Simcoe—Grey

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Simcoe—Grey
Ontario electoral district


Simcoe—Grey in relation to Southern Ontario ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Helena Guergis
Conservative
District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Jim Wilson
Progressive Conservative
District created 1999
First contested 1999
Last contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 125,985
Electors (2007) 84,518
Area (km²) 2,515
Pop. density (per km²) 50.1
Census divisions Simcoe, Grey
Census subdivisions New Tecumseth, Springwater, Collingwood, Essa, Wasaga Beach, Clearview, Adjala-Tosorontio, Blue Mountains

Simcoe—Grey is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe.

It consists of the municipalities of Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview, Wasaga Beach, Springwater, Essa, New Tecumseth and Adjala-Tosorontio. It had a population of 117,505 in 2001, and an area of 2,515 km².

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[edit] Federal electoral district

It consisted initially of:

  • the part of the County of Simcoe lying to the west of and including the Town of New Tecumseth and the Township of Essa, to the west of and exlcuding the City of Barrie, to the east of and including the townships of Vespra and Flos, and to the south of and excluding the Township of Tiny;
  • in the County of Grey, the Town of Thornbury, the villages of Flesherton and Markdale, and the townships of Artemesia, Collingwood and Osprey.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Paul Bonwick, Liberal (1997-2004)
  2. Helena Guergis, Conservative (2004-present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

  1. Jim Wilson, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (1990-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Helena Guergis 30,135 49.76% +9.14 $84,182
     Liberal Elizabeth Kirley 18,689 30.86 -9.53% $92,500
     New Democrat Katy Austin 6,784 11.20% +1.20% $10,777
     Green Peter Ellis 3,372 5.57% +1.75% $2,361
     Christian Heritage Peter Vander Zaag 1,585 2.62% -1.51 $14,302


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Helena Guergis 22,496
     Liberal Paul Bonwick 22,396
     New Democrat Colin Mackinnon 5,532
     Green Peter Ellis 2,668
     Christian Heritage Peter Vander Zaag 2,285


Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Paul Bonwick 22,224
     Canadian Alliance George Demery 16,113
     Progressive Conservative Bill Dunkley 8,655
     New Democrat Michael Kennedy 1,646
     Canadian Action James McGillivray 751
     Independent Victor Carvalho 246


Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Paul Bonwick 17,895
     Reform Paul Shaw 17,414
     Progressive Conservative Shawn Mitchell 11,761
     New Democrat Marty Wilkinson 3,090
     Christian Heritage Mia Colaris 664

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jim Wilson 24,139 50.6
     Liberal Steven Fishman 12,428 26.0
     Green Peter Ellis 5,416 11.4
     New Democrat Katy Austin 4,397 9.2
     Libertarian Philip Bender 718 1.5
     Family Coalition Steven Taylor 358 0.8
     Independent Owen Ferguson 275 0.6
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 31429 66.8%
Mixed member proportional 15659 33.2%
Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Jim Wilson 26,114 51.47 -14.53
     Liberal Mark Redmond 17,505 34.5 +8.06
     New Democrat Leo Losereit 5,032 9.92 +2.36
     Green Geoffrey Maile 875 1.72
     Family Coalition Steven J. Taylor 801 1.58
     Libertarian Philip Bender 411 0.81
Ontario general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Jim Wilson 31,984 66
     Liberal Norman Sandberg 12,815 26.44
     New Democrat Mary Hart 3,662 7.56

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