Oxford (electoral district)

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Oxford is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.

It consists of the county of Oxford.

It was created in 1933 when the ridings of Oxford North and Oxford South were merged. It consisted initially of the county of Oxford, including the part of the village of Tavistock that lies in the county of Oxford.

In 1966, it was expanded to include the Town of Tillsonburg and the whole of the Village of Tavistock. In 1976, it was defined as consisting of the County of Oxford. In 1987, it was expanded to include the Township of Burford in the County of Brant. In 1996, it was defined as consisting of the county of Oxford.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Federal election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

1. Almon Secord Rennie, Liberal (1935–1945)
2. Kenneth R. Daniel, Progressive Conservative (1945–1949)
3. Alexander Clark Murray, Liberal (1949–1953)
4. Wally Nesbitt, Progressive Conservative (1953–1974)
5. Bruce Halliday, Progressive Conservative (1974–1993)
6. John Baird Finlay, Liberal (1993–2004)
7. Dave Mackenzie, Conservative (2004–present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Mackenzie	23,140
	Liberal	Greig Mordue	13,961
	New Democrat	Zoé Dorcas Kunschner	8,639
	Green	Ronnee Sykes	1,566
	Christian Heritage	John Markus	1,434
	Marijuana	James Bender	771
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	204

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Mackenzie	20,606
	Liberal	Murray Coulter	14,011
	New Democrat	Zoé Dorcas Kunschner	6,673
	Green	Irene Tietz	1,951
	Christian Heritage	Leslie Bartley	1,534
	Marijuana	James Bender	794
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	226
	Canadian Action	Alex Kreider	108

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Baird Finlay	15,181
	Progressive Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	13,050
	Canadian Alliance	Patricia Smith	11,455
	New Democrat	Shawn Rouse	2,254
	Not affiliated	John Thomas Markus	536
	Canadian Action	Alex Kreider	227

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Baird Finlay	16,281
	Progressive Conservative	Dave MacKenzie	14,706
	Reform	Bill Irvine	9,533
	New Democrat	Martin Donlevy	3,406
	Christian Heritage	John Zekveld	956
	Canadian Action	Alex Kreider	192
	Natural Law	Jim Morris	181

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Baird Finlay	18,381
	Reform	John Mohr	12,009
	Progressive Conservative	George Klosler	10,080
	New Democrat	Martin Donlevy	2,280
	Christian Heritage	Hans Strikwerda	892
	Independent	George Moore	458
	National	Bryan John Rahn	400
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	219
	Natural Law	Peter Leggat	209

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Halliday	19,367
	Liberal	Alfred Apps	18,035
	New Democrat	Brian Donlevy	7,771
	Christian Heritage	Hans Strikwerda	3,190
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	187
	Commonwealth	Sharon Rounds	166

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Halliday	25,642
	Liberal	Alfred Apps	12,884
	New Democrat	Wayne Colbran	6,077
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	322

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Halliday	19,382
	Liberal	Ken Peers	15,546
	New Democrat	Marjorie Lanaway	6,885
	Libertarian	Nancy Hurd	311
	Marxist-Leninist	Larry Hannant	100

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Halliday	23,592
	Liberal	Ron Calhoun	12,935
	New Democrat	Marjorie Lanaway	5,980
	Libertarian	Nancy Hurd	227

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Halliday	18,934
	Liberal	Charlie Tatham	17,506
	New Democrat	Peter Klynstra	4,398

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	25,438
	Liberal	Charlie Tatham	12,540
	New Democrat	Ron Wettlaufer	2,703

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	18,504
	Liberal	Charlie Tatham	12,697
	New Democrat	John Hilborn	3,335

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	17,657
	Liberal	Leslie MacDonald Ball	10,202
	New Democrat	Margaret Caffyn	3,870

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	19,402
	Liberal	William Young	10,359
	New Democrat	Wilf Vale	1,550
	Social Credit	Margaret Elsom	805

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	18,352
	Liberal	Robert Alan MacDougall	10,731
	New Democrat	Wilf Vale	1,918
	Social Credit	Charles Elsom	735

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	22,079
	Liberal	Hector Alexander Clark	7,305

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	20,404
	Liberal	Bruce McCall	8,275
	Social Credit	Charlie Elsom	944

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Nesbitt	12,693
	Liberal	Alexander Clark Murray	12,654

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Clark Murray	12,581
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Roy Daniel	11,791
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Gordon Goodwin	1,688

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Roy Daniel	11,916
	Liberal	Almon Secord Rennie	10,149
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Burton	2,310

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Almon Secord Rennie	10,975
	National Government	Charles Thomas Milton	8,325

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Almon Secord Rennie	11,438
	Conservative	Donald Matheson Sutherland	8,655
	Reconstruction	Richard Harley Mayberry	2,953
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Andrew MacLeod	886

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Midwestern Ontario
Conservative	Cambridge | Haldimand—Norfolk | Kitchener—Conestoga | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Liberal	Brant | Guelph | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Waterloo

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Kenora | Nickel Belt | Nipissing—Timiskaming | Parry Sound—Muskoka | Sault Ste. Marie | Sudbury | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex | Elgin—Middlesex—London | Essex | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | London—Fanshawe | London North Centre | London West | Sarnia—Lambton | Windsor—Tecumseh | Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Nepean—Carleton | Ottawa Centre | Ottawa—Orléans | Ottawa South | Ottawa—Vanier | Ottawa West—Nepean