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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

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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.[1] In 1900, it was transferred to the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works and renamed as the Bureau of Labour,[2] which subsequently became the Trades and Labour Branch in 1916.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7]

Following the 2022 provincial election, the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.[8]

List of ministers

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Portrait Name Term of office Tenure Political party
(Ministry) 		Note
1 Walter Rollo November 14, 1919 July 16, 1923 3 years, 244 days United Farmers
(Drury)
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 Error in Template:Date table sorting: '1934-01-02}' is not a valid year189 days January 2, 1934 July 10, 1934
14 Arthur Roebuck July 10, 1934 April 14, 1937 2 years, 278 days Liberal
(Hepburn) 		Resigned from cabinet to protest Hepburn's handling of the United Auto Workers strike.
15 Paul Leduc April 15, 1937 October 12, 1937 180 days Interim Attorney General upon Roebuck's resignation, while Minister of Mines.
16 Gordon Daniel Conant October 12, 1937 October 21, 1942 5 years, 218 days Conant remained Attorney General when he served as Premier. He resigned both position on May 18, 1943.
October 21, 1942 May 18, 1943 Liberal
(Conant)
17 Eric Cross May 18, 1943 August 17, 1943 91 days Liberal
(Nixon) 		Concurrently Minister of Municipal Affairs.
18 Leslie Blackwell August 17, 1943 October 19, 1948 5 years, 260 days PC
(Drew)
October 19, 1948 May 4, 1949 PC
(Kennedy)
19 Dana Porter May 4, 1949 August 17, 1955 6 years, 105 days PC
(Frost)
20 Kelso Roberts August 17, 1955 November 8, 1961 7 years, 69 days
November 8, 1961 October 25, 1962 PC
(Robarts)
21 Fred Cass October 25, 1962 March 23, 1964 1 year, 150 days
22 Arthur Wishart March 26, 1964 March 1, 1971 6 years, 340 days Styled as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from May 18, 1966.
23 Allan Lawrence March 1, 1971 February 2, 1972 338 days PC
(Davis) 		Styled as Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Also served as Provincial Secretary for Justice from January 5, 1972, to September 28, 1972).
24 Dalton Bales February 2, 1972 February 26, 1974 2 years, 24 days Styled as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from February 2, 1972, until April 10, 1972.
25 Bob Welch February 26, 1974 July 18, 1975 1 year, 142 days
(first instance)		 Concurrently Provincial Secretary for Justice.
26 John Clement January 14, 1975 October 7, 1975 266 days Concurrently Provincial Secretary for Justice and Solicitor General (June 18, 1975 - October 7, 1975).
27 Roy McMurtry October 7, 1975 February 8, 1985 9 years, 124 days Concurrently Solicitor General (September 11, 1978 – February 13, 1982).
The ministry headquarters is named jointly after McMurtry and Ian Scott.
28 Bob Welch February 8, 1985 May 17, 1985 98 days
(second instance)
(1 year, 240 days in total) 		PC
(Miller) 		Concurrently Deputy Premier.
29 Alan Pope May 17, 1985 June 26, 1985 40 days
30 Ian Scott June 26, 1985 October 1, 1990 5 years, 97 days Liberal
(Peterson) 		Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.
Interim Solicitor General (February 3, 1986 – January 9, 1987; June 6, 1989 – August 2, 1989).
The ministry headquarters is named jointly after Scott and Roy McMurtry.
31 Howard Hampton October 1, 1990 February 3, 1993 2 years, 125 days NDP
(Rae)
32 Marion Boyd February 3, 1993 June 26, 1995 2 years, 143 days Styled as Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
First woman to serve as Attorney General.
Only Attorney General who was not a lawyer.
33 Charles Harnick June 26, 1995 June 17, 1999 3 years, 356 days PC
(Harris) 		Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.
34 Jim Flaherty June 17, 1999 February 7, 2001 1 year, 235 days Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.
35 David Young February 8, 2001 April 15, 2002 2 years, 17 days Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.
April 15, 2002 February 25, 2003 PC
(Eves)
36 Norm Sterling February 25, 2003 October 22, 2003 239 days Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.
37 Michael J. Bryant October 23, 2003 October 30, 2007 4 years, 7 days Liberal
(McGuinty) 		Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs and Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal (October 23, 2003 – June 29, 2005).
38 Chris Bentley October 30, 2007 October 20, 2011 3 years, 355 days Concurrently Minister Responsible for Native Affairs (January 18, 2010 – October 20, 2011).
39 John Gerretsen October 20, 2011 February 11, 2013 2 years, 156 days
February 11, 2013 March 25, 2014 Liberal
(Wynne)
40 Madeleine Meilleur June 24, 2014 June 13, 2016 1 year, 355 days Concurrently Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.
First francophone to serve as Attorney General.
41 Yasir Naqvi June 13, 2016 June 29, 2018 2 years, 16 days First visible-minority and first Muslim to serve as Attorney General.
42 Caroline Mulroney June 29, 2018 June 20, 2019 356 days PC
(Ford) 		Concurrently Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.
43 Doug Downey June 20, 2019 present 5 years, 183 days

Minister of Labour 1 Walter Rollo, 1919–1923 2* Forbes Elliott Godfrey, 1923–1930 3* Joseph Dunsmore Monteith, 1930–1934 4* John Morrow Robb, 1934 (January–July) 5* 6* David Croll, May 21, 1935 - April 14, 1937 7* Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, 1937 (April–October)

8* Norman Otto Hipel, 1938–1941 9* Charles Daley, 1943–1961 10* Bill Warrender, 1961–1962 11* Leslie Rowntree, 1962–1966 12* Dalton Bales, 1966–1971

Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development

References

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  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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