Queens-Park(The Canadian Press) Ontario’s Liberal government plans to change the fixed election date from fall to spring and will add another 15 members of the legislature for the 2018 election.

Premier Kathleen Wynne says Ontario will match federal riding boundary changes, which means the number of members of the provincial legislature will grow from 107 to 122.

But, the province will keep one additional seat in northern Ontario than at the federal level because the government wants to make sure the “unique needs of the north” are protected.

Wynne says the province will also tighten rules on election-related third party advertising, which has more than tripled since the 2007 election.

The Premier says Elections Ontario recommended moving the fixed election date from October to June to avoid overlap with federal and municipal elections.

Last year’s Ontario election was in June, but that was triggered after the opposition parties vowed to vote against the budget, which would defeat the then-minority Liberal government.