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Rae ministry | |
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 21th ministry of Ontario | |
.jpg) Premier Bob Rae | |
| Date formed | October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01) |
| Date dissolved | June 25, 1995 (1995-06-25) |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | |
| Lieutenant Governor |
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| Premier | Bob Rae |
| Deputy Premier | |
| Member party | NDP |
| Status in legislature |
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| Opposition party | Liberal |
| History | |
| Election | 2003 |
| Legislature term | |
| Incoming formation | 1990 Ontario general election |
| Outgoing formation | 1995 Ontario general election |
| Predecessor | Peterson ministry |
| Successor | Harris ministry |
TheRae ministry was the combinedcabinet (formally theExecutive Council of Ontario) that governedOntario from October 1, 1990, to June 26, 1995. It was led by the 21stPremier of Ontario,Bob Rae. The ministry was made up of members of theOntario New Democratic Party, which commanded a majority in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario.
The ministry replaced thePeterson ministry following the1990 Ontario general election. The ministry governed through all of the35th Parliament of Ontario.
After theProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario secured a majority in the1995 Ontario general election, Rae resigned, and was succeeded asPremier of Ontario byMike Harris.
There were 28 portfolios at the beginning of the Rae ministry (including the Premiership). There was only one instance of ministerial portfolio reorganisation as Rae took over from Peterson:Solicitor General and Ministry of Correctional Services were combined into "Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services".
The first big change to come to the Rae ministry was the departure ofPeter Kormos asMinister of Consumer and Commercial Relations andMinister of Financial Institutions on April 18, 1991, just past the six month mark of the mandate. Kormos had been tasked to implement a public auto insurance system, one of the promises of the recent election campaign, but partly because Kormos was such a disruptive presence in the ministry,[1][2] and partly because the party would soon abandon that promise, Kormos was dismissed from the ministry. He was succeeded at Consumer and Commercial Relations byMarilyn Churley and at Financial Institutions byBrian Charlton, both newly appointed cabinet ministers.
A month later, on April 18, 1991,Evelyn Gigantes became the second high-profile departure,[3] stepping down after violating the confidentiality of an Ontarian seeking treatment outside of Canada. She was replaced asMinister of Health byFrances Lankin, who surrendered herMinistry of Government Services portfolio to newly appointed cabinet ministerFred Wilson.
There were two instances of ministerial portfolio reorganisation:
Alas, in the months to come, more members were step down:Zanana Akande[4][5] resigned in a conflict of interest scandal October 10, 1991; newly appointed cabinet ministerWilliam Ferguson resigned February 12, 1992 from his post aMinister of Energy from her post asMinister of Community and Social Services amid allegations of having committed a sexual assault while working as a correctional officer at a girl's reform school in the 1970s[6] (he was later acquitted); andPeter North resigned on November 13, 1992, from his post asMinister of Tourism and Recreation amid allegations of having offered a job to a person he was hoping to start a relationship with.[7]
Only eleven cabinet members held their seats (including three of the contestants of the soon to be conducted1996 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election,Tony Silipo,Frances Lankin, and the winner of that contest,Howard Hampton) and the NDP caucus shrank from 74 to 17.
33 people served in the Rae ministry. Thirteen were women.
Zanana Akande was the onlyperson of colour to serve; she wasMinister of Community and Social Services from October 1, 1990, to October 10, 1991.
Everyone who served in the cabinet wasculturally Christian; this was the last time Ontario had an all-Christian ministry. Bob Rae has strong family ties to the Jewish faith (including a Jewish wife,Arlene Perly Rae), and he is a member ofHoly Blossom Temple, aReform Jewish congregation in Toronto,[8] but he was raised Anglican and has never formally converted to Judaism.
The Rae ministry began with 26 cabinet members and ended with 22; it began with 27 portfolios and ended with 21. It is unusual for ministries to shrink in size in either respect.
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| Position | Minister | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| Premier of Ontario | Bob Rae[9] | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Deputy Premier of Ontario | Floyd Laughren[10] | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| House Leader | Shelley Martel[11] | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Dave Cooke[12] | July 31, 1991 | April 28, 1995 | |
| Chief Whip | Shirley Coppen[13] | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| Fred Wilson[14] | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Portfolio | Minister | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet | Frances Lankin[15] | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Tony Silipo[16] | July 31, 1991 | September 23, 1992 | |
| Dave Cooke | September 23, 1992 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Brian Charlton[17] | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs[a] | Elmer Buchanan[18] | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Attorney General[b] | Howard Hampton[19] | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| Marion Boyd[20] | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Citizenship | Elaine Ziemba[21] | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Ministry of Colleges and Universities | Richard Allen[22] | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| merged with Education and Training | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Community and Social Services | Zanana Akande[23] | October 1, 1990 | October 10, 1991 |
| Marion Boyd | October 15, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Tony Silipo | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations | Peter Kormos[24] | October 1, 1990 | March 18, 1991 |
| Marilyn Churley[25] | March 18, 1991 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Culture and Communication | Rosario Marchese[26] | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Karen Haslam[27] | July 31, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| merged with Tourism and Recreation | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Education[c] | Marion Boyd | October 1, 1990 | October 15, 1991 |
| Tony Silipo | October 15, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Dave Cooke | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Energy | Jenny Carter[28] | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Will Ferguson[29] | July 31, 1991 | February 13, 1992 | |
| Brian Charlton | February 13, 1992 | February 3, 1993 | |
| merged with Environment | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of the Environment | Ruth Grier[30] | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| merged with Energy | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of the Environment and Energy[d] | Bud Wildman[31] | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 |
| Minister of Finance[e] | Floyd Laughren | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Minister of Financial Institutions | Peter Kormos | October 1, 1990 | March 18, 1991 |
| Brian Charlton | March 18, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| merged with Chair of Management Board | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Government Services | Frances Lankin | October 1, 1990 | April 22, 1991 |
| Fred Wilson | April 22, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| merged with Chair of Management Board | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Health | Evelyn Gigantes[32] | October 1, 1990 | April 18, 1991 |
| Frances Lankin | April 22, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Ruth Grier | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | Bob Rae | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology[f] | Allan Pilkey[33] | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Ed Philip[34] | July 31, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Frances Lankin | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Labour | Bob Mackenzie[35] | October 1, 1990 | October 20, 1994 |
| Shirley Coppen | October 20, 1994 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing[g] | Dave Cooke | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Minister of Municipal Affairs | merged with Housing | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Dave Cooke | July 31, 1991 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Ed Philip | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Housing | merged with Municipal Affairs | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Evelyn Gigantes | July 31, 1991 | August 18, 1994 | |
| Richard Allen | August 22, 1994 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Natural Resources | Bud Wildman | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| Howard Hampton | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Northern Development | Shelley Martel | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| merged with Mines | July 31, 1991 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Mines | Gilles Pouliot[36] | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| merged with Northern Development | July 31, 1991 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Northern Development and Mines[h] | Shelley Martel | July 31, 1991 | October 7, 1994 |
| Gilles Pouliot | October 7, 1994 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister Responsible for Disabled Persons | Elaine Ziemba | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs | Gilles Pouliot | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Minister Responsible for Native Affairs | Bud Wildman | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| Howard Hampton | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister Responsible for Seniors | Elaine Ziemba | October 1, 1990 | June 25, 1995 |
| Minister Responsible for Women's Issues | Anne Swarbrick[37] | October 1, 1990 | September 11, 1991 |
| Marion Boyd | September 11, 1991 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Revenue | Shelley Wark-Martyn[38] | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| merged withFinance | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Ministry of Skills Development | Richard Allen | October 1, 1990 | February 3, 1993 |
| merged with Colleges and Universities | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Tourism and Recreation[i] | Peter North[39] | October 1, 1990 | November 13, 1992 |
| Ed Philip | November 13, 1992 | February 3, 1993 | |
| Anne Swarbrick | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Minister of Transportation | Ed Philip | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Gilles Pouliot | July 31, 1991 | October 21, 1994 | |
| Mike Farnan[40] | October 21, 1994 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Ministers Without Portfolios | Shirley Coppen | October 1, 1990 | October 21, 1994 |
| Anne Swarbrick | October 1, 1990 | September 11, 1991 | |
| Richard Allen | February 3, 1993 | August 18, 1994 | |
| Karen Haslam | February 3, 1993 | June 14, 1993 | |
| Allan Pilkey | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Fred Wilson | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
| Mike Farnan | June 17, 1993 | October 21, 1994 | |
| Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services[j] | Mike Farnan | October 1, 1990 | July 31, 1991 |
| Allan Pilkey | July 31, 1991 | September 23, 1992 | |
| Allan Pilkey (only Solicitor General) | September 23, 1992 | February 3, 1993 | |
| David Christopherson[41] (only Correctional Services) | September 23, 1992 | February 3, 1993 | |
| David Christopherson | February 3, 1993 | June 25, 1995 | |
