31st Parliament of Ontario

The 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 9, 1977, until February 2, 1981, just prior to the 1981 general election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis formed a second consecutive minority government.

Russell Daniel Rowe served as speaker for the assembly until October 17, 1977. John Edward Stokes succeeded Rowe as speaker.^[1]

Riding	Member	Party	Notes
Algoma	Bud Wildman	New Democratic Party
Algoma—Manitoulin	John Gordon Lane	Progressive Conservative
Armourdale	Bruce McCaffrey	Progressive Conservative
Beaches—Woodbine	Marion Bryden	New Democratic Party
Bellwoods	Ross McClellan	New Democratic Party
Brampton	Bill Davis	Progressive Conservative	Premier and Party Leader
Brant—Oxford—Norfolk	Robert Nixon	Liberal	Party Leader
Brantford	Mac Makarchuk	New Democratic Party
Brock	Bob Welch	Progressive Conservative
Burlington South	George Albert Kerr	Progressive Conservative
Cambridge	Monty Davidson	New Democratic Party
Carleton	Sid Handleman	Progressive Conservative
Carleton East	Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes	New Democratic Party
Carleton-Grenville	Norm Sterling	Progressive Conservative
Chatham—Kent	William Darcy McKeough^{[nb 1]}	Progressive Conservative
Chatham—Kent	Andrew Naismith Watson (1978)	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane North	René Brunelle	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane South	Alan William Pope	Progressive Conservative
Cornwall	George Samis	New Democratic Party
Don Mills	Dennis Roy Timbrell	Progressive Conservative
Dovercourt	Antonio Lupusella	New Democratic Party
Downsview	Odoardo Di Santo	New Democratic Party
Dufferin—Simcoe	George R. McCague	Progressive Conservative
Durham East	Sammy Lawrence Cureatz	Progressive Conservative
Durham West	George Ashe	Progressive Conservative
Durham—York	Bill Newman	Progressive Conservative
Eglinton	Roland McMurtry	Progressive Conservative
Elgin	Ronald Keith McNeil	Progressive Conservative
Erie	Raymond Louis Haggerty	Liberal
Essex North	Dick Ruston	Liberal
Essex South	Remo J. Mancini	Liberal
Etobicoke	Ed Thomas Philip	New Democratic Party
Fort William	Michael Patrick Hennessy	Progressive Conservative
Frontenac—Addington	Joseph Earl McEwen	Liberal
Grey	Robert Carson McKessock	Liberal
Grey—Bruce	Edward Carson Sargent	Liberal
Haldimand—Norfolk	Gordon Irvin Miller	Liberal
Halton—Burlington	Julian Alexander Arnott Reed	Liberal
Hamilton Centre	Michael Norman Davison	New Democratic Party
Hamilton East	Bob Warren Mackenzie	New Democratic Party
Hamilton Mountain	Brian Albert Charlton	New Democratic Party
Hamilton West	Stuart Lyon Smith	Liberal	Party Leader
Hastings—Peterborough	Clarke Rollins	Progressive Conservative
High Park—Swansea	Edward J. Ziemba	New Democratic Party
Humber	John Palmer MacBeth	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Bruce	Murray Gaunt	Liberal
Huron—Middlesex	John Keith Riddell	Progressive Conservative
Kenora	Leo Edward Bernier	Progressive Conservative
Kent—Elgin	James Fitzgerald McGuigan	Liberal
Kingston and the Islands	Keith Calder Norton	Progressive Conservative
Kitchener	James Roos Breithaupt	Liberal
Kitchener—Wilmot	John Sweeney	Liberal
Lake Nipigon	John Edward Stokes	New Democratic Party
Lakeshore	Patrick Lawlor	New Democratic Party
Lambton	Lorne Charles Henderson	Progressive Conservative
Lanark	Douglas Jack Wiseman	Progressive Conservative
Leeds	James Auld	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	Ross Hall	Liberal
London Centre	David Robertson Peterson	Liberal
London North	Ronald George Van Horne	Liberal
London South	Gordon Wayne Walker	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex	Robert Gordon Eaton	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga East	Milton Edward Charles Gregory	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga North	Terry David Jones	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga South	Robert Douglas Kennedy	Progressive Conservative
Muskoka	Frank Stuart Miller	Progressive Conservative
Niagara Falls	Vincent George Kerrio	Liberal
Nickel Belt	Floyd Laughren	New Democratic Party
Nipissing	Mike Bolan	Liberal
Northumberland	Russell Daniel Rowe	Progressive Conservative
Oakville	James Wilfred Snow	Progressive Conservative
Oakwood	Anthony William Grande	New Democratic Party
Oriole	John Reesor Williams	Progressive Conservative
Oshawa	Michael James Breaugh	New Democratic Party
Ottawa Centre	Michael Morris Cassidy	New Democratic Party
Ottawa East	Albert J. Roy	Liberal
Ottawa South	Claude Frederick Bennett	Progressive Conservative
Ottawa West	Reuben Conrad Baetz	Progressive Conservative
Oxford	Harry Craig Parrott	Progressive Conservative
Parkdale	Jan Dukszta	New Democratic Party
Parry Sound	Lorne Maeck	Progressive Conservative
Perth	Hugh Alden Edighoffer	Liberal
Peterborough	John Melville Turner	Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur	James Francis Foulds	New Democratic Party
Prescott and Russell	Joseph Albert Bélanger	Progressive Conservative
Prince Edward—Lennox	James A. Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Quinte	Hugh Patrick O'Neil	Liberal
Rainy River	T. Patrick Reid	Liberal-Labour
Renfrew North	Sean Conway	Liberal
Renfrew South	Paul Joseph Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative
Riverdale	Jim Renwick	New Democratic Party
Sarnia	Paul Blundy	Liberal
Sault Ste. Marie	John Rhodes	Progressive Conservative	Died in 1978
	Russell Harold Ramsay	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election in 1978
Scarborough Centre	James Francis Drea	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough East	Margaret Birch	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough North	Thomas Leonard Wells	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough West	Stephen Henry Lewis^{[nb 1]}	New Democratic Party	Party Leader, resigned seat in 1979
	Richard Frank Johnston	New Democratic Party	Elected in a by-election in 1979
Scarborough—Ellesmere	David William Warner	New Democratic Party
Simcoe Centre	George William Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe East	Gordon Elsworth Smith	Progressive Conservative
St. Andrew—St. Patrick	Lawrence Sheldon Grossman	Progressive Conservative
St. Catharines	Jim Bradley	Liberal
St. David	Margaret Scrivener	Progressive Conservative
St. George	Margaret Campbell	Liberal
Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry	Osie Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative
Sudbury	Melville Carlyle Germa	New Democratic Party
Sudbury East	Elie Walter Martel	New Democratic Party
Timiskaming	Edward Michael Havrot	Progressive Conservative
Victoria—Haliburton	John F. Eakins	Liberal
Waterloo North	Herbert Arnold Epp	Liberal
Welland—Thorold	Mel Swart	New Democratic Party
Wellington South	Harry A. Worton	Liberal
Wellington—Dufferin—Peel	John McLellan Johnson	Progressive Conservative
Wentworth	Ian Deans^{[nb 1]}	New Democratic Party	Resigned seat in 1979
	Colin Francis Weeber Isaacs	New Democratic Party	Elected in by-election in 1979
Wentworth North	Eric Gordon Cunningham	Liberal
Wilson Heights	David Rotenberg	Progressive Conservative
Windsor—Riverside	Dave Cooke	New Democratic Party
Windsor—Sandwich	Edwin James Bounsall	New Democratic Party
Windsor—Walkerville	Bernard Newman	Liberal
York Centre	Alfred Joseph Stong	Liberal
York East	Robert Goldwin Elgie	Progressive Conservative
York Mills	Bette Stephenson	Progressive Conservative
York North	William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson	Progressive Conservative
York South	Donald Cameron MacDonald	New Democratic Party
York West	Nicholas Georges Leluk	Progressive Conservative
Yorkview	Fred Matthews Young	New Democratic Party

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c resigned

References

Members in Parliament 31

^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-30.

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[1] "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-30.

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