Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district)

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Parry Sound—Muskoka

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Norm Miller Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2001)	84,836
Electors (2007)	62,109
Area (km²)	15,486
Pop. density (per km²)	5.5
Census divisions	Parry Sound District, Muskoka District, Nipissing District
Census subdivisions

Parry Sound—Muskoka is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The riding was once held by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves, and at present by Norm Miller, son of former Premier Frank Miller.

The district, which has existed since 1999, has identical boundaries to those of the federal district of Parry Sound—Muskoka.

The riding consists of the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the Town of Powassan, the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth, and the part of the Town of Killarney contained in the district), the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the part of the Town of Kearney lying in the Territorial Nipissing District.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Provincial Parliament 2.1 Election results 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] History

Prior to the 1999 boundary realignment, Parry Sound and Muskoka.Parry Sound—Muskoka provincial electoral district was created in 1906, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

It initially consisted of the District Municipality of Muskoka, the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the towns of Powassan and Trout Creek and the townships of Nipissing, North Himsworth and South Himsworth) and the township of Sherborne and Others (formerly Sherborne, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale) in the County of Haliburton.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.^[1]

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Ernie Eves, Progressive Conservative (1999-2001)
2. Norm Miller, Progressive Conservative (2001-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	17,343	47.2	-1.3
	Liberal	Brenda Rhodes	9,819	26.7	-7.7
	New Democrat	Sara Hall	5,015	13.6	3.7
	Green	Matt Richter	4,589	12.5	6.6

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24430	68%
	Mixed member proportional	11523	32%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/- (1999)	+/- (2001)
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	18,776	48.5	-9.5	-0.8
	Liberal	Dan Waters	13,332	34.4	+6.7	+0.1
	New Democrat	Jo-Anne Boulding	3,838	9.9	-3.6	+6.5
	Green	Glen Hodgson	2,277	5.9	-6.4	-
	Family Coalition	Charlene Phinney	484	1.3	-	-

By-election: February 8, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	12,903	49.3	-8.7
	Liberal	Evelyn Brown	8,979	34.3	+6.6
	Green	Richard Thomas	3,229	12.3
	New Democrat	Joanne Bury	888	3.4	-10.1
	Independent	Anne Marsden	113	0.4	-
	Independent	John C. Turmel	61	0.2	-

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Eves	22,967	58.0
	Liberal	Isabel Doxey	10,970	27.7
	New Democrat	Dan Waters	5,343	13.5
	Natural Law	Iris Tamssot	339	0.9

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results

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