Legislative Assembly

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2002

Salary Name Position
$187,109.83
earned in 2001
THOMAS MITCHINSON Assistant Commissioner
Legislative Assembly
$178,642.96
earned in 2001
WILLIAM CHALLIS General Counsel
Legislative Assembly
$178,033.66
earned in 2001
KEN ANDERSON Director, Corporate Services
Legislative Assembly
$170,954.09
earned in 2001
CLAUDE DESROSIERS Clerk of Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
$157,826.31
earned in 2001
ANN CAVOUKIAN Commissioner
Legislative Assembly
$157,822.69
earned in 2001
JOHN SWAIGEN Legal Counsel
Legislative Assembly
$153,714.26
earned in 2001
JOHN HIGGINS Legal Counsel
Legislative Assembly
$143,526.08
earned in 2001
MARY ODONOGHUE Manager, Legal Services
Legislative Assembly
$143,066.04
earned in 2001
ROBERT RUTHERFORD Commissioner
Legislative Assembly
$143,013.36
earned in 2001
HON. MICHAEL D. HARRIS Premier & President of Executive Council
Legislative Assembly
$140,177.46
earned in 2001
JUDITH GOLDSTEIN Legal Counsel
Legislative Assembly
$139,052.09
earned in 2001
DAVID GOODIS Senior Adj./Mgr. Adjudication
Legislative Assembly
$123,790.65
earned in 2001
DALTON MCGUINTY Leader, Official Opposition - Liberal
Legislative Assembly
$123,015.83
earned in 2001
MARY DICKERSON Exec. Dir, Legislative Library
Legislative Assembly
$122,770.09
earned in 2001
PAUL TRANQUADA Dir.,Building Management & Conservation
Legislative Assembly
$122,037.62
earned in 2001
SYLVIA NEMANIC Exec. Director, Admin. Serv.
Legislative Assembly
$121,789.87
earned in 2001
DEBORAH DELLER Cl. Asst. & Exec. Dir., Leg. Serv.
Legislative Assembly
$120,049.40
earned in 2001
WARREN BAILIE Chief Election Officer
Legislative Assembly
$117,336.63
earned in 2001
GORDON MILLER Environmental Commissioner
Legislative Assembly
$113,723.03
earned in 2001
PHILIP DEWAN Liberal Caucus
Legislative Assembly
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Published March 2002

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2002

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:

2002 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 51 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $6,297,770.23 in 2001.

At the top of the Legislative Assembly Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Legislative Assembly was Assistant Commissioner THOMAS MITCHINSON, who brought home $187,109.83 in 2001.

Following THOMAS MITCHINSON was General Counsel WILLIAM CHALLIS, with annual earnings of $178,642.96. Director, Corporate Services KEN ANDERSON made $178,033.66, Clerk of Legislative Assembly CLAUDE DESROSIERS made $170,954.09, and Commissioner ANN CAVOUKIAN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $157,826.31 for the Legislative Assembly 2002 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2001, 7 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 37 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 7 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Legislative Assembly.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 7 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 37 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 7 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2002 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2002 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2002 Employers List.