# 31st Parliament of Ontario

The 31st Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 9, 1977, until February 2, 1981, just prior to the 1981 general election. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Bill Davis formed a second consecutive minority government.
Russell Daniel Rowe served as speaker for the assembly until October 17, 1977. John Edward Stokes succeeded Rowe as speaker.

## Members

| Riding | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected | Notes |
| Algoma | Bud Wildman | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | John Gordon Lane | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Armourdale | Bruce McCaffrey | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Beaches—Woodbine | Marion Bryden | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Bellwoods | Ross McClellan | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Brampton | Bill Davis | Progressive Conservative | 1959 | Premier and Party Leader |
| Brant—Oxford—Norfolk | Robert Nixon | Liberal | 1962 | Party Leader |
| Brantford | Mac Makarchuk | New Democratic Party | 1967, 1975 | |
| Brock | Bob Welch | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Burlington South | George Albert Kerr | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Cambridge | Monty Davidson | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Carleton | Sid Handleman | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Carleton | Robert C. Mitchell (1980) | Progressive Conservative | 1980 |
| Carleton East | Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Carleton-Grenville | Norm Sterling | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Chatham—Kent | William Darcy McKeough | Progressive Conservative | 1963 |
| Chatham—Kent | Andrew Naismith Watson (1978) | Progressive Conservative | 1978 | |
| Cochrane North | René Brunelle | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Cochrane South | Alan William Pope | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Cornwall | George Samis | New Democratic Party | 1974 | |
| Don Mills | Dennis Roy Timbrell | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Dovercourt | Antonio Lupusella | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Downsview | Odoardo Di Santo | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Dufferin—Simcoe | George R. McCague | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Durham East | Sammy Lawrence Cureatz | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Durham West | George Ashe | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Durham—York | Bill Newman | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Eglinton | Roland McMurtry | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Elgin | Ronald Keith McNeil | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Erie | Raymond Louis Haggerty | Liberal | 1967 | |
| Essex North | Dick Ruston | Liberal | 1967 | |
| Essex South | Remo J. Mancini | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Etobicoke | Ed Thomas Philip | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Fort William | Michael Patrick Hennessy | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Frontenac—Addington | Joseph Earl McEwen | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Grey | Robert Carson McKessock | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Grey—Bruce | Edward Carson Sargent | Liberal | 1963 | |
| Haldimand—Norfolk | Gordon Irvin Miller | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Halton—Burlington | Julian Alexander Arnott Reed | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Hamilton Centre | Michael Norman Davison | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Hamilton East | Bob Warren Mackenzie | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Hamilton Mountain | Brian Albert Charlton | New Democratic Party | 1977 | |
| Hamilton West | Stuart Lyon Smith | Liberal | 1975 | Party Leader |
| Hastings—Peterborough | Clarke Rollins | Progressive Conservative | 1959 | |
| High Park—Swansea | Edward J. Ziemba | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Humber | John Palmer MacBeth | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Huron—Bruce | Murray Gaunt | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Huron—Middlesex | John Keith Riddell | Liberal | 1973 | |
| Kenora | Leo Edward Bernier | Progressive Conservative | 1966 | |
| Kent—Elgin | James Fitzgerald McGuigan | Liberal | 1977 | |
| Kingston and the Islands | Keith Calder Norton | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Kitchener | James Roos Breithaupt | Liberal | 1967 | |
| Kitchener—Wilmot | John Sweeney | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Lake Nipigon | John Edward Stokes | New Democratic Party | 1967 | |
| Lakeshore | Patrick Lawlor | New Democratic Party | 1967 | |
| Lambton | Lorne Charles Henderson | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Lanark | Douglas Jack Wiseman | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Leeds | James Auld | Progressive Conservative | 1954 | |
| Lincoln | Ross Hall | Liberal | 1975 | |
| London Centre | David Robertson Peterson | Liberal | 1975 | |
| London North | Ronald George Van Horne | Liberal | 1977 | |
| London South | Gordon Wayne Walker | Progressive Conservative | 1971, 1977 | |
| Middlesex | Robert Gordon Eaton | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Mississauga East | Milton Edward Charles Gregory | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Mississauga North | Terry David Jones | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Mississauga South | Robert Douglas Kennedy | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Muskoka | Frank Stuart Miller | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Niagara Falls | Vincent George Kerrio | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Nickel Belt | Floyd Laughren | New Democratic Party | 1971 | |
| Nipissing | Mike Bolan | Liberal | 1977 | |
| Northumberland | Russell Daniel Rowe | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Oakville | James Wilfred Snow | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Oakwood | Anthony William Grande | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Oriole | John Reesor Williams | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Oshawa | Michael James Breaugh | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Ottawa Centre | Michael Morris Cassidy | New Democratic Party | 1971 | |
| Ottawa East | Albert J. Roy | Liberal | 1971 | |
| Ottawa South | Claude Frederick Bennett | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Ottawa West | Reuben Conrad Baetz | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Oxford | Harry Craig Parrott | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Parkdale | Jan Dukszta | New Democratic Party | 1971 | |
| Parry Sound | Lorne Maeck | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Perth | Hugh Alden Edighoffer | Liberal | 1967 | |
| Peterborough | John Melville Turner | Progressive Conservative | 1971, 1977 | |
| Port Arthur | James Francis Foulds | New Democratic Party | 1971 | |
| Prescott and Russell | Joseph Albert Bélanger | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | James A. Taylor | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Quinte | Hugh Patrick O'Neil | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Rainy River | T. Patrick Reid | Liberal-Labour | 1967 | |
| Renfrew North | Sean Conway | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Renfrew South | Paul Joseph Yakabuski | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Riverdale | Jim Renwick | New Democratic Party | 1964 | |
| Sarnia | Paul Blundy | Liberal | 1977 | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | John Rhodes | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | Died in 1978 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Russell Harold Ramsay (1978) | Progressive Conservative | 1978 | Elected in by-election in 1978 |
| Scarborough Centre | James Francis Drea | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Scarborough East | Margaret Birch | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Scarborough North | Thomas Leonard Wells | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Scarborough West | Stephen Henry Lewis | New Democratic Party | 1963 | Party Leader, resigned seat in 1979 |
| Scarborough West | Richard Frank Johnston | New Democratic Party | 1979 | Elected in a by-election in 1979 |
| Scarborough—Ellesmere | David William Warner | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Simcoe Centre | George William Taylor | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Simcoe East | Gordon Elsworth Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| St. Andrew—St. Patrick | Lawrence Sheldon Grossman | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| St. Catharines | Jim Bradley | Liberal | 1977 | |
| St. David | Margaret Scrivener | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| St. George | Margaret Campbell | Liberal | 1973 | |
| Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry | Osie Villeneuve | Progressive Conservative | 1948, 1963 | |
| Sudbury | Melville Carlyle Germa | New Democratic Party | 1971 | |
| Sudbury East | Elie Walter Martel | New Democratic Party | 1967 | |
| Timiskaming | Edward Michael Havrot | Progressive Conservative | 1971, 1977 | |
| Victoria—Haliburton | John F. Eakins | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Waterloo North | Herbert Arnold Epp | Liberal | 1977 | |
| Welland—Thorold | Mel Swart | New Democratic Party | 1975 | |
| Wellington South | Harry A. Worton | Liberal | 1955 | |
| Wellington—Dufferin—Peel | John McLellan Johnson | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| Wentworth | Ian Deans | New Democratic Party | 1967 | Resigned seat in 1979 |
| Wentworth | Colin Francis Weeber Isaacs | New Democratic Party | 1979 | Elected in by-election in 1979 |
| Wentworth North | Eric Gordon Cunningham | Liberal | 1975 | |
| Wilson Heights | David Rotenberg | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Windsor—Riverside | Dave Cooke | New Democratic Party | 1977 | |
| Windsor—Sandwich | Edwin James Bounsall | New Democratic Party | 1971 | |
| Windsor—Walkerville | Bernard Newman | Liberal | 1959 | |
| York Centre | Alfred Joseph Stong | Liberal | 1975 | |
| York East | Robert Goldwin Elgie | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| York Mills | Bette Stephenson | Progressive Conservative | 1975 | |
| York North | William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| York South | Donald Cameron MacDonald | New Democratic Party | 1955 | |
| York West | Nicholas Georges Leluk | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Yorkview | Fred Matthews Young | New Democratic Party | 1963 | |