East Wing of Ontario's Legislative Building, c. 1960 and present day. The original hardwood floors covered by linoleum were restored in the 1990s. 1960 image © Archives of Ontario
Over the past 150 years, Ontario has grown from a small, mostly rural province of 1.6 million people, to a large, mainly urban province that is home to approximately 16 million inhabitants.
124 MPPs currently represent Ontarians, up from the 82 at Confederation.
After 1943 with the election of the first two female MPPs – Agnes MacPhail and Rae Luckock – the number of women serving parliament continued to increase with each election; currently 37% of Ontario’s MPPs are women.