Simcoe—Grey

For the provincial electoral district, see Simcoe—Grey (provincial electoral district).

Simcoe—Grey

Ontario electoral district
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	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	116,307
Electors (2015)	95,511
Area (km²)	1,950
Pop. density (per km²)	59.6
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.

This riding lost territory to Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Christian Heritage Party of Canada	Simcoe—Grey Christian Heritage Party Association	Iain Morris	PO Box 692	Alliston
	Conservative Party of Canada	Simcoe—Grey Conservative Association		PO Box 235	Collingwood
	Liberal Party of Canada	Simcoe—Grey Federal Liberal Association	Stuart Lessels	PO Box 779	Alliston
	New Democratic Party	Simcoe—Grey Federal NDP Riding Association	Denny Oliver	7 Truax Crescent	Angus
	Green	Simcoe—Grey Federal Green Party Association	Jace Metheral	211 Aspen Ridge Dr.	Stayner

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Simcoe—Grey Riding created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe
36th	1997–2000		Paul Bonwick	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Helena Guergis	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2010
	2010–2011			Independent
41st	2011–2015		Kellie Leitch	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kellie Leitch	30,612	46.6	-1.8	–
	Liberal	Mike MacEachern	25,352	38.6	+25.9	–
	New Democratic	David Matthews	6,332	9.6	-7.8	–
	Green	JoAnne Fleming	2,923	4.4	-1.1	–
	Christian Heritage	Len Noordegraaf	528	0.8	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			65,747	100.0		$240,274.24
Total rejected ballots			225	–	–
Turnout			65,972	–	–
Eligible voters			97,145
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,764	48.43
	New Democratic	9,631	17.43
	Others	8,806	15.94
	Liberal	7,000	12.67
	Green	3,058	5.53

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kellie Leitch	31,784	49.36	-5.68	–
	New Democratic	Katy Austin	11,185	17.38	+6.18	–
	Independent	Helena Guergis	8,714	13.5	–	–
	Liberal	Alex Smardenka	8,207	12.75	-8.8	–
	Green	Jace Metheral	3,482	5.41	-4.71	–
	Christian Heritage	Peter Vander Zaag	757	1.18	–	–
	Canadian Action	Gord Cochrane	244	0.38	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,373	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269	0.42	+0.08
Turnout			64,642	66.13	+6.03
Eligible voters			97,755	–	–

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 Democratic	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
Turnout			56,319	60.10

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 Democratic	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

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Helena Guergis	22,496	40.6	-9.3
	Liberal	Paul Bonwick	22,396	40.4	-4.3
	New Democratic	Colin Mackinnon	5,532	10.0	+6.7
	Green	Peter Ellis	2,668	4.8
	Christian Heritage	Peter Vander Zaag	2,285	4.1
Total valid votes			55,377	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Bonwick	22,224	44.8	+9.6
	Alliance	George Demery	16,113	32.5	-1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Dunkley	8,655	17.4	-5.7
	New Democratic	Michael Kennedy	1,646	3.3	-2.8
	Canadian Action	James McGillivray	751	1.5
	Independent	Victor Carvalho	246	0.5
Total valid votes			49,635	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Bonwick	17,895	35.2
	Reform	Paul Shaw	17,414	34.3
	Progressive Conservative	Shawn Mitchell	11,761	23.1
	New Democratic	Marty Wilkinson	3,090	6.1
	Christian Heritage	Mia Colaris	664	1.3
Total valid votes			50,824	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

External links

• Jim Wilson, MPP
• Christian Heritage Party Simcoe-Grey
• Simcoe-Grey Green Party
• Simcoe-Grey Federal Liberal Riding Association
• Simcoe-Grey NDP Riding Association
• Simcoe-Grey riding profile at CBC News