Simcoe—Grey
Simcoe—Grey
Ontario electoral district |
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Simcoe—Grey in relation to Southern Ontario ridings |
Federal electoral district |
Legislature |
House of Commons |
MP |
Kellie Leitch
Conservative |
District created |
1996 |
First contested |
1997 |
Last contested |
2011 |
District webpage |
profile, map |
Demographics |
Population (2006) |
125,985 |
Electors (2011) |
93,705 |
Area (km²) |
2,515 |
Pop. density (per km²) |
50.1 |
Census divisions |
Simcoe, Grey |
Census subdivisions |
New Tecumseth, Springwater, Collingwood, Essa, Wasaga Beach, Clearview, Adjala-Tosorontio, Blue Mountains |
Simcoe—Grey is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
It was created in 1996 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe.
It consists of the municipalities of Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview, Wasaga Beach, Springwater, Essa, New Tecumseth and Adjala-Tosorontio. It had a population of 117,505 in 2001, and an area of 2,515 km².
History
It consisted initially of:
- the part of the County of Simcoe lying to the west of and including the Town of New Tecumseth and the Township of Essa, to the west of and excluding the City of Barrie, to the east of and including the townships of Vespra and Flos, and to the south of and excluding the Township of Tiny;
- in the County of Grey, the Town of Thornbury, the villages of Flesherton and Markdale, and the townships of Artemesia, Collingwood and Osprey.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.
Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2008 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Helena Guergis |
30,897 |
55.04 |
+5.2 |
$71,239 |
|
Liberal |
Andrea Matrosovs |
12,099 |
21.55 |
-9.3 |
$36,810 |
|
New Democrat |
Katy Austin |
6,288 |
11.20 |
0.0 |
$6,077 |
|
Green |
Peter Ellis |
5,685 |
10.12 |
+4.5 |
$9,015 |
|
Christian Heritage |
Peter Vander Zaag |
1,018 |
1.81 |
-0.6 |
$4,175 |
|
Libertarian |
Caley McKibbin |
143 |
0.25 |
|
$20 |
Total valid votes/Expense limit |
56,130 |
100.00 |
|
$94,127 |
Total rejected ballots |
189 |
0.34 |
|
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Turnout |
56,319 |
60.10 |
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Canadian federal election, 2006 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Helena Guergis |
30,135 |
49.8 |
+9.1 |
$84,182 |
|
Liberal |
Elizabeth Kirley |
18,689 |
30.9 |
-9.5 |
$92,500 |
|
New Democrat |
Katy Austin |
6,784 |
11.2 |
+1.2 |
$10,777 |
|
Green |
Peter Ellis |
3,372 |
5.6 |
+1.8 |
$2,361 |
|
Christian Heritage |
Peter Vander Zaag |
1,585 |
2.6 |
-1.5 |
$14,302 |
Total valid votes |
60,565 |
100.0 |
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
See also
Sources
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