Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (Ontario)

Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs
Ministère des Affaires intergouvernementales (French)
Ministry overview
Formed1978
JurisdictionGovernment of Ontario
Ministers responsible
  • Doug Ford, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Norm Miller, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

The Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs is responsible for intergovernmental affairs between the Canadian province of Ontario and the other provinces and territories and the Canadian government. The ministry's goal is to strengthen national unity and Ontario's role within Canada. The current minister is Doug Ford, who also served as the premier of Ontario; the position is often held concurrently by the premier.

The Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario, Minister of Economics and Provincial Relations and Ministry of Federal-Provincial Relations were the positions formerly responsible for intergovernmental affairs.

List of ministers

Portrait Name Term of office Tenure Political party
(Ministry) 		Note
Treasurer and Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs PC
(Davis)
Charles MacNaughton September 7, 1972 March 15, 1973 130 days
John White January 15, 1973 June 18, 1975 2 years, 154 days
Darcy McKeough June 18, 1975 August 16, 1978 3 years, 59 days
Frank Miller August 16, 1978 August 30, 1979 1 year, 14 days
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Thomas Leonard Wells August 30, 1979 February 8, 1985 6 years, 176 days
Frank Miller February 8, 1985 May 1, 1985 82 days PC
(Miller) 		Concurrently Premier
Reuben Baetz May 17, 1985 June 26, 1985 40 days
David Peterson June 26, 1985 October 1, 1990 5 years, 97 days Liberal
(Peterson) 		Concurrently Premier
Bob Rae October 1, 1990 February 1, 1993 4 years, 268 days NDP
(Rae) 		Concurrently Premier
Dianne Cunningham June 26, 1995 June 17, 1999 3 years, 356 days PC
(Harris)
Norm Sterling June 17, 1999 February 8, 2001 1 year, 236 days
Brenda Elliott February 8, 2001 April 14, 2002 1 year, 65 days
Ernie Eves April 15, 2002 October 22, 2003 1 year, 190 days PC
(Eves) 		Concurrently Premier
Dalton McGuinty October 23, 2003 July 29, 2005 1 year, 279 days Liberal
(McGuinty) 		Concurrently Premier
Marie Bountrogianni July 29, 2005 October 30, 2007 2 years, 93 days
Dalton McGuinty October 30, 2007 January 18, 2010 2 years, 80 days Concurrently Premier
Monique Smith January 18, 2010 October 20, 2011 1 year, 275 days
Dalton McGuinty October 20, 2011 February 11, 2013 1 year, 114 days Concurrently Premier
Laurel Broten February 11, 2013 July 2, 2013 141 days Liberal
(Wynne)
Kathleen Wynne February 11, 2013 June 29, 2018 5 years, 138 days Concurrently Premier
Doug Ford June 29, 2018 present 6 years, 185 days PC
(Ford) 		Concurrently Premier

Note: James Allan is named "Minister of Economics and Federal and Provincial Relations" from January 27, 1961 to November 8, 1961.

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