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The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which operates in the Westminster system of government. The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government, and the party's leader becomes premier of the province, i.e., the head of the government. Ontario's primary political parties are the centre-left Ontario Liberal Party, the centre-right Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC), and the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). The Green Party of Ontario has seen its support grow over the years - to 8.1% of the vote in 2007 - but has yet to win a seat in the Legislature. ==Liberal hegemony before 1905== After the Province's indecisive first election in 1867, in which the Conservative John Sandfield Macdonald became the first Premier, the Liberals under Edward Blake gained power in 1871 which they would hold until 1905. Blake left for federal politics in 1872, and Oliver Mowat would then serve as Premier until 1896. Secure in its predominance in the rural parts of Southwestern Ontario, the Liberals also received support through their friendship with the Roman Catholic hierarchy, their use of patronage for political ends, and their dealings with the liquor trade. Mowat's success was buttressed by Arthur Sturgis Hardy's activity as a hard-nosed and down-to-earth politician in his service, as noted by ''Grip'': Acting as his own Attorney General, Mowat successfully promoted the cause of provincial sovereignty before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, winning key controversies over Provincial boundaries,〔(【引用サイトリンク】Ontario-Manitoba Boundary Case )〕 jurisdiction over liquor licenses, trade and commerce, rivers and streams, timber, mineral rights and other matters. Mowat was cautious in his approach to reform, preferring to do so by instalments.〔 As George William Ross observed later, it reflected Mowat's cunning: The agrarian revolt and anti-Catholic sentiment in 1894, exemplified by the rise of the Patrons of Industry and the Protestant Protective Association, was deftly handled by the Liberals and Conservatives declining to nominate a full bank of candidates in that election and fielding candidates that were nominated by these protest groups.〔 The Patrons and PPA ceased to exist by 1898. After Mowat left for federal politics in 1896, the premiership was passed to Hardy, who promoted the development of New Ontario with measures for colonization and incentives for the development of lumber and mining operations.〔 He was followed by Ross in 1899, but a series of scandals in Ross' term of office would lead to his defeat in 1905. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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