Tony Clement

Tony Peter Clement PC (born January 27, 1961) is a former Canadian former federal politician and former Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka in Ontario.[2] Before entering federal politics, Clement served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care under premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves. In 2018 Clement resigned from the Conservative caucus. He did not run as a candidate in the 2019 federal election.

For the Welsh rugby player, see Tony Clement (rugby player).

The Honourable Tony Clement PC
Clement in 2012
Official Opposition Critic for Public Services and Procurement
In office August 30, 2017 – November 6, 2018
Leader	Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Alupa Clarke
Succeeded by	Lisa Raitt
President of the Treasury Board
In office May 18, 2011 – November 4, 2015
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Stockwell Day
Succeeded by	Scott Brison
Minister of Industry
In office October 30, 2008 – May 18, 2011
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Jim Prentice
Succeeded by	Christian Paradis
Minister of Health
In office February 6, 2006 – October 30, 2008
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Ujjal Dosanjh
Succeeded by	Leona Aglukkaq
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka
In office January 23, 2006 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Andy Mitchell
Succeeded by	Scott Aitchison
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton West—Mississauga Brampton South (1995-1999)
In office June 8, 1995 – September 2, 2003
Preceded by	Bob Callahan
Succeeded by	Vic Dhillon
Deputy Chairman of the International Democrat Union
In office 2014 – April 2019
Preceded by	David Lidington
Succeeded by	Brian Loughnane
Personal details
Born	Tony Peter Panayi (1961-01-27) January 27, 1961 Manchester, England
Nationality	Canada Cyprus United Kingdom
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Ontario PC (provincial) Conservative (2003-2018) Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)
Spouse(s)	Lynne Golding
Children	3
Residence	Port Sydney, Ontario, Canada[1]
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Profession	Politician, lawyer, small business owner

Moving to federal politics, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada after its formation from the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties in 2003. He lost to Stephen Harper. Clement won the seat of Parry Sound—Muskoka in the 2006 federal election, defeating incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Andy Mitchell. The Conservatives formed government in that election and Clement was appointed Minister of Health and Minister for FedNor. He also later served as President of the Treasury Board. Clement was re-elected despite the Conservative defeat in the 2015 election. On July 12, 2016, he announced his second bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party but withdrew on October 13, 2016.[3]

From his initial election in 2006, Clement sat as a Conservative member until he resigned at the request of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer on November 7, 2018 due to a sexting scandal.[4] He sat as an independent MP until the 2019 election, in which he did not seek re-election.

Early life and career

Tony Clement in 2007.

Clement was born Tony Peter Panayi[5] in Manchester, England, the son of Carol Ann (née Drapkin) and Peter Panayi.[6] His father was a Greek Cypriot and his mother was Jewish (part of her family had immigrated from Aleppo, Syria).[7] He emigrated to Canada in childhood with his parents when he was four years old.[8] His parents divorced and his mother married Ontario politician John Clement, with Tony adopting his stepfather’s surname soon after.[9]

As a student at the University of Toronto, Clement was elected twice, both as an undergraduate and as a law student, to the university's Governing Council. He was also president of the campus Progressive Conservatives.[10] He first attracted the attention of the media in 1986, when he created a new society to invite the South African ambassador to Canada, Glenn Babb, to speak after the International Law Society had withdrawn its invitation, deeming it too controversial because of the issue of apartheid. Clement argued in favour of inviting Babb on the grounds of free speech. An attempt by four law professors for a court injunction barring "any representative of the Republic of South Africa to expound, explain or otherwise to solicit public support for his Government's policy of apartheid" was rejected by the court.[11][12]

A graduate of the University of Toronto, Clement completed degrees in political science in 1983 and law in 1986. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988.

Clement is married to Lynne Golding, a partner and Chair of the Health Law Practice at the international law firm, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.[13]

Clement became president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 1990 and was a close ally of then-party leader Mike Harris. He ran, unsuccessfully, for Metro Toronto Council in 1994, losing to future mayor David Miller in the ward of Parkdale-High Park. He served as Harris' Assistant Principal Secretary from 1992 to 1995 and played a leading role in drafting policy directives for the Common Sense Revolution.

In November 2019, Clement started the "And Another Thing" podcast with Jodie Jenkins which features a weekly interview with a public figure, and the discussion between Clement and Jenkins.

In provincial politics

Clement was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the provincial election of 1995, defeating incumbent Liberal Bob Callahan by over 6,000 votes in the riding of Brampton South. After serving as a Parliamentary Assistant for two years, he was appointed Minister of Transportation on October 10, 1997. He also represented the Progressive Conservative government on a variety of televised discussion panels, gaining the reputation of a rising star in the party.

Clement was returned in the provincial election of 1999 in the new riding of Brampton West—Mississauga, defeating Liberal candidate Vic Dhillon by over 8,000 votes. He was promoted to Minister of the Environment on June 17, 1999, and served in this capacity until May 3, 2000. In this role, he implemented the program known as Ontario's Drive Clean, which mandated periodic emissions tests on vehicles in southern Ontario.

Clement was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on October 25, 1999, and held this position until February 8, 2001.

On February 8, 2001, Clement was appointed Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. He initiated primary care reform, oversaw the implementation of Telehealth Ontario (a toll-free health information line staffed by registered nurses) and expanded Ontario's hospitals system. Clement also entered into a public-private partnership for a hospital redevelopment in Brampton.

Clement ran for leadership in the 2002 Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leadership election and finished third on the first ballot. Clement then placed his support behind victorious candidate Ernie Eves on the second ballot. When Eves became Premier, he kept Clement in the Health portfolio.

Clement was especially prominent when Toronto suffered an outbreak of SARS in the summer of 2003, travelling to Geneva in a successful bid to urge the World Health Organization to lift a travel ban to Canada's largest city.[14]

The Eves government was defeated in the 2003 provincial election, and Clement was unexpectedly defeated by Vic Dhillon by about 2,500 votes in a rematch of 1999. Clement afterwards worked as a counsel for Bennett Jones LLP. He also was a small business owner and a visiting professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Federal politics

Clement first became prominent in federal politics in 2000, sitting on the steering committee for the United Alternative. This initiative was meant to provide a framework for the Reform Party and Progressive Conservative Party to unite under a single banner. It did not accomplish this end, but nonetheless led to the formation of the Canadian Alliance later that year; Clement served as the Alliance's founding president.

Soon after the 2003 provincial election, Clement declared himself a candidate for the leadership of the new Conservative Party of Canada. His support base was undercut by the candidacy of Belinda Stronach, however, and he placed third in the party's leadership vote, while Stephen Harper emerged as the winner.

He then sought election as the Conservative Party candidate in Brampton West in the 2004 federal election, but lost to Liberal incumbent Colleen Beaumier by about 3,500 votes.

For his second attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada, in the 2006 campaign, he switched to the Parry Sound—Muskoka riding. On election night, he was declared winner by 21 votes. Upon conclusion of the judicial recount, Clement was found to have defeated Mitchell by 28 votes: 18,513-18,485. On February 6, 2006, Clement was appointed as Minister of Health by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Clement pledged to extend an existing measure to require disclosure of meetings by only registered lobbyists with lower-level government officials who have decision-making power.[15]

Minister of Health

Some of Clement's initiatives included announcing a national strategy on autism, working towards establishing Canada's first Patient Wait Times Guarantees, and investing in faster, more effective and safer health information systems across Canada for Canadians.

One of Clement's first initiatives as Minister of Health was establishing the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, an independent not-for-profit organization committed to combating this disease and improve patient quality of life.[16]

In 2006, Clement launched the Public Health Scholarship and Capacity Building Initiative — on-going scholarships supporting public health training and positions across Canada.[17] Furthermore, in 2006, he announced the $1-billion compensation package for pre-1986/post-1990 forgotten victims of the tainted blood scandal, who were neglected in the 1998 settlement agreement.[18]

Clement also played a key role in launching the Chemical Management Plan, which the Conservative government claimed "made Canada a world leader in chemical management". "We have established clear priorities and now we are taking action to protect the health of Canadians," said Clement.[19] Further, the government claimed "Canada was the first nation in the world to take action to prohibit the importation, sale and advertising of baby bottles that contain BPA".[20]

On September 29, 2007, the CBC reported Clement's new strategy to combat the growing drug abuse problem in Canada. "The party is over" for illicit drug users, he announced, with the new policy aiming towards widespread arrest of drug users, in contrast to the old strategy of targeting dealers. Over 130 physicians and scientists signed a petition condemning the Conservative government's "potentially deadly" misrepresentation of the positive evidence for harm reduction programs. Clement stated that governments in Canada have been sending the wrong message about drug use, and he wanted to clear up the mixed messages going out on illicit drugs.[21]

Also in 2007, Clement launched the new Canada's Food Guide, the first update in 15 years incorporating the most up-to-date information based on current nutritional science and a new interactive web section.

Minister of Industry

Tony Clement speaking at Luminato 2010 in Toronto.

On October 30, 2008, Clement was sworn into the office of Industry Minister.[22] This included the appointment to the Office of the Registrar General of Canada.

Shortly after becoming Industry Minister, Clement launched the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, a two-year $2-billion measure that supported infrastructure enhancement at post-secondary institutions across Canada.[23]

In conjunction with the US and Ontario governments, Clement worked closely on the restructuring of GM and Chrysler. Following the successful restructuring, he stated that the companies "will now be in a position to operate a sustainable and viable business that Lost 86% production, innovation and jobs in Canada." Furthermore, he said, "This is news for 32,000 Canadian auto workers, the Canadian auto parts supply chain and for Canadian consumers. Moving forward, the Government of Canada will continue to work toward removing our country's auto industry, while exercising rigorous oversight of taxpayer money."[24]

In the summer of 2010, Clement introduced changes to the 2011 Census. On this issue, he said, "The government will retain the mandatory short form that will collect basic demographic information. To meet the need for additional information, and to respect the privacy wishes of Canadians, the government has introduced the voluntary National Household Survey (NHS)."[25] The change sparked significant criticism, including the resignation of Statistics Canada's Chief Statistician (see Voluntary long-form survey controversy). Other changes included the addition of questions about the languages spoken by Canadians.[26]

On November 14, 2010, Australia's BHP Billiton withdrew its hostile $39-billion offer for Saskatchewan's Potash Corporation. At a news conference following the withdrawal, Clement explained that of the six Investment Canada Act guidelines that determine if an investment has a "net benefit", he said BHP's bid failed to meet three of them. Clement said the Government felt the takeover would not have a beneficial effect on Canada's competitiveness in world markets.[27]

In January 2011, Clement spoke out against a ruling of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) which allowed usage-based billing for wholesale clients and smaller internet service providers. Citing concerns about how the change could adversely affect consumers, small businesses and entrepreneurs, he warned that if they did not revise the decision, the government would intervene. The CRTC initiated its own review of the ruling, and reversed its decision.[28]

In the lead-up to the 2010 G8 summit, Clement was involved in directing $50 million of border security money for largely unrelated projects in his own riding, a practice commonly known as "pork barrelling". Auditor-General Sheila Fraser issued a report criticizing the Minister for breaking the rules and "complained that there was no paperwork to determine how the hundreds of proposals" for spending were narrowed to the 32 projects that were approved. Clement later admitted that this process was not subject to the oversight that it should have been.[29]

President of the Treasury Board

Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board at Simon Fraser University

Shortly after the May 2, 2011 election, Clement was appointed as the President of the Treasury Board, a position of wide-ranging authority and oversight. Consistent with the Conservative Party of Canada's election platform, Clement has been tasked with leading a government-wide spending review, with the goal of finding ways to contain government spending.

On November 2, 2013, Clement backed a motion at the Conservative Party national convention that advocated clawing back public-sector pay and benefits. At the convention he vowed, as the minister responsible for negotiations with the civil service, to "alter the dynamics of collective bargaining as it has been done in this country over the last few decades".[30]

On December 22, 2014, Clement was quoted by the Canadian Press as saying that government deliberately withholds public data because people using the information might "create havoc" by altering the contents.[31]

Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

On February 6, 2006, in addition to being appointed Minister of Health, Clement was also appointed Minister responsible for FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario). Clement held the FedNor portfolio until July 2013. FedNor invests in projects that support community economic development, business growth and competitiveness, and innovation; FedNor's goal is to encourage economic growth, diversification, job creation and self-reliant communities in northern Ontario.[32]

Between February 2006 and January 2012, FedNor approved $398 million in support of 1,742 projects, which leveraged an additional $614 million from other sources. During this same period, FedNor also approved $11 million towards 364 youth internships, with close to two-thirds of these interns finding employment following their internship. Of the total funding from February 2006 to January 2012, $44 million went toward 300 tourism-related projects, which included over 70 youth internships.

FedNor projects include some of the following:

Red Lake - Unorganized Kenora District - To build on existing efforts to extend Union Gas' natural gas pipeline to the Goldcorp mines, businesses, and residences of the Red Lake community. $2.7 million[33]

Dryden - The Corporation of The City of Dryden - To expand Dryden's industrial park and the Norwill subdivision (acquisition and clearing of land, construction of an access road, and expansion of municipal services). $1,470,000

Eagle Lake - Eagle Lake First Nation - To prepare the First Nation for the development of one of two proposed wood processing plants for the Two Feathers Forest Products Initiative. Project cancelled on January 27, 2011

Parry Sound - The Corporation of the Town of Parry Sound - To expand municipal services to accommodate the announced $6.2-million construction of an expanded Parry Sound Canadore College campus. $1,290,000

FedNor has provided funding to encourage tourism in northern Ontario by:

• Increasing the awareness of this region as a tourism destination;
• Encouraging product development and investments in northern Ontario's tourism assets and products by supporting new and expanding festivals and events, and developing niche tourism products (e.g., authentic Aboriginal, francophone, motorcycling touring routes);
• Fostering an adequate supply of skills and labour to enhance visitor experiences.

Opposition

Clement retained his seat in the 2015 general election that defeated the Conservative government. Moving to the Opposition benches, he was appointed the Opposition's critic for foreign affairs by interim Leader of the Opposition Rona Ambrose. He stepped down from the Shadow Cabinet on July 12, 2016 in order to launch his campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party. He ended his campaign on October 12, 2016, due to not meeting fundraising goals he had set for his campaign.[34]

Sexting scandal

In early November 2018, Clement resigned his House of Commons committee assignments and his role as Conservative Shadow Minister for Justice. The resignation was filed after he admitted having shared "sexually explicit images and a video of [himself]" with an individual or party that he "believed was a consenting female recipient" but was actually a person that Clement claimed had targeted him for extortion. The RCMP were investigating the situation.[35] After additional allegations of improper behaviour were made against Clement on November 7, party leader Andrew Scheer requested that he also resign from the Conservative caucus. Clement did so and continued to sit as an independent MP.[4] In January 2019, two men from the Ivory Coast were arrested in connection with the attempted extortion of Clement.[36] On April 2, Clement announced that he would not be standing as a candidate in the next federal election.[37]

Political positions

Clement has stated that there are circumstances where the death penalty is warranted.[38][39]

Clement, as Conservative Public Safety Critic, stated in February 2017 that the RCMP needs to "enforce the law" to stop the influx of Syrian Refugees attempting to cross the Canada–United States border in the wake of US President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13769 to ban citizens of certain majority Muslim countries from entering the United States. When a CBC Radio reporter asked Clement in a telephone interview to specify the measures the RCMP must take to do so, he refused to answer and hung up.[40] Clement stated in an interview with Power Play on CTV News Channel that the Conservatives "are calling for two things in particular. One, more resources, more money and funding, and human resources for the border agents and for the RCMP to deal with this much higher influx... Secondly, we want the federal government to develop a plan. What is the plan that is going to be employed or deployed to ensure that the rule of law continues in this country, that the laws are obeyed, that we don't have illegal crossings?"[41]

Clement favored reforming Canada's taxation system.[42] When running for the Conservative Party leadership he collaborated with Roger Martin on a proposal for a lifetime income tax.[43]

Electoral record

Federal

2015 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tony Clement	22,206	43.30	-12.43	$135,346.97
	Liberal	Trisha Cowie	19,937	38.88	+27.40	$54,044.00
	New Democratic	Matthew McCarthy	5,183	10.11	-14.06	$14,429.33
	Green	Glen Hodgson	3,704	7.22	-0.92	$9,993.57
	Pirate	Duncan Bell	121	0.24		–
	Canadian Action	Gordie Merton	88	0.17		–
	Marxist–Leninist	Albert Gray Smith	40	0.08	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,279	100.00	+10.49	$221,183.08
Total rejected ballots			134	0.26	-0.03
Turnout			51,413	67.96	+2.85
Eligible voters			75,642		+4.43
	Conservative hold		Swing		-19.92
Source(s) "Election Night Results – Parry Sound—Muskoka". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2015. "Final Candidate Election Expenses Limits — 42nd General Election — October 19, 2015".

2011 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tony Clement	25,864	55.73	+5.55	$ 68,527.11
	New Democratic	Wendy Wilson	11,217	24.17	+11.86	16.583.78
	Liberal	Cindy Waters	5,330	11.48	-13.51	25,599.58
	Green	Glen Hodgson	3,776	8.14	-3.63	12,055.16
	Independent	David Carmichael	168	0.36		1,086.61
	Marxist–Leninist	Albert Gray Smith	54	0.12		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,409	100.00	+6.68	$ 89,717.72
Total rejected ballots			133	0.29	+0.07
Turnout			46,542	65.11	+2.40
Eligible voters			71,477		+2.82
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.16
Source(s) "Official Voting Results — Forty-First General Election 2011 (Table 11)". Elections Canada. "Official Voting Results — Forty-First General Election 2011 (Table 12)". Retrieved November 1, 2015. "Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return – Candidates' Summary (as reviewed by Elections Canada)".

2008 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tony Clement	21,831	50.19	+10.09	$ 85,379.18
	Liberal	Jamie McGarvey	10,871	24.99	−15.05	53,208.34
	New Democratic	Jo-Anne Boulding	5,355	12.31	+0.46	11,360.08
	Green	Glen Hodgson	5,119	11.77	+3.75	9,469.06
	Independent	David Rowland	325	0.75		620.00
Total valid votes/Expense Limit			43,501	100.0	-5.78	$ 86,569.39
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			93	0.21	−0.10
Turnout			43,594	62.71	−4.83
Electors on the lists			69,514		+1.37
	Conservative hold		Swing		+12.57
Source(s) "Official Voting Results — Fortieth General Election 2008 (Table 11)". Elections Canada. "Official Voting Results — Fortieth General Election 2008 (Table 12)". "Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return – Candidates' Summary (As reviewed by Election Canada)".

2006 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tony Clement	18,513	40.10	+3.75	$ 78,455.14
	Liberal	Andy Mitchell	18,485	40.04	−3.82	76,877.80
	New Democratic	Jo-Anne Boulding	5,472	11.85	+0.08	17,712.85
	Green	Glen Hodgson	3,701	8.02	–	4,700.60
Total valid votes			46,171	100.0	+5.09	$ 80,177.85
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			147	0.32	+0.03
Turnout			46,318	67.54	+3.51
Electors on the lists			68,577		-0.35
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.78
Source(s) "Official Voting Results — Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 (Table 11)". Elections Canada. "Official Voting Results — Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 (Table 12)". "Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return – Candidates' Summary (As reviewed by Election Canada)".

2004 Canadian federal election: Brampton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Colleen Beaumier	21,254	45.4
	Conservative	Tony Clement	18,768	40.0
	New Democratic	Chris Moise	4,920	10.5
	Green	Sanjeev Goel	1,603	3.4
	Independent	Tom Bose	371	0.8
Total valid votes			46,916	100.0

Provincial

2003 Ontario general election: Brampton West—Mississauga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vic Dhillon	28,926	46.18	+8.95
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Clement	26,414	42.17	-13.70
	New Democratic	Chris Moise	5,103	8.15	+1.82
	Family Coalition	Paul Micelli	1,122	1.79	–
	Green	Paul Simas	811	1.29	–
	Freedom	John G. Purdy	266	0.42	–
Total valid votes			62,642	100.0
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			555	0.87	+0.66
Turnout			63,197	51.00	-0.20
Electors on the lists			124,317		–
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.33

1999 Ontario general election: Brampton West—Mississauga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Clement	24,909	55.87
	Liberal	Vic Dhillon	16,599	37.23
	New Democratic	John Devries	2,824	6.33
	Natural Law	Mei Sze Viau	252	0.57
Total valid votes			44,584	100.0
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			501	0.11
Turnout			45,085	51.20
Electors on the lists			88,003

1995 Ontario general election: Brampton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Clement	21,859	49.66	+21.16
	Liberal	Bob Callahan	15,237	34.62	+2.32
	New Democratic	Paul Ledgister	5,676	12.89	-18.31
	Family Coalition	Bernie Cissek	1,011	2.2	-4.1
	Natural Law	Maxim Newby	229	0.59
Total valid votes			44,012	100.0
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			501	0.11
Turnout			44,458	59.70	–
Electors on the lists			74,364		–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.84

Municipal

1994 Toronto municipal election, Metro Toronto Councillor, High Park

Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes	Notes
David Miller	7,950	38.03
Andrew Witer	6,845	32.74
Tony Clement	4,722	22.59
Caryl Manning	1,390	6.65
Total valid votes	20,907	100.00

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External links

• Official website
• Tony Clement – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archive)
• Profile at Parliament of Canada
• Tony Clement – Parliament of Canada biography
• Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca
• Tony Clement archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services

28th Ministry – Cabinet of Stephen Harper
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Stockwell Day	President of the Treasury Board 2011–2015	Scott Brison
Jim Prentice	Minister of Industry 2008–2011	Christian Paradis
Ujjal Dosanjh	Minister of Health 2006–2008	Leona Aglukkaq
Andy Mitchell	Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario 2006–2013	Greg Rickford
Ontario Provincial Government of Ernie Eves
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Continued from the Harris Ministry	Minister of Health and Long-Term Care 2002–2003	George Smitherman
Ontario Provincial Government of Mike Harris
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Elizabeth Witmer	Minister of Health and Long-Term Care 2001–2002	Continued into the Eves Ministry
Steve Gilchrist	Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing 1999–2001	Chris Hodgson
Norm Sterling	Minister of the Environment 1999–2000	Dan Newman
Al Palladini	Minister of Transportation 1997–1999	David Turnbull