Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs (Ontario)

The Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs is responsible for intergovernmental affairs between the Canadian province of Ontario and the other provinces and territories and the Canadian government. The ministry's goal is to strengthen national unity and Ontario's role within Canada. The current minister is Doug Ford, who also serves as the premier of Ontario; the position is often held concurrently by the premier.

Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs

Ministère des Affaires intergouvernementales (French)
Ministry overview
Formed	1978
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Ministers responsible	Doug Ford, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Norm Miller, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

The Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario, Minister of Economics and Provincial Relations and Ministry of Federal-Provincial Relations were the positions formerly responsible for intergovernmental affairs.

List of ministers

	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Tenure	Political party (Ministry)	Note
	Treasurer and Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs					PC (Davis)
		Charles MacNaughton	September 7, 1972	March 15, 1973	130 days
		John White	January 15, 1973	June 18, 1975	2 years, 154 days
		Darcy McKeough	June 18, 1975	August 16, 1978	3 years, 59 days
		Frank Miller	August 16, 1978	August 30, 1979	1 year, 14 days
	Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
		Thomas Leonard Wells	August 30, 1979	February 8, 1985	6 years, 176 days
		Frank Miller	February 8, 1985	May 1, 1985	82 days	PC (Miller)	Concurrently Premier
		Reuben Baetz	May 17, 1985	June 26, 1985	40 days
		David Peterson	June 26, 1985	October 1, 1990	5 years, 97 days	Liberal (Peterson)	Concurrently Premier
		Bob Rae	October 1, 1990	February 1, 1993	4 years, 268 days	NDP (Rae)	Concurrently Premier
		Dianne Cunningham	June 26, 1995	June 17, 1999	3 years, 356 days	PC (Harris)
		Norm Sterling	June 17, 1999	February 8, 2001	1 year, 236 days
		Brenda Elliott	February 8, 2001	April 14, 2002	1 year, 65 days
		Ernie Eves	April 15, 2002	October 22, 2003	1 year, 190 days	PC (Eves)	Concurrently Premier
		Dalton McGuinty	October 23, 2003	July 29, 2005	1 year, 279 days	Liberal (McGuinty)	Concurrently Premier
		Marie Bountrogianni	July 29, 2005	October 30, 2007	2 years, 93 days
		Dalton McGuinty	October 30, 2007	January 18, 2010	2 years, 80 days	Concurrently Premier
		Monique Smith	January 18, 2010	October 20, 2011	1 year, 275 days
		Dalton McGuinty	October 20, 2011	February 11, 2013	1 year, 114 days	Concurrently Premier
		Laurel Broten	February 11, 2013	July 2, 2013	141 days	Liberal (Wynne)
		Kathleen Wynne	February 11, 2013	June 29, 2018	5 years, 138 days	Concurrently Premier
		Doug Ford	June 29, 2018	present	6 years, 289 days	PC (Ford)	Concurrently Premier

Note: James Allan is named "Minister of Economics and Federal and Provincial Relations" from January 27, 1961 to November 8, 1961.

See also

• Foreign relations of Canada
• Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations
• Quebec Ministry of International Relations