;2007 • October 10, 2007: Elections held for members of the Ontario Legislature in the
39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario. • November 29, 2007: The
39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario officially opens with the
Speech from the Throne. ;2008 • February 23, 2008:
John Tory's continued leadership of the Progressive Conservative party is endorsed by 66.9% of delegates at a leadership review. • June 14, 2008:
Premier Dalton McGuinty receives the support of 95.4% of delegates from the
Ontario Liberal Party's mandatory leadership review. • June 14, 2008: NDP leader
Howard Hampton announces he will be stepping down as party leader at the
March 7, 2009 NDP leadership convention. ;2009 • January 9, 2009: Progressive Conservative MPP
Laurie Scott announces her resignation from the legislature to allow party leader
John Tory, who has been without a seat since his defeat in
Don Valley West in the
2007 election, to re-enter the legislature. • March 5, 2009: In the
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock by-election following Scott's resignation, Tory is defeated by Liberal candidate
Rick Johnson. • March 6, 2009: John Tory resigns as Progressive Conservative leader pending the selection of an interim party leader. • March 7, 2009:
Andrea Horwath is elected leader of the Ontario NDP at the party's
2009 leadership convention. • June 27, 2009:
Tim Hudak is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative party at its
2009 leadership election and also becomes the new Leader of the Opposition. • September 17, 2009:
Eric Hoskins is elected as the MPP for the riding of
St. Paul's following the resignation of
Michael Bryant on June 7, 2009. • November 4, 2009:
Mike Schreiner is affirmed as the new leader of the Green Party of Ontario, receiving 97% approval from the party membership defeating the None of the Above ballot option, in the
2009 leadership election. ;2010 • January 29, 2010:
Bob Runciman resigns his seat to accept appointment to the
Senate of Canada. • February 1, 2010:
Jim Watson resigns his seat to run for Mayor in the
2010 Ottawa municipal election • February 4, 2010:
Glen Murray is elected as the MPP for the riding of
Toronto Centre following the resignation of
George Smitherman on January 4, 2010. • March 4, 2010:
Bob Chiarelli is elected as the MPP for the riding of
Ottawa West—Nepean and
Steve Clark is elected as the MPP for the riding of
Leeds—Grenville. • December 16, 2010:
Peter Fonseca resigned from cabinet to run for the federal Liberals in the riding of
Mississauga East—Cooksville in the
2011 federal election. ;2011 • June 3, 2011:
Essex MPP
Bruce Crozier dies of an aortic aneurysm. • September 7, 2011: Official election call, Premier McGuinty
formally asks the Lt. Governor to dissolve the legislature. The campaign will be 29 days long. • September 21–30, 2011: Advance polling stations open for early voting from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. • September 27, 2011: The televised
Leaders debate aired on
CBC,
CHCH,
CTV,
Global,
TVOntario and
Sun News Network, with
Liberal leader and
Premier Dalton McGuinty,
Progressive Conservative leader
Tim Hudak and
New Democratic Party leader
Andrea Horwath. • October 6, 2011: Ontario general election from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
EDT (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
CDT in north-western part of the province).
Party leadership In March 2009, PC Party leader
John Tory stepped down as leader, with
Tim Hudak elected to be his successor. Also in March 2009,
Andrea Horwath replaced
Howard Hampton as leader of the NDP at the
leadership election. Thus, both the Progressive Conservatives and the NDP went into the election with a new leader.
Green Party of Ontario leader
Frank de Jong stepped down in November 2009; their
leadership convention confirmed
Mike Schreiner as their new leader.
Dalton McGuinty won 95 percent support for his leadership at an Ontario Liberal annual general meeting after the 2007 election, and ran again in 2011. ==Campaign==