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

2021

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

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 1997–2001

Hugh Alden Edighoffer

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

Harry Craig Parrott

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

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

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

Derwyn Shea

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

Joan M. Fawcett

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

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