Simcoe—Grey

Simcoe—Grey
Ontario electoral district
	Simcoe—Grey in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2019
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 divisions	Simcoe, Grey
Census subdivisions	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.

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		PO Box 235	Collingwood
	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

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
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	Paul Bonwick	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Helena Guergis	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2010
40th	2010–2011		Independent
41st	2011–2015	Kellie Leitch	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Kellie Leitch
43rd	2019–present	Terry Dowdall

Election results

Graph of election results in Simcoe—Grey (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Terry Dowdall	32,812	43.5	-3.1
	Liberal	Lorne Kenney	23,925	31.7	-6.9
	Green	Sherri Jackson	8,589	11.4	+7.0
	New Democratic	Ilona Matthews	8,462	11.2	+1.6
	People's	Richard Sommer	1,416	1.9	–
	Veterans Coalition	Tony D'Angelo	305	0.4
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[3][4]

2015 Canadian federal election
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[5][6]

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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References

"(Code 35085) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
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
"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

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[4] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

[5] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Simcoe—Grey, 30 September 2015

[6] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[7] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Liberal	Newmarket—Aurora Peterborough—Kawartha

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Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont