Ministry of Infrastructure (Ontario)

The Ministry of Infrastructure is a ministry responsible for public infrastructure in the Canadian province of Ontario. The current minister is Laurie Scott.

Ministry of Infrastructure
Ministère de l’Infrastructure  (French)
Ministry overview
Formed2016
Preceding Ministry
  • Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
JurisdictionGovernment of Ontario
Ministers responsible
Websitewww.ontario.ca/page/ministry-infrastructure

It is currently responsible for two crown agencies: Waterfront Toronto and Infrastructure Ontario (which was merged with the Ontario Realty Corporation in 2011).[1]

History

The maintenance and management of public infrastructure has consistently been a key function of the government since well before Confederation.

The Board of Works in the Province of Upper Canada was responsible for superintending, managing and controlling public works in the province. It was merged with a similar board in Lower Canada in 1841. The board was replaced in 1846 by the commissioners of public works who were responsible for "managing and controlling the construction, maintenance and repair of all canals, harbours, roads or parts of roads, bridges, slides, and other public works and buildings". Although legislations did not specifically designate the office of the commissioners as the Department of Public Works, that is how the commissioners refer to it in their first annual report.

At Confederation in 1867, responsibility for public works in Ontario was taken over by the Department of Public Works for Ontario, administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. In 1874, legislation was passed establishing a standalone commissioner to be responsible for the Department of Public Works.

In 1900, both the Office of the Commissioner of Highways and the Bureau of Labour were established as part of the Department of Public Works. In 1914, the Office of the Commissioner of Highways (by then renamed the Highways Branch), was elevated to Department status, becoming the Department of Public Highways. Similarly, by 1919, the Bureau of Labour had become the Department of Labour. Also in 1900, the Colonization Roads Branch was transferred to the Department of Public Works. Formerly with the Department of Crown Lands and responsible for constructing and repairing roads in sparsely settled areas of the province, this Branch was transferred to the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines in 1919.

The Department of Public Works continued to exist until 1972, when the government was considerably re-organized as the various Departments were restructured and renamed as Ministries. The Ministry of Government Services was created, assuming most of the functions of the former Department of Public Works, including the functions of constructing and maintaining government buildings.

In 1987, the Realty Group was formed within the Ministry of Government Services to provide accommodation and real estate services for the Ontario Government. In 1993, The Ontario Realty Corporation was established as the successor entity to the Realty Group, the Ontario Mortgage Corporation, and the Ontario Land Corporation. It was established as a Crown corporation and reported through the Management Board Secretariat. The Ministry of Government Services also ceased to exist in 1993, transferring most of its corporate services function, including buildings and facilities management, to the Management Board Secretariat.

In 2003, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal was created out of the winding-up of the Ontario Superbuild Corporation, inheriting its advisory and policy development and coordination responsibilities. Between 2003 and 2008, it assumed oversight of various agencies including the Smart Growth Secretariat, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Ontario Realty Corporation, Infrastructure Ontario, and Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

Between 2008 and 2010, the Ministry was briefly merged with the Ministry of Energy to form the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. Between 2014 and 2016, it was again briefly merged, this time with the Economic Development Ministry to form the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

List of Minister
Name Term of office Tenure Political party
(Ministry)		 Note
Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works Liberal
Conservative
(MacDonald)
John CarlingJuly 16, 1867December 20, 18714 years, 157 days
Archibald McKellarDecember 20, 1871October 25, 18722 years, 94 days Liberal
(Blake)
October 25, 1872March 24, 1874 Liberal
(Mowat)
Commissioner of Public Works
Christopher Finlay FraserApril 4, 1874May 30, 189420 years, 56 daysResigned due to poor health.
William HartyMay 30, 1894July 21, 18965 years, 144 days
July 21, 1896October 21, 1899 Liberal
(Hardy)
Francis Robert LatchfordOctober 21, 1899November 22, 19045 years, 32 days Liberal
(Ross)
William Andrew CharltonNovember 22, 1904February 8, 190578 days
Joseph Octave ReaumeFebruary 8, 1905May 25, 19059 years, 236 days Conservative
(Whitney)
Minister of Public Works
Joseph Octave ReaumeMay 25, 1905October 2, 1914
Findlay George MacDiarmidOctober 2, 1914November 14, 19195 years, 43 days Conservative
(Hearst)		 Concurrently Minister of Highways (April 8, 1915 to November 14, 1919)
Frank Campbell BiggsNovember 14, 1919July 16, 19233 years, 244 days United Farmers
(Drury)		 Concurrently Minister of Highways
George Stewart HenryJuly 16, 1923September 16, 19307 years, 62 days Conservative
(Ferguson)		 Concurrently Minister of Highways
Joseph MonteithSeptember 16, 1930December 15, 19303 years, 114 daysConcurrently Minister of Highways and Minister of Labour
December 15, 1930January 8, 1934 Conservative
(Henry)		 Concurrently Minister of Labour
Leopold MacaulayJanuary 12, 1934July 10, 1934179 daysConcurrently Minister of Highways
Thomas McQuestenJuly 10, 1934October 12, 19373 years, 94 days
(first instance)		 Liberal
(Hepburn)		 Concurrently Minister of Highways
Colin CampbellOctober 12, 1937January 23, 19413 years, 103 days
Farquhar OliverJanuary 23, 1941October 27, 19421 year, 277 days
(first instance)		Concurrently Minister of Welfare, resigned to protest Gordon Conant being named Premier.
Thomas McQuestenOctober 27, 1942May 18, 1943203 days
(second instance)
(3 years, 297 days in total)		 Liberal
(Conant)		 Concurrently Minister of Highways and Minister of Municipal Affairs
Farquhar OliverMay 18, 1943August 17, 194391 days
(second instance)
(2 years, 6 days in total)		 Liberal
(Nixon)
George DoucettAugust 17, 1943October 19, 19488 years, 46 days PC
(Drew)		 Concurrently Minister of Highways
October 19, 1948May 4, 1949 PC
(Kennedy)
May 4, 1949October 2, 1951 PC
(Frost)
Fletcher Stewart ThomasOctober 2, 1951January 20, 19531 year, 110 days
William GriesingerJanuary 20, 1953May 6, 19585 years, 106 daysResigned from the provincial cabinet in 1958 after he was implicated in a stock trading scandal involving Northern Ontario Natural Gas.
James AllanMay 14, 1958December 22, 1958222 days(interim)
Ray ConnellDecember 22, 1958November 8, 196110 years, 165 days
November 8, 1961June 5, 1969 PC
(Robarts)
Jack SimonettJune 5, 1969March 1, 19711 year, 269 days
James AuldMarch 1, 1971February 2, 1972338 days
(first instance)		 PC
(Davis)
Minister of Government Services
James SnowFebruary 2, 1972October 7, 19753 years, 247 daysMinistry was formally renamed from Public Works to Government Services on April 7, 1972
Margaret ScrivenerOctober 7, 1975February 3, 19771 year, 119 days
John SmithFebruary 3, 1977June 23, 1977140 days
James AuldJune 23, 1977September 21, 197790 days
(second instance)
(1 years, 63 days in total)
George McCagueSeptember 21, 1977January 21, 1978122 days
Lorne HendersonJanuary 21, 1978August 30, 19791 year, 221 days
Douglas WisemanAugust 30, 1979July 6, 19833 years, 310 days
George AsheJuly 6, 1983February 8, 19851 year, 217 days
Bob RuncimanFebruary 8, 1985May 17, 198598 days PC
(Miller)
Jim GordonMay 17, 1985June 26, 198540 days
Elinor CaplanJune 26, 1985June 16, 1986355 days Liberal
(Peterson)
Sean ConwayJune 17, 1986September 9, 19871 year, 84 days
Richard PattenSeptember 29, 1987August 2, 19891 year, 307 days
Chris WardAugust 2, 1989October 1, 19901 year, 60 days
Frances LankinOctober 1, 1990April 22, 1991203 days NDP
(Rae)
Fred WilsonApril 22, 1991February 3, 19931 year, 287 days
Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet In 1993, most of the functions performed by the Ministry of Government Services were transferred to the Secretariat of the Management Board of Cabinet.
Brian CharltonFebruary 3, 1993June 26, 19952 years, 143 days
David JohnsonJune 26, 1995October 10, 19972 years, 106 days PC
(Harris)
Chris HodgsonOctober 10, 1997February 8, 20013 years, 121 days
David TsubouchiFebruary 8, 2001April 15, 20022 years, 256 days
April 15, 2002October 22, 2003 PC
(Eves)
Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal Liberal
(McGuinty)
David CaplanOctober 23, 2003June 20, 20084 years, 241 days
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
George SmithermanJune 20, 2008November 9, 20091 year, 142 days
Gerry PhillipsNovember 9, 2009January 18, 201070 days
Brad DuguidJanuary 18, 2010August 18, 2010212 days
(first instance)		Duguid continued to be Minister of Energy until 2011
Minister of Infrastructure
Bob ChiarelliAugust 18, 2010February 11, 20132 years, 177 days
(first instance)
Glen MurrayFebruary 11, 2013June 24, 20141 year, 133 days Liberal
(Wynne)
Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Brad DuguidJune 24, 2014June 13, 20161 year, 355 days
(second instance)
(2 years, 202 days in total)
Minister of Infrastructure
Bob ChiarelliJune 13, 2016June 29, 20182 years, 16 days
(second instance)
(4 years, 193 days in total)
Monte McNaughtonJune 29, 2018June 20, 2019356 days PC
(Ford)
Laurie ScottJune 20, 2019present1 year, 229 days

References
  1. "Infrastructure Ontario and Ontario Realty Corporation To Merge". Ministry of Finance. January 25, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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