Queen's Park haunted by ghosts of the past

Most politicians have skeletons in their closets, just like the rest of us, but it seems they have a few ghosts as well. Queen's Park is the seat of Ontario's provincial government in Toronto, Ontario and paranormal sightings are giving politicians and parliamentary staff members the willies.
In the office of Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman, planning coordinator, Anthony Hylton saw a man about 6 foot, 2 inches in a dark suit leave the vice-regal washroom, walk past a reception desk and into the historic Music Room.

"I saw something. Call it a ghost. Call it what you will," said Hylton, a nine-year veteran of the lieutenant governor's office.

This sighting on Jan. 9, 2006 at about 1 p.m. left Hylton wondering at first if it was simply a colleague. He shouted and followed after the man, but no one was in the Music Room. Another staff member also saw the man, but a receptionist who was nearby did not see him.
A few months later, early in the morning of May 23, cleaner Judy Lyng saw a man in a swallow-tail coat enter the same washroom. The woman only worked half days and spoke little English, so she could not really talk to her colleagues about the sighting. However, she was so terrified that she refused to enter the upstairs part of the offices alone. She will only venture there if another staff member goes with her.
She later managed to relate that she'd seen a man from one of the many portraits of former lieutenant governors that hang in the suite. A spokesperson from Bartleman's office said her account helped them narrow the possibilities of who it might be down to a group of portraits that include former premier Sir Oliver Mowat (1820-1903), who served as lieutenant governor from 1897 until his death while still in office in 1903; the Hon. Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick (1841-1899) serving from 1892-1897; the Hon. Sir John Morison Gibson (1842-1929) serving from 1908-1914; Lt.-Col. The Hon. Sir John Strathearn Hendrie (1857-1923) serving from 1914-1919; and the Hon. Sir William Mortimer Clark (1836-1917) serving from 1903-1908.
House speaker Mike Brown said he planned to talk with Sergeant-at-Arms, Dennis Clark about these sightings when he returns to Queen's Park after the summer break, which should be any time now. He has apparently already talked with Bartleman and several security guards about the apparitions.
"Apparently, our security guys have some experiences of their own and I am going to be at Queen's Park and I will ask Dennis and his staff about these out-of-world visitors," Brown said.
According to Insp. Rick Boon of the legislative security service, he's been hearing about hauntings since he first arrived at Queen's Park. One of those stories involved a ghost horse that walks down the main staircase.
FORMER INSANE ASSYLUM
It is interesting to note that the Ontario legislature was built on the grounds of a former insane asylum. Is that why our politicians seem to be out of their minds sometimes???? Anyway, rumor has it that three former female inmates haunt the building today. One has long white hair and another has a checked dress thrown over her head. A third apparently hanged herself in the basement. Yikes!
As well, the legislative archives contain a story about the ghost of an old soldier who paraded in front of the office of the Queen's Printer. Since he made audible moaning sounds, at least one watchman refused to enter the print room after dark.

Story originally in the Toronto Sun