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On the 2020 Sunshine List · 8 years

Margaret Leighton

Counsel to the Chair · Attorney General
2020 Total Compensation Paid
$147,090.66
▼ 18.1% since 2012

Margaret Leighton was paid $147,090.66 in total compensation as Counsel to the Chair at Attorney General in 2020, 47% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Margaret Leighton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2012, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $187,888.00 a year, down 18% over that span.

That is 31% below the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$147,090.66
Latest compensation
in 2020
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$187,888.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-18.1%
Career growth
since 2012
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$135K$157K$179K$201K$223K20122013201420152016201820192020
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Margaret Leighton's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2018 · $215,199.87
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$187,888.00
Total growth since 2012-18.1%
Biggest raise+8.2% (2018)
Biggest drop-28.2% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2020Latest
Counsel to the Chair$147,090.66▼ 28.2%
2019
Counsel to the Chair$204,897.93▼ 4.8%
2018★ Best
Counsel to the Chair$215,199.87▲ 8.2%
2016
Counsel to the Chair↑ role changed$198,846.57▲ 3.9%
2015
Counsel to the Chair / Avocate auprès du président$191,432.41▲ 2.6%
2014
Counsel to the Chair / Avocate auprès du président↑ role changed$186,508.89▲ 3.9%
2013
Counsel to the Chair$179,576.03▲ 0.0%
2012First
Counsel to the Chair$179,548.80
8 years total$1.5M total$187,888.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Counsel to the Chair
Sector
Government of Ontario – Ministries
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2020
Years on list
8

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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