Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 116,307 | ||
Electors (2015) | 95,511 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 1,950 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 59.6 | ||
Census division(s) | Simcoe, Grey | ||
Census subdivision(s) | New Tecumseth, Springwater, Collingwood, Essa, Wasaga Beach, Clearview, Adjala-Tosorontio, Blue Mountains |
Simcoe—Grey is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
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.
History
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 excluding 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.
This riding lost territory to Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Ethnic groups: 86.7% White, 3.6% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 2.1% Black, 1.2% Latin American
Languages: 85.3% English, 1.7% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.0% Spanish
Religions: 57.7% Christian (25.7% Catholic, 6.9% United Church, 6.2% Anglican, 3.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.0% Christian Orthodox, 12.2% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 38.4% None
Median income: $43,200 (2020)
Average income: $55,950 (2020)
Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
Party | Association name | CEO | HQ address | HQ city | |
Christian Heritage Party of Canada | Simcoe—Grey Christian Heritage Party Association | Iain Morris | PO Box 692 | Alliston | |
Conservative Party of Canada | Simcoe—Grey Conservative Association | Sandy Kursis | PO Box 2021 | Thornton ON L0L 2N0 | |
Liberal Party of Canada | Simcoe—Grey Federal Liberal Association | Rob Glozier | PO Box 779 | Alliston | |
New Democratic Party | Simcoe—Grey Federal NDP Riding Association | Denny Oliver | 7 Truax Crescent | Angus | |
Green | Simcoe—Grey Federal Green Party Association | Kendra Marr | 7150 Sideroad 3/4 Nottawasaga | Creemore, Ontario | |
People's | Barrie-Simcoe PPC Association | Stephen Makk | PO Box 543 | Victoria Harbour |
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Simcoe—Grey Riding created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe | ||||
36th | 1997–2000 | Paul Bonwick | Liberal | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | Helena Guergis | Conservative | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2010 | |||
2010–2011 | Independent | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Kellie Leitch | Conservative | |
42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | Terry Dowdall | ||
44th | 2021–present |
Election results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Terry Dowdall | 36,249 | 47.3 | +3.8 | $77,055.07 | |||
Liberal | Bren Munro | 21,320 | 27.8 | -3.9 | $15,794.64 | |||
New Democratic | Lucas Gillies | 10,140 | 13.2 | +2.0 | $4,394.15 | |||
People's | Adam Minatel | 5,550 | 7.2 | +5.3 | $16,038.13 | |||
Green | Nick Clayton | 2,969 | 3.9 | -10.1 | $3,494.50 | |||
Christian Heritage | Ken Stouffer | 382 | 0.5 | – | $5,174.14 | |||
Total valid votes | 76,610 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 436 | |||||||
Turnout | 77,046 | 63.60 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 121,142 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4] |
2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 26,910 | 47.42 | |
Liberal | 15,822 | 27.88 | |
New Democratic | 7,476 | 13.17 | |
People's | 3,938 | 6.94 | |
Green | 2,356 | 4.15 | |
Others | 242 | 0.43 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Terry Dowdall | 32,812 | 43.5 | -3.1 | $77,284.03 | |||
Liberal | Lorne Kenney | 23,925 | 31.7 | -6.9 | none listed | |||
Green | Sherri Jackson | 8,589 | 11.4 | +7.0 | $13,135.30 | |||
New Democratic | Ilona Matthews | 8,462 | 11.2 | +1.6 | $4,265.12 | |||
People's | Richard Sommer | 1,416 | 1.9 | – | none listed | |||
Veterans Coalition | Tony D'Angelo | 305 | 0.4 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 75,509 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 492 | |||||||
Turnout | 76,001 | 66.0 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 115,193 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.90 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2015 Canadian federal election: Simcoe—Grey | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Kellie Leitch | 30,612 | 46.6 | -1.8 | $101,505.22 | |||
Liberal | Mike MacEachern | 25,352 | 38.6 | +25.9 | $55,545.97 | |||
New Democratic | David Matthews | 6,332 | 9.6 | -7.8 | $5,106.83 | |||
Green | JoAnne Fleming | 2,923 | 4.4 | -1.1 | $5,324.15 | |||
Christian Heritage | Len Noordegraaf | 528 | 0.8 | – | $3,879.16 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 65,747 | 100.0 | $242,062.43 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 225 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 65,972 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 97,145 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.85 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 26,764 | 48.43 | |
New Democratic | 9,631 | 17.43 | |
Others | 8,806 | 15.94 | |
Liberal | 7,000 | 12.67 | |
Green | 3,058 | 5.53 |
2011 Canadian federal election: Simcoe—Grey | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Kellie Leitch | 31,784 | 49.36 | -5.68 | $96,128.50 | |||
New Democratic | Katy Austin | 11,185 | 17.38 | +6.18 | 7,993.48 | |||
Independent | Helena Guergis | 8,714 | 13.50 | – | 57,289.66 | |||
Liberal | Alex Smardenka | 8,207 | 12.75 | -8.80 | 83,148.92 | |||
Green | Jace Metheral | 3,482 | 5.41 | -4.71 | 8,522.13 | |||
Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 757 | 1.18 | – | 4,385.89 | |||
Canadian Action | Gord Cochrane | 244 | 0.38 | – | 2,512.75 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,373 | 100.00 | – | $99,651.72 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.42 | +0.08 | |||||
Turnout | 64,642 | 66.13 | +6.03 | |||||
Eligible voters | 97,755 | – | – | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.93 |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Helena Guergis | 30,897 | 55.04 | +5.2 | $71,239 | |||
Liberal | Andrea Matrosovs | 12,099 | 21.55 | -9.3 | $36,810 | |||
New Democratic | Katy Austin | 6,288 | 11.20 | 0.0 | $6,077 | |||
Green | Peter Ellis | 5,685 | 10.12 | +4.5 | $9,015 | |||
Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 1,018 | 1.81 | -0.6 | $4,175 | |||
Libertarian | Caley McKibbin | 143 | 0.25 | – | $20 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,130 | 100.00 | $94,127 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 189 | 0.34 | ||||||
Turnout | 56,319 | 60.10 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Helena Guergis | 30,135 | 49.8 | +9.1 | $84,182 | |||
Liberal | Elizabeth Kirley | 18,689 | 30.9 | -9.5 | $92,500 | |||
New Democratic | Katy Austin | 6,784 | 11.2 | +1.2 | $10,777 | |||
Green | Peter Ellis | 3,372 | 5.6 | +1.8 | $2,361 | |||
Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 1,585 | 2.6 | -1.5 | $14,302 | |||
Total valid votes | 60,565 | 100.0 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Helena Guergis | 22,496 | 40.6 | -9.3 | ||||
Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 22,396 | 40.4 | -4.3 | ||||
New Democratic | Colin Mackinnon | 5,532 | 10.0 | +6.7 | ||||
Green | Peter Ellis | 2,668 | 4.8 | |||||
Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 2,285 | 4.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 55,377 | 100.0 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 22,224 | 44.8 | +9.6 | ||||
Alliance | George Demery | 16,113 | 32.5 | -1.8 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Dunkley | 8,655 | 17.4 | -5.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Michael Kennedy | 1,646 | 3.3 | -2.8 | ||||
Canadian Action | James McGillivray | 751 | 1.5 | |||||
Independent | Victor Carvalho | 246 | 0.5 | |||||
Total valid votes | 49,635 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 17,895 | 35.2 | |||||
Reform | Paul Shaw | 17,414 | 34.3 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Shawn Mitchell | 11,761 | 23.1 | |||||
New Democratic | Marty Wilkinson | 3,090 | 6.1 | |||||
Christian Heritage | Mia Colaris | 664 | 1.3 | |||||
Total valid votes | 50,824 | 100.0 |
See also
References
- "Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district) (Code 35085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Simcoe--Grey [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Simcoe—Grey, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
External links
- Jim Wilson, MPP
- Christian Heritage Party Simcoe-Grey
- Simcoe-Grey Green Party
- Simcoe-Grey Federal Liberal Riding Association
- Simcoe-Grey NDP Riding Association
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