Simcoe North (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe North is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was established as a provincial riding in 1996. Its population was 119,400 in 2006.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census^[1]^[2]

Ethnic groups: 88.5% White, 9.0% Aboriginal
Languages: 90.5% English, 3.8% French, 1.4% German
Religions: 71.7% Christian (28.5% Catholic, 13.0% United Church, 10.1% Anglican, 5.6% Presbyterian, 2.9% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 9.4% Other Christian), 26.9% None.
Median income: $28,718 (2010)
Average income: $37,989 (2010)

Geography

The district includes all of the north and eastern parts of Simcoe County. The major municipalities include Midland, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny, Christian Island, Severn, Ramara, Oro-Medonte and Mnjikaning First Nation The area is 2,381 km².

Members of Provincial Parliament

Simcoe North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
1st	1867–1871		William Lount	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		William Davis Ardagh	Conservative
Riding dissolved
Riding created from Simcoe East and Muskoka-Georgian Bay
37th	1999–2003		Garfield Dunlop	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015
41st	2015–present		Patrick Brown

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, September 3, 2015 Resignation of Garfield Dunlop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick Brown	21,095	53.68	+9.74
	Liberal	Fred Larsen	9,281	23.62	–8.90
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	6,637	16.89	+1.34
	Green	Valerie Powell	1,791	4.56	–3.43
	New Reform	James Gault	200	0.51	–
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	146	0.37	–
	Libertarian	Darren Roskam	104	0.26	–
	Pauper	John Turmel	47	0.12	–
Total valid votes			39,301	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			170	0.43
Turnout			39,471	40.71
Eligible voters			96,950
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.32
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2015). "Official Returns from the Records, 086 Simcoe North" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2015.

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	22,180	43.94	-11.22
	Liberal	Fred Larsen	16,412	32.52	+10.11
	New Democratic	Doris Middleton	7,851	15.55	-1.41
	Green	Peter Stubbins	4,031	7.99	+2.52
Total valid votes			50,474	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.67
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	25,081	55.16	+5.34
	Liberal	Fred Larsen	10,191	22.41	-8.13
	New Democratic	Doris Middleton	7,710	16.96	+7.77
	Green	Peter Stubbins	2,488	5.47	-4.74
Total valid votes			45,470	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			142	0.31
Turnout			45,612	50.98
Eligible voters			89,474
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	22,987	49.82	+3.69
	Liberal	Laura Domsy	14,093	30.54	-8.33
	Green	Wayne Varcoe	4,709	10.21	+7.17
	New Democratic	Andrew Hill	4,239	9.19	-1.68
	Libertarian	Dane-Train Reybould	112	0.24
Total valid votes			46,140	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.02

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	23,393	46.13	-7.02
	Liberal	Paul Sloan	19,713	38.87	-0.16
	New Democratic	John Niddery	5,515	10.87	+4.95
	Green	Nina Pruesse	1,540	3.04	+1.75
	Family Coalition	Blaine Scott	453	0.89
	Independent	Karnail Singh	101	0.2
Total valid votes			50,715	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.43

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	26,160	53.15
	Liberal	George J. Macdonald	19,209	39.03
	New Democratic	Ann Billings	2,913	5.92
	Green	Harry Promm	633	1.29
	Natural Law	William Robert Ayling	305	0.62
Total valid votes			49,220	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,215	62.6
	Mixed member proportional	16,883	37.4
	Total valid votes	45,098	100.0

Sources

↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35086&Data=Count&SearchText=Simcoe%20North&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
↑ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35086&Data=Count&SearchText=Simcoe%20North&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1#tabs2
↑ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 086 Simcoe North". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Simcoe North" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 44°41′N 79°38′W / 44.68°N 79.64°W / 44.68; -79.64

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