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Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Ministère du Travail (French)
Ministry overview
Formed1919
JurisdictionGovernment of Ontario
Headquarters400 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ministers responsible
  • David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
  • Deepak Anand, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Websitewww.labour.gov.on.ca

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is responsible for labour issues in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and its agencies are responsible for employment equity and rights, occupational health and safety, labour relations, and supporting apprenticeships, the skilled trades, and industry training. The ministry's three program responsibilities are delivered from a head office in Toronto and 19 offices organized around four regions, centred in Ottawa, Hamilton, Sudbury and Toronto. As well, the ministry oversees the work of eight specialized agencies.

The current minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development is David Piccini.

History

The Province entered the field in 1882 with the creation of the Bureau of Industries, which was attached to the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture. In 1900, it was transferred to the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works and renamed as the Bureau of Labour, which subsequently became the Trades and Labour Branch in 1916.

In 1919, the Conservative government of William Howard Hearst secured passage of an Act to raise the Branch into a Cabinet-level department to be known as the Department of Labour. Finlay MacDiarmid, the Minister of Public Works, was appointed the first Minister of Labour as well, but the first full-time minister was Walter Rollo of the Independent Labour Party in the government of E.C. Drury that took office after the Conservative defeat in the 1919 general election.

In 1972, as part of a general reorganization of departments initiated by the government of Bill Davis, the department was renamed the Ministry of Labour.

In 2019, the Ministry of Labour changed its name to Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development to reflect its expanding mandate of training, apprenticeships and Employment Ontario.

Following the 2022 provincial election, the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.

List of ministers

Portrait Name Term of office Tenure Political party
(Ministry) 		Note
Commissioner of Crown Lands United Farmers
(Drury)
1 Walter Rollo November 14, 1919 July 16, 1923 3 years, 244 days
2 Forbes Godfrey July 16, 1923 December 15, 1930 7 years, 152 days Conservative
(Ferguson)
3 Joseph Monteith December 15, 1930 January 2, 1934 3 years, 18 days Conservative
(Henry)
4 John Robb January 2, 1934 July 10, 1934 189 days
5 ??? July 10, 1934 May 21, 1935 315 days Liberal
(Hepburn)
6 David Croll May 21, 1935 April 14, 1937 1 year, 329 days
7 Mitch Hepburn
interim		 April 14, 1937 October 12, 1937 181 days
8 ??? October 12, 1937 September 2, 1938 325 days
9 Norman Hipel September 2, 1938 May 27, 1941 2 years, 267 days
10 ??? May 27, 1941 October 21, 1942 1 year, 147 days
11 ??? October 21, 1942 May 18, 1943 209 days Liberal
(Conant)
12 ??? May 18, 1943 August 17, 1943 91 days Liberal
(Nixon)
13 Charles Daley August 17, 1943 October 19, 1948 18 years, 83 days PC
(Drew)
October 19, 1948 May 4, 1949 PC
(Kennedy)
May 4, 1949 November 8, 1961 PC
(Frost)
14 Bill Warrender November 8, 1961 October 25, 1962 351 days PC
(Robarts)
15 Leslie Rowntree October 25, 1962 November 24, 1966 4 years, 30 days
16 Dalton Bales November 24, 1966 March 1, 1971 4 years, 97 days
17 Gordon Carton March 1, 1971 February 2, 1972 338 days PC
(Davis)
18 Fernand Guindon February 2, 1972 May 31, 1974 2 years, 118 days
19 John MacBeth May 31, 1974 October 7, 1975 1 year, 129 days
20 Bette Stephenson October 7, 1975 August 18, 1978 2 years, 315 days
21 Robert Elgie August 18, 1978 February 13, 1982 3 years, 179 days
22 Russ Ramsay February 13, 1982 February 8, 1985 3 years, 77 days
23 February 8, 1985 May 17, 1985 PC
(Miller)
24 Robert Elgie May 17, 1985 June 26, 1985 40 days
25 Bill Wrye June 26, 1985 September 9, 1987 2 years, 75 days}} Liberal
(Peterson)
26 Greg Sorbara September 9, 1987 August 2, 1989 1 year, 327 days
27 Gerry Phillips August 2, 1989 September 9, 1987 1 year, 60 days
31 Bob Mackenzie October 1, 1990 October 20, 1994 4 years, 19 days NDP
(Rae)
32 Shirley Coppen October 20, 1994 June 26, 1995 249 days
33 Elizabeth Witmer June 26, 1995 October 10, 1997 2 years, 106 days PC
(Harris)
34 Jim Flaherty October 10, 1997 October 10, 1999 2 years, 0 days
35 Chris Stockwell October 10, 1999 April 15, 2002 2 years, 187 days
36 Brad Clark April 15, 2002 October 22, 2003 1 year, 190 days PC
(Eves)
37 Chris Bentley October 23, 2003 June 29, 2005 1 year, 249 days Liberal
(McGuinty)
38 Steve Peters June 29, 2005 October 30, 2007 2 years, 123 days
39 Brad Duguid October 30, 2007 September 18, 2008 16 years, 93 days
40 Peter Fonseca September 18, 2008 December 16, 2010 2 years, 89 days
41 Charles Sousa December 16, 2010 October 20, 2011 308 days
42 Linda Jeffrey October 20, 2011 February 11, 2013 1 year, 114 days
43 Yasir Naqvi February 11, 2013 March 25, 2014 1 year, 42 days Liberal
(Wynne)
44 Kevin Flynn March 25, 2014 June 29, 2018 4 years, 96 days
45 Laurie Scott June 29, 2018 June 20, 2019 356 days PC
(Ford)
46 Monte McNaughton June 20, 2019 October 21, 2019 123 days
Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development
1 Monte McNaughton October 21, 2019 June 24, 2022 2 years, 246 days
Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
1 Monte McNaughton June 24, 2022 September 22, 2023 1 year, 90 days
2 David Piccini September 22, 2023 present 1 year, 89 days

References

  1. The Bureau of Industries Act, S.O. 1882, c. 5
  2. An Act respecting The Bureau of Labour, S.O. 1900, c. 14
  3. The Trades and Labour Branch Act, S.O. 1916, c. 13
  4. The Department of Labour Act, 1919, S.O. 1919, c. 22
  5. The Government Reorganization Act, 1972, S.O. 1972, c. 1, s. 82
  6. "Ontario Newsroom | Salle de presse de l'Ontario". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. "Ministry of Labour expands name and duties - Landscape Ontario". horttrades.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. "Monte McNaughton | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

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