Solicitor General of Ontario
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The Solicitor General of Ontario was in charge of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario
is responsible for police and other law enforcement agencies in the province. In 2002 the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Correctional Services
to become the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (Ontario) which, in 2003, was renamed the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
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The Ministry delivers and administers a wide range of law enforcement services including:
As of 2007, the Solicitor General (or Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services) of Ontario is the Honourable Rick Bartolucci
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Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
is responsible for police and other law enforcement agencies in the province. In 2002 the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Correctional Services
Ministry of Correctional Services (Ontario)
The Ministry of Correctional Services is a former cabinet department in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was eliminated in 2002, and its responsibilities were shifted to the newly-created Ministry of Public Safety and Security...
to become the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (Ontario) which, in 2003, was renamed the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Ontario)
The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is responsible for law enforcement services in the Canadian province of Ontario, including the Ontario Provincial Police, correctional centres, detention centres/jails The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (French:...
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The Ministry delivers and administers a wide range of law enforcement services including:
- Ontario Provincial PoliceOntario Provincial PoliceThe Ontario Provincial Police is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The OPP is the the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas...
- provincial corrections facilities
- Special Investigations UnitSpecial Investigations UnitThe Special Investigations Unit of Ontario, Canada, is a civilian agency responsible for investigating circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in a death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault. However all full-time SIU investigators are former law enforcement...
- an agency to probe incidents between police and the public - Enforcing the Police Services Act of OntarioPolice Services Act of OntarioThe Police Services Act of Ontario is a provincial act governing the conduct of police officers in the Canadian province of Ontario. This legislation is within the responsibility of the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services...
As of 2007, the Solicitor General (or Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services) of Ontario is the Honourable Rick Bartolucci
Rick Bartolucci
Rick Bartolucci is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has represented Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
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List of Solicitors-General of Upper Canada
- Robert Isaac Dey GrayRobert Isaac Dey GrayRobert Isaac Dey Gray was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was probably born in New York, but came to Canada with his parents at the beginning of the American Revolution. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1794. In 1795, he became Solicitor General for the province...
1795-1804 - G. D'Arcy Boulton 1804-1814
- Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of TorontoSir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of TorontoSir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet CB, was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.Robinson was born in 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Christopher Robinson, a United Empire Loyalist of one of the First Families of Virginia, whose grandfather came there in 1641 as...
1815-1818 - Henry John BoultonHenry John BoultonHenry John Boulton, QC was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at Little Holland House, Kensington, England, the son of D’Arcy Boulton, in 1790. Some time later, the family settled in New York state and then moved to Upper Canada around 1800. He studied law at York ...
1818-1829 - Christopher Alexander HagermanChristopher Alexander HagermanLt.-Col The Hon. Christopher Alexander Hagerman was a Canadian militia officer, politician, and judge.Known as 'Handsome Kit', he was born at the Bay of Quinte, Adolphustown, the son of United Empire Loyalist Major Nicholas Hagerman J.P., and his wife Anne , sister of Judge Alexander Fisher M.P.,...
1829-1837 - William Henry DraperWilliam Henry DraperWilliam Henry Draper was a lawyer, judge, and politician in Upper Canada later Canada West.-Personal life:...
1837-1839
List of Solicitors-General of Ontario
not complete- John YaremkoJohn YaremkoJohn Yaremko was the first Ukrainian-Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was initially elected in the 1951 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament...
, Progressive Conservative, April 7, 1972 — February 26, 1974 - George Albert Kerr, Progressive Conservative, February 26, 1974 — July 18, 1975
- John ClementJohn ClementJohn Twining Clement was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament in the 1970s for the riding of Niagara Falls, and served a brief stint as Attorney General and Solicitor General of Ontario in 1975 in the cabinet of Premier William G...
, Progressive Conservative, June 18, 1975 — October 7, 1975 - John Palmer MacBeth, Progressive Conservative, October 7, 1975 — January 21, 1978
- George Albert Kerr, Progressive Conservative, January 21, 1978 — September 11, 1978
- Roy McMurtryRoy McMurtryRoland "Roy" McMurtry, OC, OOnt is a judge and former politician in Ontario, Canada and the current Chancellor of York University.-Early life:McMurtry was born in Toronto and educated at St. Andrew's College, graduating in 1950...
, Progressive Conservative, September 11, 1978 — February 13, 1982 (while as Attorney General of OntarioAttorney General of OntarioThe Attorney General of Ontario is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and governs the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario - the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial...
) - George William TaylorGeorge William TaylorGeorge William Taylor is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis...
, Progressive Conservative, February 13, 1982 — February 8, 1985 - John Reesor WilliamsJohn Reesor WilliamsJohn Reesor Williams is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller...
, Progressive Conservative, February 8, 1985 — May 17, 1985 - Kenneth A. Keyes, Liberal, June 26, 1985 — December 3, 1986
- Ian Scott, Liberal, December 3, 1986 — January 9, 1987 (while as Attorney General of OntarioAttorney General of OntarioThe Attorney General of Ontario is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and governs the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario - the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial...
) - Kenneth A. Keyes, Liberal, January 9, 1987 — September 9, 1987
- Joan SmithElizabeth Joan SmithElizabeth Joan Smith, often referred to simply as Joan Smith, is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1985 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.Smith was educated at St...
, Liberal, September 29, 1987 — June 6, 1989 - Ian Scott, Liberal, June 6, 1989 — August 2, 1989 (while as Attorney General of OntarioAttorney General of OntarioThe Attorney General of Ontario is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and governs the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario - the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial...
) - Steven Offer, Liberal, August 2, 1989 — October 1, 1990
- Mike FarnanMike FarnanMichael Liam Farnan is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae....
, NDPOntario New Democratic PartyThe Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
, October 1, 1990 — July 31, 1991 - Allan PilkeyAllan PilkeyAllan Pilkey is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Oshawa, and was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.-Background:...
, NDP, July 31, 1991 — February 3, 1993 - David ChristophersonDavid ChristophersonDavid Christopherson is a Canadian politician. Since 2004, he has represented the riding of Hamilton Centre in the Canadian House of Commons. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Bob Rae...
, NDP, February 3, 1993 — June 26, 1995 - Bob RuncimanBob RuncimanRobert William "Bob" Runciman is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years...
, Progressive Conservative, June 26, 1995 — April 27, 1998 June 17, 1999 - Jim FlahertyJim FlahertyJames Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and he has also served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus...
, Progressive Conservative, April 27, 1998 — July 27, 1998 - as interim minister - Bob RuncimanBob RuncimanRobert William "Bob" Runciman is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years...
, Progressive Conservative, July 27, 1998 — June 17, 1999 - David TsubouchiDavid Tsubouchiis a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.-Education:...
, Progressive Conservative, June 17, 1999 — February 7, 2001 - David TurnbullDavid TurnbullDavid Turnbull is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and was a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004.Turnbull was educated at the Edinburgh College of Domestic...
, Progressive Conservative, February 8, 2001 — April 14, 2002
Ministers of Public Safety and Security
- Bob RuncimanBob RuncimanRobert William "Bob" Runciman is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years...
as Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security 2002-2003
Ministers of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- Monte KwinterMonte KwinterMonte Kwinter is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1985, was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990, and was re-appointed to a cabinet position when the Liberals returned to power under Dalton...
as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional ServicesMinistry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Ontario)The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is responsible for law enforcement services in the Canadian province of Ontario, including the Ontario Provincial Police, correctional centres, detention centres/jails The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (French:...
2003 - 2007 - Rick BartolucciRick BartolucciRick Bartolucci is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has represented Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services 2007 - present