In memoriam

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remembers those who have served in Ontario’s Legislature and extends condolences to the families and friends of former Ontario MPPs, Speakers, and Clerks who have passed away.

The Assembly remembers

2023

Monte Kwinter

(March 22, 1931 - July 21, 2023)
MPP for York Centre 1999–2018
MPP for Wilson Heights 1985–1999

2022

Gary Fox

(December 23, 1943 - December 8, 2022)
MPP for Prince Edward—Lennox-South—Hastings 1995-1999

Drummond White

(March 19, 1951 - November 25, 2022)
MPP for Durham Centre 1990–1995

Laurence George South

(February 26, 1925 - October 28, 2022)
MPP for Frontenac—Addington 1985–1990

Marion Boyd

(March 26, 1946 - October 11, 2022)
MPP for London Centre 1990–1999

Bill Murdoch

(January 10, 1945 - August 16, 2022)
MPP for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound 1990–2011

Charles Morris Godfrey

(September 24, 1917 - July 24, 2022)
MPP for Durham West 1975–1977

Alan William Pope

(August 2, 1945 - July 8, 2022)
MPP for Cochrane South 1977-1990

Carman McClelland

(September 22, 1951 - June 1, 2022)
MPP for Brampton North 1987–1995

Bob Huget

(May 28, 1947 - June 1, 2022)
MPP for Sarnia 1990–1995

Joe Dickson

(March 26, 1940 - April 6, 2022)
MPP for Ajax—Pickering 2007–2018

Ron Hansen

(May 17, 1943 - March 9, 2022)
MPP for Lincoln 1990–1995

Bruce Owen

(May 24, 1931 - February 7, 2022)
MPP for Simcoe Centre 1987-1990

Ed Thomas Philip

(March 11, 1940 - January 31, 2022)
MPP for Etobicoke 1975–1987
MPP for Etobicoke—Rexdale 1987–1995

David Rotenberg

(July 24, 1930 - January 13, 2022)
MPP for Wilson Heights 1977–1985

Julian Alexander Arnott Reed

(January 27, 1936 - January 6, 2022)
MPP for Halton—Burlington 1975-1985

2021

Richard Patten

(May 13, 1942 - December 30, 2021)
MPP for Ottawa Centre 1987–1990 & 1995–2003

James Pollock

(July 8, 1930 - October 28, 2021)
MPP for Hastings—Peterborough 1981–1990

Michael Charles Ray

(August 27, 1936 - October 7, 2021)
MPP for Windsor—Walkerville 1987–1990

William Grenville Davis

(July 30, 1929 - August 8, 2021)
MPP for Brampton 1975–1985
MPP for Peel North 1967–1975
MPP for Peel 1959–1967

Mitro Makarchuk

(November 1, 1929 - July 24, 2021)
MPP for Brantford 1967–1971 and 1975–1981

Lily Oddie Munro

(September 20, 1937 - April 6, 2021)
MPP for Hamilton Centre 1985–1990

Keith MacDonald

(July 18, 1927 - March 27, 2021)
MPP for Prince Edward—Lennox 1987–1990

Gordon Irvin Miller

(February 26, 1924 - February 23, 2021)
MPP for Norfolk 1987–1990
MPP for Haldimand—Norfolk 1975–1987

Barbara Sullivan

(January 24, 1943 - January 24, 2021)
MPP for Halton Centre 1987–1995

2020

Robert V. Callahan

(April 11, 1937 - December 26, 2020)
MPP for Brampton South 1987–1995
MPP for Brampton 1985–1987

Margaret Birch

(June 13, 1921 - October 29, 2020)
MPP for Scarborough East 1971–1985

Marietta L.D. Roberts

(January 9, 1943 - October 4, 2020)
MPP for Elgin 1987–1990

James A. Taylor

(May 2, 1928 - September 1, 2020)
MPP for Prince Edward—Lennox 1971–1987

Douglas Jack Wiseman

(July 21, 1930 - August 1, 2020)
MPP for Lanark—Renfrew 1987–1990
MPP for Lanark 1971–1987

David Ramsay

(April 23, 1948 - July 29, 2020)
MPP for Timiskaming—Cochrane 1999–2011
MPP for Timiskaming 1985–1999

William Walter Barlow

(February 20, 1931 - July 5, 2020)
MPP for Cambridge 1981–1987

Stuart Lyon Smith

(May 7, 1938 - June 10, 2020)
MPP for Hamilton West 1975–1982

Walter R. Elliot

(October 17, 1933 - June 4, 2020)
MPP for Halton North 1987–1990

Jim Henderson

(August 7, 1940 - May 2, 2020)
MPP for Etobicoke—Humber 1987–1995
MPP for Humber 1985–1987

Aileen Carroll

(June 1, 1944 - April 19, 2020)
MPP for Barrie 2007–2011

Claude Frederick Bennett

(September 19, 1936 - March 20, 2020)
MPP for Ottawa South 1971–1987

Jim Brown

(July 23, 1943 - January 31, 2020)
MPP for Scarborough West 1995–1999

2019

Michael James Breaugh

(September 13, 1942 - November 22, 2019)
MPP for Oshawa 1975–1990

Marvin Leonard Shore

(April 13, 1930 - September 27, 2019)
MPP for London North 1975–1977

Bette M. Stephenson

(July 31, 1924 - August 19, 2019)
MPP for York Mills 1975–1987

David Caplan

(November 15, 1964 - July 24, 2019)
MPP for Don Valley East 1997–2011

Harry Craig Parrott

(November 30, 1925 - July 2, 2019)
MPP for Oxford 1971–1981

Hugh Alden Edighoffer

(July 22, 1928 - July 2, 2019)
MPP for Perth 1967-1990

Julia Munro

(June 30, 1942 - June 12, 2019)
MPP for York—Simcoe 1995–2018

Richard Alexander Allen

(February 10, 1929 - March 5, 2019)
MPP for Hamilton West 1982–1995

2018

John Roxborough Smith

(November 10, 1936 - December 6, 2018)
MPP for Hamilton Mountain 1967–1977

Peter Adams

(April 17, 1936 - September 28, 2018)
MPP for Peterborough 1987–1990

James Roos Breithaupt

(September 7, 1934 - August 29, 2018)
MPP for Kitchener 1967–1985

Walter George Pitman

(May 18, 1929 - June 12, 2018)
MPP for Peterborough 1967–1971

Noble Villeneuve

(August 1, 1938 - February 28, 2018)
MPP for Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry 1983–1999

Chris Stockwell

(March 9, 1957 - February 11, 2018)
MPP for Etobicoke Centre 1999–2003
MPP for Etobicoke West 1990–1999

2017

Ronald George Van Horne

(October 24, 1932 - November 2, 2017)
MPP for London North 1977–1988

Norman Jamison

(May 25, 1950 - October 3, 2017)
MPP for Norfolk 1990–1995

Gerry Martiniuk

(August 5, 1937 - May 2, 2017)
MPP for Cambridge 1995–2011

Gordon Robert Carton

(July 14, 1921 - April 26, 2017)
MPP for Armourdale 1963–1975

Edward Michael Havrot

(June 4, 1927 - April 16, 2017)
MPP for Timiskaming 1971–1975 & 1977–1985

Montgomery "Monty" Davidson

(October 23, 1935 - March 26, 2017)
MPP for Cambridge 1975–1981

W. Donald Cousens

(July 20, 1938 - February 23, 2017)
MPP for Markham 1981–1994

2016

Michael George Bolan

(October 10, 1933 - October 23, 2016)
MPP for Nippising 1977–1981

Peter L. Preston

(June 3, 1935 - October 14, 2016)
MPP for Brant—Haldimand 1995–1999

Ken Black

(March 11, 1932 - August 29, 2016)
MPP for Muskoka—Georgian Bay 1987–1990

Stephen David Owens

(September 21, 1956 - July 8, 2016)
MPP for Scarborough Centre 1990–1995

Milton Edward Charles Gregory

(March 9, 1926 - June 17, 2016)
MPP for Mississauga East 1975–1987

Cynthia Maria Nicholas

(August 20, 1957 - May 19, 2016)
MPP for Scarborough Centre 1987–1990

Ian Deans

(August 16, 1937 - May 3, 2016)
MPP for Wentworth 1967–1979

Elizabeth "Joan" Smith

(January 5, 1928 - February 9, 2016)
MPP for London South 1985–1990

Charles Murray Tatham

(November 8, 1925 - February 3, 2016)
MPP for Oxford 1987–1990

2015

John P. Ferris

(January 29, 1933 - September 27, 2015)
MPP for London South 1975–1977

Hugh Patrick O'Neil

(July 10, 1936 - September 14, 2015)
MPP for Quinte 1975–1995

Joan M. Fawcett

(April 19, 1937 - August 15, 2015)
MPP for Northumberland 1987–1995

Derwyn Shea

(September 1, 1937 - August 15, 2015)
MPP for High Park—Swansea 1995–1999

Robert T.S. Frankford

(August 1, 1939 - August 1, 2015)
MPP for Scarborough East 1990–1995

Keith Roy Brown

(November 7, 1926 - July 7, 2015)
MPP for Peterborough 1959–1967

Wayne Wettlaufer

(December 16, 1943 - June 21, 2015)
MPP for Kitchener Centre 1995–2003

W. Leo Jordan

(December 29, 1929 - February 15, 2015)
MPP for Lanark—Renfrew 1990–1999

Eric Gordon Cunningham

(April 4, 1949 - January 1, 2015)
MPP for Wentworth North 1975–1984

2014

George Lyle Ashe

(October 5, 1932 - August 3, 2014)
MPP for Durham West 1977–1987

George R. McCague

(December 5, 1929 - July 14, 2014)
MPP for Dufferin—Simcoe 1975–1987
MPP for Simcoe West 1987–1990

John Twining Clement

(August 28, 1928 - June 24, 2014)
MPP for Niagara Falls 1971–1975

Leonard Joseph Quilty

(March 27, 1920 - May 14, 2014)
MPP for Renfrew South 1962–1963

Lorne Howard Maeck

(March 7, 1926 - May 5, 2014)
MPP for Parry Sound 1971-1981

Jim Flaherty

(December 30, 1949 - April 10, 2014)
MPP for Whitby—Ajax 1999–2005
MPP for Durham Centre 1995–1999

Terry David Jones

(June 13, 1938 - March 21, 2014)
MPP for Mississauga North 1975–1985

Michael Murray Dietsch

(February 2, 1942 - March 9, 2014)
MPP for St. Catharines—Brock 1987–1990

2013

Frank Sheehan

(Unknown - December 17, 2013)
MPP for Lincoln 1995–1999

Alan M. Robinson

(May 1, 1905 - December 6, 2013)
MPP for Scarborough—Ellesmere 1981–1985

Gary L. Leadston

(June 24, 1941 - December 2, 2013)
MPP for Kitchener—Wilmot 1995–1999

Howard Nicholas Sheppard

(October 6, 1933 - September 16, 2013)
MPP for Northumberland 1981–1987

Robert Goldwin Elgie

(January 22, 1929 - April 3, 2013)
MPP for York East 1977–1985

Peter Kormos

(October 7, 1952 - March 30, 2013)
MPP for Welland—Thorold 1988–1999
MPP for Niagara Centre 1999–2007
MPP for Welland 2007–2011

Herbert Arnold Epp

(August 31, 1934 - February 25, 2013)
MPP for Waterloo North 1977–1990

Claudette Boyer

(January 9, 1938 - February 16, 2013)
MPP for Ottawa—Vanier 1999–2003

Marion Helen Bryden

(April 2, 1918 - February 12, 2013)
MPP for Beaches—Woodbine 1975–1990

John Melville Turner

(September 24, 1922 - January 20, 2013)
MPP for Peterborough 1971–1987

2012

E.J. Douglas Rollins

(November 7, 1938 - November 19, 2012)
MPP for Quinte 1995–1999

Clifford George Pilkey

(July 27, 1922 - November 17, 2012)
MPP for Oshawa 1967–1971

John Cleary

(August 31, 1932 - October 6, 2012)
MPP for Cornwall 1987–1999
MPP for Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh 1999–2003

Leonard A. Braithwaite

(October 23, 1923 - March 28, 2012)
MPP for Etobicoke 1963–1975

Jacques Noé René Fontaine

(November 5, 1933 - March 17, 2012)
MPP for Cochrane North 1985–1990

Tony Silipo

(August 10, 1958 - March 10, 2012)
MPP for Dovercourt 1990–1999

Margaret Renwick

(February 1, 1923 - January 20, 2012)
MPP for Scarborough Centre 1967–1971

2011

William A. Ferguson

(February 13, 1954 - July 22, 2011)
MPP for Kitchener 1990–1994

Bruce Crozier

(June 26, 1938 - June 3, 2011)
MPP for Essex South 1993–1999
MPP for Essex 1999–2011

Patrick Michael Hayes

(October 27, 1942 - May 2, 2011)
MPP for Essex North 1985–1987
MPP for Essex—Kent 1990–1995

Raymond Louis Haggerty

(April 6, 1923 - April 23, 2011)
MPP for Niagara South 1967–1990

René L. Piché

(May 5, 1931 - January 22, 2011)
MPP for Cochrane North 1981–1985

Ivan Wilfred Thrasher

(May 21, 1914 - January 21, 2011)
MPP for Windsor—Sandwich 1964–1967

Bob Warren Mackenzie

(June 26, 1928 - January 17, 2011)
MPP for Hamilton East 1975–1995

2010

Yvonne O'Neill

(June 9, 1936 - September 6, 2010)
MPP for Ottawa—Rideau 1987–1995

Robert William Macaulay

(May 25, 1921 - August 17, 2010)
MPP for Riverdale 1951–1964

John Yaremko

(August 10, 1918 - August 7, 2010)
MPP for Bellwoods 1951–1975

Leo Edward Bernier

(August 12, 1928 - June 28, 2010)
MPP for Kenora 1966–1987

René Joseph Napoléon Brunelle

(January 22, 1920 - April 14, 2010)
MPP for Cochrane North 1958–1981

Keith Calder Norton

(January 26, 1941 - January 31, 2010)
MPP for Kingston and the Islands 1975–1985

2009

Vincent George Kerrio

(February 5, 1924 - October 30, 2009)
MPP for Niagara Falls 1975–1990

Dante Matthew De Monte

(May 6, 1926 - October 23, 2009)
MPP for Dovercourt 1967–1971

John McLellan Johnson

(August 20, 1930 - June 25, 2009)
MPP for Wellington—Dufferin—Peel 1975–1987
MPP for Wellington 1987–1990

Tony C. Wong

(December 12, 1948 - June 17, 2009)
MPP for Markham 2003–2006

Murray Andrew Gaunt

(June 4, 1935 - March 31, 2009)
MPP for Huron—Bruce 1962–1981

Richard Thomas Potter

(January 20, 1915 - February 17, 2009)
MPP for Quinte 1967–1975

Robert Gordon Eaton

(June 23, 1937 - January 7, 2009)
MPP for Middlesex South 1971–1975
MPP for Middlesex 1975–1985

2008

Maurice Louis Bossy

(April 1, 1929 - November 29, 2008)
MPP for Chatham—Kent 1985–1990

James Wilfred Snow

(July 12, 1929 - September 13, 2008)
MPP for Halton-East 1967–1975
MPP for Oakville 1975–1985

Allan Frederick Lawrence

(November 8, 1925 - September 6, 2008)
MPP for St. George 1958–1972

Leonard Mackenzie Reilly

(July 12, 1912 - May 21, 2008)
MPP for Eglinton 1962–1975

Gordon Howlett Dean

(July 23, 1922 - April 19, 2008)
MPP for Wentworth 1981–1987

Donald Cameron MacDonald

(December 7, 1913 - March 8, 2008)
MPP for York South 1955–1982

Arthur Kenneth Meen

(March 17, 1924 - March 2, 2008)
MPP for York East 1967-1977

2007

Robert C. Mitchell

(July 4, 1931 - June 16, 2007)
MPP for Carleton 1980–1987

George Albert Kerr

(January 27, 1924 - May 21, 2007)
MPP for Halton West 1967–1975
MPP for Burlington South 1975–1985

Albert Benjamin Rutter Lawrence

(March 31, 1923 - March 28, 2007)
MPP for Carleton East 1963–1974

Melvin Leroy Swart

(June 25, 1919 - February 27, 2007)
MPP for Welland—Thorold 1975–1988

Robert W. MacQuarrie

(November 24, 1926 - January 11, 2007)
MPP for Carleton East 1981–1985

2006

Ian G. Scott

(July 13, 1934 - October 10, 2006)
MPP for St. David 1985–1987
MPP for St. George—St. David 1987–1992

Douglas B. Ford

(February 27, 1933 - September 22, 2006)
MPP for Etobicoke—Humber 1995–1999

Anthony William Grande

(January 11, 1943 - August 9, 2006)
MPP for Oakwood 1975–1987

Frederick Arthur Burr

(February 26, 1911 - January 17, 2006)
MPP for Sandwich—Riverside 1967–1975
MPP for Windsor—Riverside 1975–1977

2005

Allister Johnston

(November 19, 1908 - August 21, 2005)
MPP for Parry Sound 1948–1971

Thomas Alfred Wardle

(October 31, 1913 - June 20, 2005)
MPP for Beaches—Woodbine 1971–1975

Gordon Elsworth Smith

(November 5, 1918 - June 9, 2005)
MPP for Simcoe East 1967–1981

Donald William Ewen

(January 25, 1922 - March 31, 2005)
MPP for Wentworth North 1963–1975

Joseph Albert Bélanger

(October 22, 1921 - March 13, 2005)
MPP for Prescott and Russell 1967–1981

Robert James Boyer

(December 14, 1913 - January 20, 2005)
MPP for Muskoka 1955–1971

2004

Joseph Earl McEwen

(January 22, 1911 - November 6, 2004)
MPP for Frontenac-Addington 1975–1985

John L. Brown

(July 10, 1922 - October 20, 2004)
MPP for Beaches—Woodbine 1967–1971

Gordon L. Mills

(March 30, 1928 - June 4, 2004)
MPP for Durham East 1990–1995

Dominic Agostino

(October 14, 1959 - March 24, 2004)
MPP for Hamilton East 1995–2004

Gaston Joseph Clément Demers

(November 23, 1935 - February 7, 2004)
MPP for Nickel Belt 1963–1971