservative1963----
Scarborough WestRichard Frank JohnstonNew Democratic Party1979----
Scarborough—EllesmereAlan RobinsonProgressive Conservative1981----
Simcoe CentreGeorge William TaylorProgressive Conservative1977----
Simcoe EastAllan Kenneth McLeanProgressive Conservative1981----
St. Andrew—St. PatrickLawrence Sheldon GrossmanProgressive Conservative1975----
St. CatharinesJim BradleyLiberal1977----
St. DavidMargaret ScrivenerProgressive Conservative1971----
St. GeorgeSusan A. FishProgressive Conservative1981----
Stormont—Dundas—GlengarryOsie VilleneuveProgressive Conservative1948, 1963Died in 1983----
Stormont—Dundas—GlengarryNoble Villeneuve Progressive Conservative1983Elected in by-election in 1983----
SudburyJim GordonProgressive Conservative1981----
Sudbury EastElie Walter MartelNew Democratic Party1967----
TimiskamingEdward Michael HavrotProgressive Conservative1971, 1977----
Victoria—HaliburtonJohn F. EakinsLiberal1975----
Waterloo NorthHerbert Arnold EppLiberal1977----
Welland—ThoroldMel SwartNew Democratic Party1975----
Wellington SouthHarry A. WortonLiberal1955----
Wellington—Dufferin—PeelJohn McLellan JohnsonProgressive Conservative1975----
WentworthGordon Howlett DeanProgressive Conservative1981----
Wentworth NorthEric Gordon CunninghamLiberal1975Resigned seat in 1984----
Wentworth NorthAnn Sloat Progressive Conservative1984Elected in by-election in 1984----
Wilson HeightsDavid RotenbergProgressive Conservative1977----
Windsor—RiversideDave CookeNew Democratic Party1977----
Windsor—SandwichWilliam Munro WryeLiberal1981----
Windsor—WalkervilleBernard NewmanLiberal1959----
York CentreW. Donald CousensProgressive Conservative1981----
York EastRobert Goldwin ElgieProgressive Conservative1977----
York MillsBette StephensonProgressive Conservative1975----
York NorthWilliam Marshall Chamberlain HodgsonProgressive Conservative1967----
York SouthDonald Cameron MacDonaldNew Democratic Party1955Resigned seat in 1982----
York SouthBob Keith Rae New Democratic Party1982Elected in by-election in 1982, Party Leader----
York WestNicholas Georges LelukProgressive Conservative1971----
YorkviewMichael A. SpensieriLiberal1981----

Post-election changes

Hamilton West: Stuart Smith resigned his legislative seat on January 25, 1982, and a by-election was called for June 17, 1982.
York South: Donald C. MacDonald resigned his legislative seat in 1982, and a by-election was called for November 4, 1982.
Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve died in 1983, and a by-election has called on December 15, 1983:
Frontenac—Addington: Liberal MPP J. Earl McEwen crossed the floor to join the Progressive Conservatives in 1984.
Hamilton Centre: Sheila Copps resigned her legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:
Ottawa Centre: Michael Cassidy resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984.
Ottawa East: Albert J. Roy resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:
Prescott and Russell: Don Boudria resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:
Wentworth North: Eric Cunningham resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:
Riverdale: Jim Renwick died in 1984.
Kitchener: Jim Breithaupt resigned in 1984.
Rainy River: T. Patrick Reid resigned in 1984.
Eglinton: Roy McMurtry resigned his seat in 1985 to take a government position in the United Kingdom.