TORONTO - Another member of the Ontario legislature has announced she won't seek re-election this October.

Burlington Progressive Conservative Joyce Savoline has issued a statement saying she has made what she calls a "very difficult decision" not to run again.

Savoline, the Tories' Municipal Affairs and Housing critic, first entered politics in 1982 as a local and regional councillor before serving 12 years as Halton's Regional Chairwoman.

She was first elected to the Ontario legislature in a February, 2007 byelection and won re-election later that fall.

Veteran Conservatives Bill Murdoch and Gerry Martiniuk have also announced they won't seek re-election Oct. 6, while at least nine Liberals have also said they too won't be on the ballot.