Dalton (Dalton) James Patrick McGuinty, Jr. In the Ontario elections in October 2011, his party won a majority and he re-formed the government. On October 15, 2012, due to growing criticism of the economic policy of the liberals, he announced that he would resign ahead of schedule after the election of the new liberal leader of Ontario [1] .
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| Predecessor | Ernie Ives | ||||||
| Successor | Caitlin Wynn | ||||||
| Birth | July 19, 1955 ( 64) Ottawa | ||||||
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Known for moderate views on economic issues. The first draft of the provincial budget he proposed included an increase in personal taxes and planned to abolish the provincial corporate capital tax. Adheres to liberal views on social issues, supports the right of women to abortion and the right to same-sex marriage . In early 2005, his government undertook a broad reform of provincial legislation to bring it into line with the legalization in 2003 of same-sex marriage in Ontario.
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- 1 Youth
- 2 Political career
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Youth
McGinty's father was Professor Dalton McGinty Sr., a well-known Ontario politician of Irish descent, and his mother, nurse Elizabeth Pexton, was from a Franco-Canadian family. Both were Catholics. Dalton himself from childhood knew both of the official languages of Canada. The family had 9 brothers and sisters. Currently, his younger brother David has been representing South Ottawa County in the federal parliament since 2004, while Dalton was elected to the provincial parliament in South Ottawa County.
Graduate of St. Patrick's High School in Ottawa. He graduated from McMaster University with a bachelor's degree in biology, then graduated from a second undergraduate degree in law from the University of Ottawa , after which he became a practicing lawyer.
Since 1980, married to his school friend Terry, who worked at that time as a primary school teacher. A daughter and three sons were born in the family.
Political career
His father, Dalton McGinty Sr., was a member of the provincial parliament from South Ottawa County until his death in 1990. In the same year, Dalton McGinty Jr. was elected to parliament from the same county. However, in general, these elections were unsuccessful for liberals - for the first time in history, the New Democratic Party came to power in the province. Dalton McGinty has become an opposition critic on energy, the environment, and universities. He was re-elected in 1995, when the liberals again became the official opposition, but this time to the conservative government. Since 1996, he has been the leader of the official opposition in the province, re-elected to this post in 1999. In his party, he was close in his views to the right wing oriented to business, and his critics to the left, oriented to recipients of social benefits.
By 2003, voters were tired of the conservative progressive government, which had entered into an open confrontation on many controversial issues. The liberals won the election and formed the government that McGinty led. He repeated his success in 2007. In 2011, the liberals won the election again, but won a minority in parliament (53 out of 107). McGinty again proposed to form a government.
See also
- en: Executive Council of Ontario - List of members of the McGinty government.
- en: Harmonized sales tax - Harmonized sales tax (Ontario).