Order of precedence in Ontario

Ontario order of precedence

1. The Queen of Canada in Right of Ontario
2. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
3. Premier of Ontario
4. Chief Justice of Ontario
5. Heads of accredited diplomatic missions in Ottawa
6. Former Lieutenant Governors of Ontario in order of their departure from office:
7. # Hal Jackman OC OOnt CD
8. # Hilary Weston CM OOnt
9. # James Bartleman OOnt
10. # David Onley OOnt
11. Former Premiers of Ontario in order of their first assumption of office:
12. # Bill Davis PC CC OOnt QC
13. # David Peterson PC
14. # Bob Rae PC CC OOnt QC
15. # Mike Harris
16. # Ernie Eves
17. # Dalton McGuinty
18. # Kathleen Wynne MPP
19. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
20. Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
21. # Christine Elliott MPP, Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
22. # Vic Fedeli MPP, Minister of Finance and Chair of Cabinet
23. # Merrilee Fullerton MPP, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
24. # Sylvia Jones MPP, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
25. # Lisa Thompson MPP, Minister of Education
26. # Rod Phillips MPP, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
27. # Monte McNaughton MPP, Minister of Infrastructure
28. # Lisa MacLeod MPP, Minister of Children and Youth Services, Minister Responsible for Women's Issues and Minister of Community and Social Services
29. # Raymond Cho MPP, Minister of Seniors and Accessibility
30. # Jeff Yurek MPP, Minister of Transportation
31. # Laurie Scott MPP, Minister of Labour
32. # Greg Rickford PC MPP, Minister of Energy, Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Indigenous Affairs
33. # Michael Tibollo MPP, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
34. # Ernie Hardeman MPP, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
35. # Steve Clark MPP, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
36. # John Yakabuski MPP, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry
37. # Peter Bethlenfalvy MPP, President of the Treasury Board
38. # Todd Smith MPP, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and Government House Leader
39. # Caroline Mulroney MPP, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs
40. # Bill Walker MPP, Minister of Government and Consumer Services
41. Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition
42. Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada resident in Ontario
43. # Members of the federal Cabinet in order of their appointment to the Cabinet
44. ## Navdeep Singh Bains PC BA MBA CMA MP, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
45. ## William Francis Morneau PC MP, Minister of Finance
46. ## Chrystia Freeland PC MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs
47. ## Maryam Monsef PC MP, Minister of the Status of Women
48. ## Kirsty Duncan PC MP, Minister of Science
49. ## Patty Hajdu PC MP, Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour
50. ## Bardish Chagger PC MP, Minister of Small Business and Tourism and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
51. ## Karina Gould PC MP, Minister of Democratic Institutions
52. ## Ahmed Hussen PC MP, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
53. # Other members of the Queen's Privy Council resident in Ontario in order of their appointment but with precedence given to those who bear the honorary title "Right Honourable" in accordance with the date of receiving the honorary title
54. ## Paul Theodore Hellyer PC
55. ## Donald Stovel Macdonald PC CC
56. ## Robert Stanbury PC QC
57. ## Alastair Gillespie PC OC
58. ## Hugh Faulkner PC
59. ## Jean-Jacques Blais PC
60. ## Anthony Abbott PC
61. ## Norman Cafik PC
62. ## John Mercer Reid PC
63. ## David MacDonald PC
64. ## William H. Jarvis PC
65. ## Sinclair Stevens PC
66. ## John Wise PC
67. ## Ron Atkey PC QC
68. ## David Crombie PC OC
69. ## Perrin Beatty PC
70. ## Robert Howie PC
71. ## James Fleming PC
72. ## Ed Lumley PC
73. ## Paul Cosgrove PC
74. ## Judy Erola PC
75. ## Ed Broadbent PC CC
76. ## Bill Davis PC CC O.Ont QC
77. ## David Collenette PC
78. ## David Paul Smith PC QC
79. ## Roy MacLaren PC
80. ## Ralph Ferguson PC
81. ## Otto Jelinek PC
82. ## Rob Nicholson PC QC MP
83. ## Bev Oda PC
84. ## Marjory LeBreton PC
85. ## Diane Finley PC MP
86. ## Michael Chong PC MP
87. ## Gordon O'Connor PC OMM CD
88. ## John Baird PC
89. ## Tony Clement PC MP
90. ## Peter Van Loan PC
91. ## Gary Goodyear PC DC FCCSS
92. ## Lisa Raitt PC BSc MSc LLB MP
93. ## Julian Fantino PC COM OOnt
94. ## Bal Gosal PC BSc
95. ## Joe Oliver PC
96. ## Peter Kent PC MP
97. ## Kellie Leitch PC OOnt MD MBA FRCS MP
98. ## Pierre Poilievre PC MP
99. ## Ed Holder PC BA
100. ## Erin O'Toole PC CD BA LLB MP
101. ## Jane Philpott PC MD MP
102. Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
103. Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
104. Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice
105. Judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal in order of date of appointment
106. Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice in order of date of appointment
107. The Ontario Ombudsman
108. Members of the Legislative Assembly in order of the date of their first election to the Legislature
109. Heads of religious denominations
110. Heads of Consular Post with jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario with precedence governed by date of "exequatur"
111. The Chief Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice
112. Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice with precedence governed by the date of appointment
113. Chairs of Regional Municipalities with relative precedence governed by the date of appointment or election to office
114. Heads of Ontario Municipalities with precedence governed by the date of their first election to office
115. # Deputy Ministers
116. # Other senior Ontario Public Service officials with the rank and status of deputy minister, with precedence governed by the respective dates of their first appointment.