Simcoe—Grey
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Simcoe—Grey is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
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 Mountain, 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.
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[edit] Federal electoral district
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 exlcuding 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Paul Bonwick, Liberal (1997-2004)
- Helena Guergis, Conservative (2004-present)
[edit] Provincial electoral district
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit] Federal election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Helena Guergis | 30,135 | 49.76% | +9.14 | ||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Kirley | 18,689 | 30.86 | -9.53% | ||
| New Democrat | Katy Austin | 6,784 | 11.20% | +1.20% | ||
| Green | Peter Ellis | 3,372 | 5.57% | +1.75% | ||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 1,585 | 2.62% | -1.51 | ||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Helena Guergis | 22,496 | |||
| Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 22,396 | |||
| New Democrat | Colin Mackinnon | 5,532 | |||
| Green | Peter Ellis | 2,668 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 2,285 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 22,224 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | George Demery | 16,113 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Dunkley | 8,655 | |||
| New Democrat | Michael Kennedy | 1,646 | |||
| Canadian Action | James McGillivray | 751 | |||
| Independent | Victor Carvalho | 246 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 17,895 | |||
| Reform | Paul Shaw | 17,414 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Shawn Mitchell | 11,761 | |||
| New Democrat | Mary Wilkinson | 3,090 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Mia Colaris | 664 | |||
