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Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario)

Ministry of the Government of Ontario

Field	Value
agency_name	Ministry of Municipal Affairs
and Housing
type	Ministry
nativename	fr
logo	[[File:Ont-Gov-Shield-Logo.png	150px	class=skin-invert]]
logo_caption	Arms of the Government of Ontario
formed	1948
preceding2
jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
minister1_name	Rob Flack
minister1_pfo	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
minister2_name	Graydon Smith
minister2_pfo	Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
deputyminister2_pfo
chief2_position
child2_agency
keydocument1
website

and Housing The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for municipal affairs and housing in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Minister responsible is Rob Flack.

History

The Department of Municipal Affairs was established in 1934 by the Department of Municipal Affairs Act, which was passed in 1935. It inherited the municipal administrative and regulatory functions which had briefly been the responsibility of the Ontario Municipal Board. Initially, it was responsible for supervising the affairs of the municipalities whose real property tax-revenue base had collapsed during the Depression. After The Second World War, it became more involved in the provision of administrative and financial advice and support to municipalities.

From 1947 until 1955, the Minister of Municipal Affairs acted as the Registrar General, and the Office of the Registrar General was attached to the department. This office was transferred to the Department of the Provincial Secretary in 1955.

In April 1972, the department was dissolved, with most of its functions being transferred to the newly created Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Inter-governmental Affairs, but with the assessment function being given to the Ministry of Revenue.

In 1973, the Ministry of Housing was established by The Ministry of Housing Act, inheriting the Plans Administration Branch from the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs, as well as the Ontario Housing Corporation from the Ministry of Revenue.

In 1981, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing was formed by the consolidation of municipal affairs functions into the Ministry of Housing.

However, the ministry was divided again into two -- the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, and the Ministry of Housing -- from 1985 (under Premier David Peterson) until 1989, from 1991 (under Premier Bob Rae) until 1995, and from 2016 (under Premier Kathleen Wynne) until 2018.

List of ministers

Name	Term of office	Name	Term of office	Political party
(Ministry)	Note			colspan=3	Minister of Municipal Affairs		colspan=2				ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Hepburn)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Conant)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Nixon)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Drew)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Kennedy)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Frost)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Robarts)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Davis)			colspan=3	Treasurer, Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs		colspan=3				Minister of Housing					colspan=3	Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs	colspan=6	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Miller)			colspan=3	Minister of Municipal Affairs		colspan=3	Minister of Housing	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Peterson)			colspan=6	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing			ON	NDP}};"	NDP
(Rae)			colspan=3	Minister of Municipal Affairs		colspan=3	Minister of Housing					colspan=6	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Harris)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Eves)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(McGuinty)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Wynne)			colspan=3	Minister of Municipal Affairs		colspan=3	Minister of Housing					colspan=6	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing		! rowspan=6; style="background:;"	PC
(Ford)					colspan=3	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing		colspan=3	Associate Minister of Housing
ON	Liberal}};"		David Croll
ON	Liberal}};"		Eric Cross
ON	Liberal}};"		Thomas McQuesten
ON	Liberal}};"		Eric Cross
ON	PC}};"		George Dunbar
ON	PC}};"		Bill Goodfellow
ON	PC}};"		Bill Warrender
ON	PC}};"		Fred Cass
ON	PC}};"		Wilf Spooner
ON	PC}};"		Darcy McKeough
ON	PC}};"		Dalton Bales
ON	PC}};"		Darcy McKeough
ON	PC}};"		Darcy McKeough				Municipal affairs functions were discharged by Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Inter-governmental Affairs from 1972 to 1981
ON	PC}};"		Charles MacNaughton
ON	PC}};"		John White
ON	PC}};"		Bob Welch
ON	PC}};"		Sid Handleman
ON	PC}};"		Donald Roy Irvine
ON	PC}};"		Darcy McKeough
ON	PC}};"		John Rhodes
ON	PC}};"		Claude Bennett
ON	PC}};"		Frank Miller			Miller continues to be Treasurer and Minister of Economics until July 6, 1983
ON	PC}};"		Tom Wells			Municipal affairs functions were transferred to the re-created ministry in 1981
ON	PC}};"		Claude Bennett
ON	PC}};"		Dennis Timbrell
ON	Liberal}};"		Bernard Grandmaitre			Alvin Curling
ON	Liberal}};"		John Eakins			Chaviva Hošek
ON	Liberal}};"		John Sweeney
ON	NDP}};"		Dave Cooke
ON	NDP}};"		Dave Cooke			Evelyn Gigantes
ON	NDP}};"		Ed Philip			Richard Allen
ON	PC}};"		Al Leach
ON	PC}};"		Steve Gilchrist
ON	PC}};"		Tony Clement
ON	PC}};"		Chris Hodgson
		Tina Molinari served as Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Responsible for Urban Affairs from to
ON	PC}};"		Helen Johns			Appointed as interim minister
ON	PC}};"		David Young			Ernie Hardeman served as Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Responsible for Rural Affairs from to
ON	Liberal}};"		John Gerretsen
ON	Liberal}};"		Jim Watson
ON	Liberal}};"		John Gerretsen
ON	Liberal}};"		Jim Bradley
ON	Liberal}};"		Rick Bartolucci
ON	Liberal}};"		Kathleen Wynne
ON	Liberal}};"		Bob Chiarelli			Appointed as interim minister
ON	Liberal}};"		Linda Jeffrey
ON	Liberal}};"		Bill Mauro
ON	Liberal}};"		Ted McMeekin
ON	Liberal}};"		Bill Mauro			Chris Ballard
Peter Milczyn
ON	PC}};"		Steve Clark		September 4, 2023
ON	PC}};"		Paul Calandra		Incumbent
ON	PC}};"		Paul Calandra			Vijay Thanigasalam
ON	PC}};"		Rob Flack		Incumbent	Graydon Smith		Incumbent

References

Callan, Isaac. (2025-03-19). "Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new cabinet unveiled with changes in major portfolios". [[Global News]].

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