Ministry of Education (Ontario)
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The Ministry of Education (EDU) is the agency of the Ontario government in the Canadian province of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.
This Ministry is responsible for curriculum and guidelines for all officially recognized elementary and secondary schools in the province and some outside of the province. The ministry is also responsible for public and separate school boards across Ontario, but are not involved in the day to day operations.
Notable ministers of education in the past have included Bill Davis, Dr. Bette Stephenson, Sean Conway and Gerard Kennedy. The current Minister of Education is Laurel Broten.
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[edit] Ministers of Education
- Adam Crooks (1876-1883) Liberal
- Arthur Sturgis Hardy (1883) interim Liberal
- George Ross (1883-1899) Liberal
- Richard Harcourt (1899-1905) Liberal
- Robert Pyne (1905-1918) Conservative
- Henry John Cody (1918-1919) Conservative
- Robert Grant (1919-1923) United Farmers of Ontario
- Howard Ferguson (1923-1930) as Premier Conservative
- George Henry (1930-1934) as Premier Conservative
- Leonard Simpson (1934-1940) Liberal
- Duncan McArthur (1940-1943) Liberal
- George Drew (1943-1948) Progressive Conservative
- Dana Porter (1948-1951) Progressive Conservative
- William Dunlop (1951-1959) Progressive Conservative
- John Robarts (1959-1962) Progressive Conservative
- Bill Davis (1962-1971) Progressive Conservative
- Robert Welch (1971-1972) Progressive Conservative
- Thomas Wells (1972-1978) Progressive Conservative
- Bette Stephenson (1978-1985) Progressive Conservative
- Keith Norton (1985) Progressive Conservative
- Larry Grossman (1985) Progressive Conservative
- Sean Conway (1985-1987) Liberal
- Christopher Ward (1987-1989) Liberal
- Sean Conway (1989-1990) NDP
- Marion Boyd (1990-1991) NDP
- Tony Silipo (1991-1993) NDP
- Dave Cooke (1993-1995) NDP
- John Snobelen (1995-1997) Progressive Conservative
- David Johnson (1997-1999) Progressive Conservative
- Janet Ecker (1999-2002) Progressive Conservative
- Elizabeth Witmer (2002-2003) Progressive Conservative
- Gerard Kennedy (2003-2006) Liberal
- Sandra Pupatello (2006) Liberal
- Kathleen Wynne (2006-2010) Liberal
- Leona Dombrowsky (2010-2011) Liberal
- Laurel Broten (2011-Present) Liberal
