Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He is the 24th and current Premier of Ontario, Canada.
McGuinty is generally regarded as holding moderate views on economic issues, with his first budget raising personal taxes and planning to eliminate the province's tax on the capital of corporations. He holds liberal views on social issues, supporting abortion rights and same-sex marriage.
First elected to the premiership in 2003, with his reelection in 2007 McGuinty became the first Ontario Liberal to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearly 70 years earlier. In 2011, he became the first Liberal premier to secure a third consecutive term since Sir Oliver Mowat, after his party was re-elected in that year's provincial election, albeit with a minority.
On October 15, 2012, McGuinty announced that he will resign from his position as leader and premier after a new leader is chosen at the next Ontario Liberal Party convention that is being held in 2013.
Read more about Dalton McGuinty: Early Life, Member of Provincial Parliament, Provincial Leadership, First Term As Opposition Leader, Second Term As Opposition Leader, 2003 Election Campaign, 2007 Re-election, Second Term (2007–2011), 2011 Re-election, Third Term and Resignation (2011–present)