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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

Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Notes
Algoma	Charles Jackson Wildman	New Democratic Party	1975
Algoma—Manitoulin	John Gordon Lane	Progressive Conservative	1971
Armourdale	Bruce Robert McCaffrey	Progressive Conservative	1977
Beaches—Woodbine	Marion Helen Bryden	New Democratic Party	1975
Bellwoods	Ross A. McClellan	New Democratic Party	1975
Brampton	William Grenville Davis	Progressive Conservative	1959	Premier and Party Leader
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk	Robert Fletcher Nixon	Liberal	1962	Party Leader
Brantford	Philip Andrew Gillies	Progressive Conservative	1981
Brock	Robert Stanley Welch	Progressive Conservative	1963
Burlington South	George Albert Kerr	Progressive Conservative	1963
Cambridge	William Walter Barlow	Progressive Conservative	1981
Carleton	Robert C. Mitchell	Progressive Conservative	1980
Carleton East	Robert W. MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative	1981
Carleton-Grenville	Norm Sterling	Progressive Conservative	1977
Chatham—Kent	Andrew Naismith Watson	Progressive Conservative	1978
Cochrane North	René L. Piché	Progressive Conservative	1981
Cochrane South	Alan William Pope	Progressive Conservative	1977
Cornwall	George Samis	New Democratic Party	1974
Don Mills	Dennis Roy Timbrell	Progressive Conservative	1971
Dovercourt	Antonio Lupusella	New Democratic Party	1975
Downsview	Odoardo Di Santo	New Democratic Party	1975
Dufferin—Simcoe	George R. McCague	Progressive Conservative	1975
Durham East	Sammy Lawrence Cureatz	Progressive Conservative	1977
Durham West	George Ashe	Progressive Conservative	1977
Durham—York	Kenneth Ross Stevenson	Progressive Conservative	1981
Eglinton	Roland McMurtry	Progressive Conservative	1975
Elgin	Ronald Keith McNeil	Progressive Conservative	1958
Erie	Raymond Louis Haggerty	Liberal	1967
Essex North	Dick Ruston	Liberal	1967
Essex South	Remo J. Mancini	Liberal	1975
Etobicoke	Ed Thomas Philip	New Democratic Party	1975
Fort William	Michael Patrick Hennessy	Progressive Conservative	1977
Frontenac—Addington	Joseph Earl McEwen	Liberal	1975	Join the Progressive Conservatives in 1984
Grey	Robert Carson McKessock	Liberal	1975
Grey—Bruce	Edward Carson Sargent	Liberal	1963
Haldimand—Norfolk	Gordon Irvin Miller	Liberal	1975
Halton—Burlington	Julian Alexander Arnott Reed	Liberal	1975
Hamilton Centre	Sheila Maureen Copps	Liberal	1981	Resigned in 1984
Michael Norman Davison (1984)	New Democratic Party	1975, 1984
Hamilton East	Bob Warren Mackenzie	New Democratic Party	1975
Hamilton Mountain	Brian Albert Charlton	New Democratic Party	1977
Hamilton West	Stuart Lyon Smith	Liberal	1975	Party Leader
Richard Alexander Allen (1982)	New Democratic Party	1982
Hastings—Peterborough	James Pollock	Progressive Conservative	1981
High Park—Swansea	Yuri Shymko	Progressive Conservative	1981
Humber	Morley Kells	Progressive Conservative	1981
Huron—Bruce	Murray John Elston	Liberal	1981
Huron—Middlesex	John Keith Riddell	Liberal	1973
Kenora	Leo Edward Bernier	Progressive Conservative	1966
Kent—Elgin	James Fitzgerald McGuigan	Liberal	1977
Kingston and the Islands	Keith Calder Norton	Progressive Conservative	1975
Kitchener	James Roos Breithaupt	Liberal	1967
Kitchener—Wilmot	John Sweeney	Liberal	1975
Lake Nipigon	John Edward Stokes	New Democratic Party	1967
Lakeshore	Albert Kolyn	Progressive Conservative	1981
Lambton	Lorne Charles Henderson	Progressive Conservative	1963
Lanark	Douglas Jack Wiseman	Progressive Conservative	1971
Leeds	Robert W. Runciman	Progressive Conservative	1981
Lincoln	Philip W. Andrewes	Progressive Conservative	1981
London Centre	David Robertson Peterson	Liberal	1975	Party Leader
London North	Ronald George Van Horne	Liberal	1977
London South	Gordon Wayne Walker	Progressive Conservative	1971, 1977
Middlesex	Robert Gordon Eaton	Progressive Conservative	1971
Mississauga East	Milton Edward Charles Gregory	Progressive Conservative	1975
Mississauga North	Terry David Jones	Progressive Conservative	1975
Mississauga South	Robert Douglas Kennedy	Progressive Conservative	1967
Muskoka	Frank Stuart Miller	Progressive Conservative	1971	Premier and Party Leader
Niagara Falls	Vincent George Kerrio	Liberal	1975
Nickel Belt	Floyd Laughren	New Democratic Party	1971
Nipissing	Michael Harris	Progressive Conservative	1981
Northumberland	Howard Nicholas Sheppard	Progressive Conservative	1981
Oakville	James Wilfred Snow	Progressive Conservative	1967
Oakwood	Anthony William Grande	New Democratic Party	1975
Oriole	John Reesor Williams	Progressive Conservative	1975
Oshawa	Michael James Breaugh	New Democratic Party	1975
Ottawa Centre	Michael Morris Cassidy	New Democratic Party	1971	Party Leader
Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes (1984)	New Democratic Party	1975, 1984
Ottawa East	Albert J. Roy	Liberal	1971	Resigned seat in 1984
Bernard C. Grandmaître (1984)	Liberal	1984	Elected in by-election in 1984
Ottawa South	Claude Frederick Bennett	Progressive Conservative	1971
Ottawa West	Reuben Conrad Baetz	Progressive Conservative	1977
Oxford	Richard L. Treleaven	Progressive Conservative	1981
Parkdale	Tony Ruprecht	Liberal	1981
Parry Sound	Ernie Eves	Progressive Conservative	1981
Perth	Hugh Alden Edighoffer	Liberal	1967
Peterborough	John Melville Turner	Progressive Conservative	1971, 1977
Port Arthur	James Francis Foulds	New Democratic Party	1971
Prescott and Russell	Don Boudria	Liberal	1981	Resigned in 1984
Jean Poirier (1984)	Liberal	1984	Elected in by-election in 1984
Prince Edward—Lennox	James A. Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1971
Quinte	Hugh Patrick O'Neil	Liberal	1975
Rainy River	T. Patrick Reid	Liberal-Labour	1967
Renfrew North	Sean Conway	Liberal	1975
Renfrew South	Paul Joseph Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative	1963
Riverdale	Jim Renwick	New Democratic Party	1964	Died in 1984
Sarnia	Andy Brandt	Progressive Conservative	1981
Sault Ste. Marie	Russell Harold Ramsay	Progressive Conservative	1978
Scarborough Centre	James Francis Drea	Progressive Conservative	1971
Scarborough East	Margaret Birch	Progressive Conservative	1971
Scarborough North	Thomas Leonard Wells	Progressive Conservative	1963
Scarborough West	Richard Frank Johnston	New Democratic Party	1979
Scarborough—Ellesmere	Alan Robinson	Progressive Conservative	1981
Simcoe Centre	George William Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1977
Simcoe East	Allan Kenneth McLean	Progressive Conservative	1981
St. Andrew—St. Patrick	Lawrence Sheldon Grossman	Progressive Conservative	1975
St. Catharines	Jim Bradley	Liberal	1977
St. David	Margaret Scrivener	Progressive Conservative	1971
St. George	Susan A. Fish	Progressive Conservative	1981
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry	Osie Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative	1948, 1963	Died in 1983
Noble Villeneuve (1983)	Progressive Conservative	1983	Elected in by-election in 1983
Sudbury	Jim Gordon	Progressive Conservative	1981
Sudbury East	Elie Walter Martel	New Democratic Party	1967
Timiskaming	Edward Michael Havrot	Progressive Conservative	1971, 1977
Victoria—Haliburton	John F. Eakins	Liberal	1975
Waterloo North	Herbert Arnold Epp	Liberal	1977
Welland—Thorold	Mel Swart	New Democratic Party	1975
Wellington South	Harry A. Worton	Liberal	1955
Wellington—Dufferin—Peel	John McLellan Johnson	Progressive Conservative	1975
Wentworth	Gordon Howlett Dean	Progressive Conservative	1981
Wentworth North	Eric Gordon Cunningham	Liberal	1975	Resigned seat in 1984
Ann Sloat (1984)	Progressive Conservative	1984	Elected in by-election in 1984
Wilson Heights	David Rotenberg	Progressive Conservative	1977
Windsor—Riverside	Dave Cooke	New Democratic Party	1977
Windsor—Sandwich	William Munro Wrye	Liberal	1981
Windsor—Walkerville	Bernard Newman	Liberal	1959
York Centre	W. Donald Cousens	Progressive Conservative	1981
York East	Robert Goldwin Elgie	Progressive Conservative	1977
York Mills	Bette Stephenson	Progressive Conservative	1975
York North	William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson	Progressive Conservative	1967
York South	Donald Cameron MacDonald	New Democratic Party	1955	Resigned seat in 1982
Bob Keith Rae (1982)	New Democratic Party	1982	Elected in by-election in 1982, Party Leader
York West	Nicholas Georges Leluk	Progressive Conservative	1971
Yorkview	Michael A. Spensieri	Liberal	1981

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.

Richard Allen (NDP) 8,915
Bob McMurrich (PC) 7,066
Joe Barbera (L) 6,952
John Turmel 174

York South: Donald C. MacDonald resigned his legislative seat in 1982, and a by-election was called for November 4, 1982.

Bob Rae (NDP) 11,212
John Nunziata (L) 8,595
Barbara Jafelice (PC) 4,376
Myron Petriw (Lbt) 234
John Turmel 66

Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve died in 1983, and a by-election has called on December 15, 1983:

Noble Villeneuve (PC) 12,197
Johnny Whitteker (L) 8,062
Rudi Derstroff (NDP) 627
John Turmel 97

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:

Mike Davison (NDP) 5308
Lily Oddie Munro (L) 5,253
Sandi Bell (PC) 3,314
Kerry Wilson (Comm) 124

Ottawa Centre: Michael Cassidy resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984.

Evelyn Gigantes (NDP) 8,165
Graham Bird (PC) 5,870
Lowell Green (L) 5,202
Greg Vezina (G) 130
Ray Joseph Cormier 94
John Turmel 90

Ottawa East: Albert J. Roy resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

Bernard Grandmaître (L) 7,754
Richard Boudreau (PC) 1,934
Jean Gilbert (NDP) 1,531
Serge Girard 122

Prescott and Russell: Don Boudria resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

Jean Poirier (L) 10,182
Gaston Patenaude (PC) 8,347
Rheo Lalonde (NDP) 1,791

Wentworth North: Eric Cunningham resigned his legislative seat in 1984, and a by-election was held on December 13, 1984:

Ann Sloat (PC) 8,524
Chris Ward (L) 8,355
Lynn Spencer (NDP) 3,115
George Graham (Lbt) 162

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.

Notes

References

"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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