ONTARIO-Premier Doug Ford today confirmed that the Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, has accepted the premier’s advice to sign a proclamation dissolving the 43rd Parliament of the Province of Ontario, effective as of 4:00 p.m. today.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Election Act, the Lieutenant Governor also called for the issuance of writs for the general election to be issued January 29, 2025, and named February 27, 2025, as the date of Ontario’s next general election.
This comes 16 months before the regularly scheduled time frame for an election in Ontario.
Ford claims he needs a stronger mandate to deal with possible tariffs coming from the US following the election of President Donald Trump.