Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:35099
Fed-Created:1996
Fed-Election-First:1997
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Terry Dowdall
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Conservative Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:116307
Demo-Electors:95511
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:1950
Demo-Cd:Simcoe, Grey
Demo-Csd: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 House of Commons of Canada 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:

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.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 86.7% White, 3.6% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 2.1% Black, 1.2% Latin American

Languages: 85.3% English, 1.7% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.0% Spanish

Religions: 57.7% Christian (25.7% Catholic, 6.9% United Church, 6.2% Anglican, 3.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.0% Christian Orthodox, 12.2% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 38.4% None

Median income: $43,200 (2020)

Average income: $55,950 (2020)

Riding associations

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

PartyAssociation nameCEOHQ addressHQ cityChristian Heritage Party of CanadaSimcoe—Grey Christian Heritage Party AssociationIain MorrisPO Box 692AllistonConservative Party of CanadaSimcoe—Grey Conservative AssociationSandy KursisPO Box 2021Thornton ON L0L 2N0Liberal Party of CanadaSimcoe—Grey Federal Liberal AssociationRob GlozierPO Box 779AllistonNew Democratic PartySimcoe—Grey Federal NDP Riding AssociationDenny Oliver7 Truax CrescentAngusSimcoe—Grey Federal Green Party AssociationKendra Marr7150 Sideroad 3/4 NottawasagaCreemore, OntarioBarrie-Simcoe PPC AssociationStephen MakkPO Box 543Victoria Harbour

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 26,910 47.42
 15,822 27.88
 7,476 13.17
 3,938 6.94
 2,356 4.15
 Others 242 0.43
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 26,764 48.43
 9,631 17.43
 Others 8,806 15.94
 7,000 12.67
 3,058 5.53

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

References

Notes

External links

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Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Simcoe--Grey [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario ]. 2023-04-03 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  5. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2045 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections