Paul Calandra

The Honourable Paul Calandra MPP
Calandra in 2023
Ontario Government House Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office June 20, 2019
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Todd Smith
Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Incumbent
Assumed office September 5, 2023
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Steve Clark
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Markham—Stouffville
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Helena Jaczek[a]
Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care
In office January 14, 2022 – September 4, 2023
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Rod Phillips
Succeeded by	Stan Cho
Ontario Minister of Legislative Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Position created
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines (Energy)
In office June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019
Preceded by	Han Dong
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Parliament for Oak Ridges—Markham
In office October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Lui Temelkovski
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada for Intergovernmental Affairs
In office September 19, 2013 – November 3, 2015
Preceded by	Dean Del Mastro
Succeeded by	Adam Vaughan
Personal details
Born	(1970-05-13) May 13, 1970 (age 54) Markham, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Other political affiliations	Conservative Canadian Alliance
Residence(s)	Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Paul A. Calandra (born May 13, 1970) is a Canadian politician who has served as a minister in the Ontario provincial cabinet since 2019. Calandra has been the government house leader for the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party since 2019, minister of legislative affairs since 2021, and minister of municipal affairs and housing since 2023. He previously served as the minister of long-term care from 2022 to 2023. Calandra represents Markham—Stouffville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

He previously sat in the federal House of Commons from 2008 to 2015 for the Conservative Party, serving as a parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2013 to 2015. In the 2015 federal election, he was a candidate in the Markham—Stouffville riding, created as a result of the federal electoral redistribution of 2012, and was defeated by Jane Philpott.
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