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Deputy Premier of Ontario
Deputy Premier of Ontario
Vice-première ministre de l'Ontario
	Incumbent; Sylvia Jones; since June 24, 2022
	Executive Council of Ontario
Style	The Honourable (formal); Deputy premier (informal);
Status	Incumbent
Member of	Executive Council;
Reports to	Legislative Assembly; Premier;
Seat	Queen's Park, Toronto
Appointer	The lieutenant governor; on the advice of the premier
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Bob Welch
Formation	September 21, 1977; (47 years ago)
Salary	$101,750 (2018)

The deputy premier of Ontario (French: vice-première ministre de l'Ontario) is a minister of the Crown and senior member of the provincial Executive Council (Cabinet). The office was first created in 1977, and is conferred on the advice of the premier of Ontario. Though the role is seen as informally important, it does not hold formal legal power in its own right, and does not automatically receive any powers in the case of absence or death of a premier.^[2]

Sylvia Jones is the 12th and current deputy premier of Ontario, assuming office on June 24, 2022. She concurrently serves as the minister of health.^[3]

History

For much of the province's early history, the position of provincial secretary and registrar of Ontario was the second most powerful position in the Ontario Cabinet. This role diminished by the 1960s, overtaken by the deputy premier in 1977 and abolished in 1985.

To date, every person serving as deputy premier of Ontario has also concurrently held another senior position in the Ontario Cabinet. Bette Stephenson, Robert Nixon, Floyd Laughren, Ernie Eves, Jim Flaherty, and Dwight Duncan were all concurrently provincial treasurer or, as that position was renamed in 1993, minister of Finance.

Christine Elliott, deputy premier from 2018 to 2022, was widow of Jim Flaherty, deputy premier from 2001 to 2002 (who died in 2014).

Deputy premiers of Ontario

	Name	Term of office		Tenure	Political party (Ministry)	Note
1	Bob Welch	September 21, 1977	February 8, 1985	7 years, 238 days	PC (Davis)	While Attorney General, Provincial Secretary for Justice, Minister of Culture and Recreation (1977–78), Minister of Energy (1979–83) & Minister Responsible for Women's Issues (1983–85)
February 8, 1985	May 17, 1985	PC (Miller)	While Attorney General
2	Bette Stephenson	PC (Miller)	May 17, 1985	June 26, 1985	40 days	While Treasurer & Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet
	Vacant	June 26, 1985	September 29, 1987		Liberal (Peterson)
3	Robert Nixon	September 29, 1987	October 1, 1990	3 years, 2 days	Liberal (Peterson)	While Treasurer, Minister of Economics and Minister of Financial Institutions
4	Floyd Laughren	October 1, 1990	June 26, 1995	4 years, 268 days	NDP (Rae)	While Minister of Economics and Treasurer (1990–93) & Minister of Finance (1993-95)
5	Ernie Eves	June 26, 1995	February 8, 2001	5 years, 227 days	PC (Harris)	While Minister of Finance
6	Jim Flaherty	February 8, 2001	April 14, 2002	1 year, 65 days	PC (Harris)	While Minister of Finance
7	Elizabeth Witmer	April 15, 2002	October 22, 2003	1 year, 190 days	PC (Eves)	While Minister of Education
	Vacant	October 23, 2003	September 20, 2006		Liberal (McGuinty)
8	George Smitherman	September 21, 2006	November 9, 2009	2 years, 352 days		While Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (2006–08) & Minister of Energy and Infrastructure (2008–09)
	Vacant	September 9, 2009	October 19, 2011
9	Dwight Duncan	October 20, 2011	February 11, 2013^[4]	1 year, 114 days		While Minister of Finance & Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet
10	Deb Matthews	February 11, 2013	January 17, 2018	4 years, 340 days	Liberal (Wynne)	While Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (2013–14), President of the Treasury Board (2014–16) & Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development (2016–18)
	Vacant	January 17, 2018	June 29, 2018		Liberal (Wynne)
11	Christine Elliott	June 29, 2018	June 24, 2022	3 years, 360 days	PC (Ford)	While Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (until June 20, 2019) and while Minister of Health (June 20, 2019 – June 24, 2022)
12	Sylvia Jones	June 24, 2022	Present	2 years, 187 days	PC (Ford)	While Minister of Health (June 24, 2022 – Present)