Cambridge (provincial electoral district)

Cambridge

Ontario electoral district

Cambridge in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Rob Leone
Progressive Conservative

District created

1975

First contested

1979

Last contested

2011

Demographics

Population (2006)

129,434

Electors (2007)

87,019

Area (km²)

323

Pop. density (per km²)

400.7

Census divisions

Waterloo

Census subdivisions

Cambridge, North Dumfries

Cambridge is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1975.

From 1987 to 1999, it consisted of the city of Cambridge plus that part the township of North Dumfries located directly to the east of Cambridge.

From 1999 to 2007 it consisted of Cambridge, North Dumfries plus the city of Kitchener east of a line following Homer Watson Boulevard to Doon Village Road to Homer Watson Boulevard again, then to Huron Road to the Grand River.

In 2007, the riding included just Cambridge and North Dumfries.

1 Members of Provincial Parliament
2 Election results
3 2007 electoral reform referendum
4 Sources

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years		Party
30th	1975-1977	Monty Davidson	New Democratic
31st	1977-1981	Monty Davidson	New Democratic
32nd	1981-1985	Bill Barlow	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985-1987	Bill Barlow	Progressive Conservative
34th	1987-1990	Michael Farnan	New Democratic
35th	1990-1995	Michael Farnan	New Democratic
36th	1995-1999	Gerry Martiniuk	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999-2003
38th	2003-2007
39th	2007-2011
40th	2011-present	Rob Leone

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Leone	15,941	37.75	-3.9
	Liberal	Kathryn McGarry	13,918	32.96	-1.2
	New Democrat	Atinuke Bankole	10,414	24.66	+10.8
	Green	Jacques Malette	1,056	2.50	-6.4
	Libertarian	Allan Dettweiler	630	1.49	-
	Independent	Robert Ross	271	0.64	-
Total valid votes			42,230	100.00

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Martiniuk	17,884	41.66	-0.84
	Liberal	Kathryn McGarry	14,641	34.11	-1.08
	New Democrat	Mitchell Healey	5,923	13.80	-4.29
	Green	Colin Carmichael	3,835	8.93	+6.84
	Family Coalition	Paul Vendervet	650	1.50	-0.63
Total valid votes			42,933	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Martiniuk	19,996	42.50	-12.34
	Liberal	Jerry Boyle	16,559	35.19	+12.34
	New Democrat	Pam Wolf	8,513	18.09	-1.28
	Family Coalition	Al Smith	1001	2.13	+0.29
	Green	Michael Chownyk	983	2.09	+1.00
Total valid votes			47,052	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Martiniuk	24,583	54.84	+7.9
	Liberal	Jerry Boyle	10,244	22.85	+7.7
	New Democrat	Gary Gibson	8,684	19.37	-12.7
	Family Coalition	Al Smith	824	1.84	-2.8
	Green	Kathleen Morton	489	1.09	-
Total valid votes			44,824	100.00

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Martiniuk	17,269	46.9	+34.6
	New Democrat	Mike Farnan	11,797	32.1	-28.2
	Liberal	Ben Tucci	5,606	15.2	-5.7
	Family Coalition	Al Smith	1,690	4.6	-1.9
	Independent	Reg Gervais	433	1.2	-
Total valid votes			36,795	100.0

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Mike Farnan	21,806	60.3	+25.8
	Liberal	John Bell	7,557	20.9	-13.3
	Progressive Conservative	Carl DeFaria	4,449	12.3	-14.4
	Family Coalition	Anneliese Steden	2,364	6.5	+1.9
Total valid votes			36,176	100.0

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Mike Farnan	11,284	34.5	-3.0
	Liberal	Claudette Millar	11,183	34.2	+12.0
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Barlow	8,752	26.7	-13.6
	Family Coalition	Anneliese Steden	1,500	4.6	-
Total valid votes			32,719	100.0

Ontario general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Barlow	12,888	40.3	-2.5
	New Democrat	Mike Farnan	11,985	37.5	-2.4
	Liberal	Bob Jeffrey	7,083	22.2	+11.2
Total valid votes			31,956	100.0

Ontario general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Barlow	12,597	42.8	+7.4
	New Democrat	Monty Davidson	11,748	39.9	+2.6
	Liberal	John Giles	4,527	15.4	-11.0
	Independent	George Molson Barrett	549	1.9	-
Total valid votes			29,421	100.0

Ontario general election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Monty Davidson	11,120	37.3	-0.8
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Barlow	10,566	35.4	+6.3
	Liberal	Claudette Millar	7,870	26.4	-6.3
	Independent	John Long	252	0.8	-
Total valid votes			29,808	100.0

Ontario general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Monty Davidson	11,255	38.1	-
	Liberal	Claudette Millar	9,662	32.7	-
	Progressive Conservative	Ruggles Constant	8,595	29.1	-
Total valid votes			29,512	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	25,902	61.4
	Mixed member proportional	16,260	38.6
	Total valid votes	42,162	100.0

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin • Kenora—Rainy River • Nickel Belt • Nipissing • Parry Sound—Muskoka • Sault Ste. Marie • Sudbury • Thunder Bay—Atikokan • Thunder Bay—Superior North • Timiskaming—Cochrane • Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell • Kingston and the Islands • Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington • Leeds—Grenville • Prince Edward—Hastings • Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke • Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie • Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound • Dufferin—Caledon • Durham • Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock • Newmarket—Aurora • Northumberland—Quinte West • Peterborough • Simcoe—Grey • Simcoe North • York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant • Cambridge • Guelph • Haldimand—Norfolk • Huron—Bruce • Kitchener Centre • Kitchener—Conestoga • Kitchener—Waterloo • Oxford • Perth—Wellington • Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex • Elgin—Middlesex—London • Essex • Lambton—Kent—Middlesex • London North Centre • London—Fanshawe • London West • Sarnia—Lambton • Windsor—Tecumseh • Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton • Brampton—Springdale • Brampton West • Mississauga—Brampton South • Mississauga East—Cooksville • Mississauga—Erindale • Mississauga South • Mississauga—Streetsville • Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale • Burlington • Halton • Hamilton Centre • Hamilton East—Stoney Creek • Hamilton Mountain • Niagara Falls • Niagara West—Glanbrook • St. Catharines • Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills • Nepean—Carleton • Ottawa Centre • Ottawa—Orléans • Ottawa South • Ottawa—Vanier • Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering • Markham—Unionville • Oak Ridges—Markham • Oshawa • Pickering—Scarborough East • Richmond Hill • Thornhill • Vaughan • Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York • Davenport • Don Valley East • Don Valley West • Eglinton—Lawrence • Etobicoke Centre • Etobicoke—Lakeshore • Etobicoke North • Parkdale—High Park • Scarborough—Agincourt • Scarborough Centre • Scarborough—Guildwood • Scarborough—Rouge River • Scarborough Southwest • St. Paul's • Toronto Centre • Toronto—Danforth • Trinity—Spadina • Willowdale • York Centre • York South—Weston • York West

See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Ontario

Cambridge (provincial electoral district)

Contents

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Sources