Legislative Assembly

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 1998

Salary Name Position
$147,057.45
earned in 1997
AJIT DESHMUKH Dir of Finance- Office of the Assembly
Legislative Assembly
$122,620.50
earned in 1997
ALEX McFEDRIES Senior Clerk Assistant, Off. of the Assembly
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
AL LEACH Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
AL PALLADINI Minister of Economic Dev., Trade and Tourism
Legislative Assembly
$117,453.42
earned in 1997
ANN CAVOUKIAN Commissioner, IPC
Legislative Assembly
$117,738.33
earned in 1997
BARBARA J SPEAKMAN Exec Dir- Assembly Services
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
CHARLES HARNICK Attorney General (and Native Affairs)
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
CHRIS HODGSON Minister of Nor. Dev. & Mines & Chair- MB
Legislative Assembly
$102,345.48
earned in 1997
CHRIS STOCKWELL Speaker, Office of the Assembly
Legislative Assembly
$146,798.32
earned in 1997
CLAUDE L DESROSIERS Clerk of the House - Office of the Assembly
Legislative Assembly
$121,067.16
earned in 1997
DALTON McGUINTY Leader of the Official Opposition-Liberal Party
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
DAVID JOHNSON Minister of Education and Training
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
DAVID TSUBOUCHI Minister of Consumer and Commercial Rel.
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
DIANNE CUNNINGHAM Min. of Intergovt. Affs. (and Women's Issues)
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
ELISABETH WITMER Minister of Health
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
ERNIE EVES Minister of Finance, Deputy Premier
Legislative Assembly
$128,732.23
earned in 1997
EVA B LIGETI Environmental Commissioner
Legislative Assembly
$103,492.32
earned in 1997
GORDON KUSHNER Exec Dir- Commission on Election Finances
Legislative Assembly
$105,855.72
earned in 1997
HOWARD HAMPTON Leader , New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
$111,004.20
earned in 1997
JANET ECKER Minister of Community and Social Services
Legislative Assembly
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Published March 1998

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 1998

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Legislative Assembly, including:

  • Top Salaries at Legislative Assembly in the 1998 Sunshine List
  • Dir of Finance- Office of the Assembly
    $147,057.45
  • Clerk of the House - Office of the Assembly
    $146,798.32
  • Premier and President of the Exec. Council
    $139,866.96
  • Environmental Commissioner
    $128,732.23
  • Senior Clerk Assistant, Off. of the Assembly
    $122,620.50

1998 Ontario Sunshine List: Legislative Assembly Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Legislative Assembly's 33 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $3,801,574.61 in 1997.

At the top of the Legislative Assembly Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Legislative Assembly was Dir of Finance- Office of the Assembly AJIT DESHMUKH, who brought home $147,057.45 in 1997.

Following AJIT DESHMUKH was Clerk of the House - Office of the Assembly CLAUDE L DESROSIERS, with annual earnings of $146,798.32. Premier and President of the Exec. Council MIKE HARRIS made $139,866.96, Environmental Commissioner EVA B LIGETI made $128,732.23, and Senior Clerk Assistant, Off. of the Assembly ALEX McFEDRIES round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $122,620.50 for the Legislative Assembly 1998 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 1997, 7 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 26 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 at the Legislative Assembly.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 7 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 26 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 1998 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 1998 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 1998 Employers List.