Ontario.

AuthorKoch, Katch
PositionLegislative Reports

The Legislative Assembly resumed its Fall sitting on September 14, 2015. During the Summer adjournment, two vacancies occurred with the resignations of Garfield Dunlop, Member for the Electoral District of Simcoe North on August 1, 2015 and Christine Elliott, Member for the Electoral District of Whitby-Oshawa on August 28, 2015. A by-election for the riding of Simcoe North was held on September 3, 2015. Patrick Brown, a former federal MP who recently won the leadership for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, emerged victorious. The new Member took his Oath and subscribed the Roll in time to take his seat in the Legislature for the first day of the Fall sitting and as such, the Speaker informed the House that Mr. Brown was recognized as Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The date for the by-election for the Electoral District of Whitby-Oshawa is to be determined.

On the first day of the Fall sitting, the House by unanimous consent, passed motions requesting the appointment of Ellen Schwartzel as the temporary Environmental Commissioner for the Province of Ontario for the period of September 14 to December 1, 2015, and Dianne Saxe as the permanent Environmental Commissioner for the Province of Ontario effective December 1, 2015. To fill a vacancy in the position as of September 14, Barbara Finlay, the Deputy Ombudsman, was also appointed temporary Ombudsman until the appointment of a permanent Ombudsman.

The House adjourned on September 21 and 22, 2015 to allow Members of Provincial Parliament to participate in the 2015 International Plowing Match which was hosted this year by the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry near the town of Finch in Eastern Ontario. Plowing matches have been part of the agricultural history of Ontario for well over a century. In the early days, they were sponsored by...

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