Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (provincial electoral district)

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Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Ontario electoral district


Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock in relation to other electoral districts

Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Laurie Scott
Progressive Conservative
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

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:

  1. Chris Hodgson, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
  2. Laurie Scott, Progressive Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Election results

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
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
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 33156 70.1%
Mixed member proportional 14166 29.9%
Ontario general election, 2003
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
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