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 parts of the County of Simcoe and the County of Grey.
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
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:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | Party
| valign="top" |Association name
| valign="top" |CEO
| valign="top" |HQ city
|Christian Heritage Party of Canada
|CHP Simcoe—Grey
|Marilee Kidd
|The Blue Mountains
|Conservative Party of Canada
|Simcoe—Grey Conservative Association
|Duane P. McNabb
|Clearview
|Green Party of Canada
|Simcoe—Grey Green Party Association
|Nicholas N. Clayton
|The Blue Mountains
|Liberal Party of Canada
|Simcoe—Grey Federal Liberal Association
|Courtney Rose Demers
|Toronto
|New Democratic Party
|Simcoe—Grey Federal NDP Riding Association
|vacant
|Wasaga Beach
|}
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 26,910 ||align=right| 47.42
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 15,822 ||align=right| 27.88
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 7,476 ||align=right| 13.17
|-
| |
| People's ||align=right| 3,938 ||align=right| 6.94
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 2,356 ||align=right| 4.15
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 242 ||align=right| 0.43
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 26,764 ||align=right| 48.43
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 9,631 ||align=right| 17.43
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 8,806 ||align=right| 15.94
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 7,000 ||align=right| 12.67
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 3,058 ||align=right| 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
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
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