Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (provincial electoral district)
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Provincial electoral district | ||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | |
MPP | Laurie Scott Progressive Conservative |
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District created | 1999 | |
First contested | 1999 | |
Last contested | 2007 | |
Demographics | ||
Population (2006) | 119,141 | |
Electors (2007) | 81,953 | |
Area (km²) | 10,831 | |
Pop. density (per km²) | 11 | |
Census divisions | Victoria County, Haliburton County | |
Census subdivisions | Brock, Galway and Cavendish, Harvey, Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Cavan, Algonquin Highlands, Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan |
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Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (formerly Haliburton—Victoria—Brock) is a provincial electoral district in in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1999 from parts of Victoria—Haliburton, Durham East, Durham—York and Hastings—Peterborough.
When the riding was created it was called Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, and included all of Victoria County, all of Haliburton County (except Sherborne and Others), the townships of Brock, Galway and Cavendish, Harvey, Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Cavan plus the village of Millbrook.
In 2007 it was renamed to Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock on account of Victoria County being re-named to the City of Kawartha Lakes. The riding also gained the Municipality of Algonquin Highlands, plus all of the municipality of Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan.
[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
- Chris Hodgson, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
- Laurie Scott, Progressive Conservative (2003-present)
[edit] Election results
[edit] Provincial election results
Ontario general election, 2007 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 24,272 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal | Rick Johnson | 14,324 | 29.5 | ||
New Democrat | Joan Corigan | 5,773 | 11.9 | ||
Green | Douglas Smith | 3,475 | 7.2 | ||
Freedom | Bill Denby | 391 | 0.8 | ||
Family Coalition | Jake Pothaar | 364 | 0.8 |
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 33156 | 70.1% | |
Mixed member proportional | 14166 | 29.9% |
Ontario general election, 2003 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 24297 | 47.41 | -15.41 | |
Liberal | Jason D. Ward | 17171 | 33.51 | 5.05 | |
New Democrat | Earl Manners | 7884 | 15.39 | 7.99 | |
Green | Douglas Smith | 956 | 1.87 | ||
Family Coalition | Paul Gordon | 663 | 1.29 | ||
Freedom | Charles Olito | 273 | 0.53 | 0.14 |
Ontario general election, 1999 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Progressive Conservative | Chris Hodgson | 32125 | 62.82 | |||
Liberal | Sharon McCrae | 14556 | 28.46 | |||
New Democrat | Rick Denyer | 3786 | 7.4 | |||
Independent | Brad Bradamore | 340 | 0.66 | |||
Freedom | Charles Olito | 198 | 0.39 | |||
Natural Law | Maxim Newby | 135 | 0.26 |
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