Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
For the provincial electoral district, see Oxford (provincial electoral district) .
Oxford Ontario electoral district Oxford in relation to the southern Ontario ridings
Legislature House of Commons MP Dave MacKenzie Conservative District created 1933 First contested 1935 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 108,656 Electors (2015)83,003 Area (km²)[2] 2,384 Pop. density (per km²) 45.6 Census division(s) Oxford County Census subdivision(s) Woodstock , Tillsonburg , Ingersoll , Norwich , Zorra , South-West Oxford , East Zorra – Tavistock , Blandford-Blenheim
Oxford is a federal electoral district in Ontario , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since the 1935 election .
It consists of the County of Oxford and a small portion of the County of Brant .[3]
History [ ]
It was created in 1933 when the ridings of Oxford North and Oxford South were merged. It consisted initially of the county of Oxford, including the part of the village of Tavistock that lies in the county of Oxford.
In 1966, it was expanded to include the Town of Tillsonburg and the whole of the Village of Tavistock. In 1976, it was defined as consisting of the County of Oxford. In 1987, it was expanded to include the Township of Burford in the County of Brant. In 1996, it was defined as consisting of the county of Oxford.
This riding gained territory from Brant during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ ]
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
OxfordRiding created from Oxford North and Oxford South
18th
1935–1940 Almon Rennie Liberal
19th
1940–1945
20th
1945–1949 Kenneth Daniel Progressive Conservative
21st
1949–1953 Clark Murray Liberal
22nd
1953–1957 Wally Nesbitt Progressive Conservative
23rd
1957–1958
24th
1958–1962
25th
1962–1963
26th
1963–1965
27th
1965–1968
28th
1968–1972
29th
1972–1974
30th
1974–1979 Bruce Halliday
31st
1979–1980
32nd
1980–1984
33rd
1984–1988
34th
1988–1993
35th
1993–1997 John Baird Finlay Liberal
36th
1997–2000
37th
2000–2004
38th
2004–2006 Dave MacKenzie Conservative
39th
2006–2008
40th
2008–2011
41st
2011–2015
42nd
2015–2019
43rd
2019–present
Election results [ ]
Graph of election results in Oxford (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
29,146
47.0
-1.1
Liberal
Elizabeth Quinto
12,720
20.5
+1.2
New Democratic
Matthew Chambers
11,325
18.3
-1.9
People's
Wendy Martin
6,595
10.6
+7.7
Green
Bob Reid
1,683
2.7
-5.1
Christian Heritage
Allen Scovil
479
0.8
-0.8
Total valid votes
61,948
99.4
Total rejected ballots
379
0.6
Turnout
62,327
65.2
Eligible voters
95,662
Conservative hold
Swing
+1.6
Source: Elections Canada [4]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
29,310
48.14
+2.46
$49,710.46
New Democratic
Matthew Chambers
12,306
20.21
+3.66
none listed
Liberal
Brendan Knight
11,745
19.29
-12.90
$3,866.13
Green
Lisa Birtch-Carriere
4,770
7.83
+4.31
none listed
People's
Wendy Martin
1,774
2.91
-
$6,624.90
Christian Heritage
Melody Aldred
986
1.62
-0.45
$3,632.07
Total valid votes/expense limit
60,891
99.14
–
Total rejected ballots
528
0.86
+0.44
Turnout
61,419
65.92
-2.00
Eligible voters
93,166
Conservative hold
Swing
-0.60
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
25,966
45.67
-13.30
$75,795.63
Liberal
Don McKay
18,299
32.19
+22.55
$36,173.57
New Democratic
Zoe Kunschner
9,406
16.55
-8.90
$25,490.22
Green
Mike Farlow
2,004
3.53
-0.80
$4,354.32
Christian Heritage
Melody Ann Aldred
1,175
2.07
$8,421.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit
56,850
99.58
$220,586.55
Total rejected ballots
241
0.42
–
Turnout
57,041
67.93
Eligible voters
84,045
Conservative hold
Swing
-17.92
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party
Vote
%
Conservative
28,782
58.97
New Democratic
12,419
25.45
Liberal
4,706
9.64
Green
2,111
4.33
Others
786
1.61
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
27,973
58.90
+6.23
$56,267
New Democratic
Paul Arsenault
12,164
25.61
+7.59
$14,065
Liberal
Tim Lobzun
4,521
9.52
-9.86
$13,495
Green
Mike Farlow
2,058
4.33
-3.24
$12,611
Christian Heritage
John Markus
776
1.63
-0.70
$1,478
Total valid votes/Expense limit
47,492
100.00
$85,881.86
Total rejected ballots
179
0.38
-0.05
Turnout
47,671
62.60
+3.58
Eligible voters
76,149
–
–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
23,330
52.67
+6.13
$57,473
Liberal
Martha Dennis
8,586
19.38
-8.70
$50,017
New Democratic
Diane Abbott
7,982
18.02
+0.65
$9,242
Green
Cathy Mott
3,355
7.57
+4.43
$2,819
Christian Heritage
Shaun MacDonald
1,036
2.33
-0.55
$14,229
Total valid votes/Expense limit
44,289
100.00
$82,866
Total rejected ballots
145
0.33
-
Turnout
44,434
59.02
Conservative hold
Swing
+7.4
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
23,140
46.54
+1.6
Liberal
Greig Mordue
13,961
28.08
-2.4
New Democratic
Zoe Kunschner
8,639
17.37
+2.9
Green
Ronnee Sykes
1,566
3.14
-1.2
Christian Heritage
John Markus
1,434
2.88
-0.4
Marijuana
James Bender
771
1.55
-0.1
Libertarian
Kaye Sargent
204
0.41
-0.1
Total valid votes
49,715
100.00
Total rejected ballots
164
0.33
Turnout
49,879
67.14
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
20,606
44.9
-12.5
Liberal
Murray Coulter
14,011
30.5
-5.0
New Democratic
Zoe Kunschner
6,673
14.5
-5.3
Green
Irene Tietz
1,951
4.3
Christian Heritage
Leslie Bartley
1,534
3.3
Marijuana
James Bender
794
1.7
Libertarian
Kaye Sargent
226
0.5
Canadian Action
Alex Kreider
108
0.2
-0.3
Total valid votes
45,903
100.0
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
John Baird Finlay
15,181
35.6
-0.4
Progressive Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
13,050
30.6
-1.9
Alliance
Patricia Smith
11,455
26.8
+5.8
New Democratic
Shawn Rouse
2,254
5.3
-2.2
Independent
John Thomas Markus
536
1.3
Canadian Action
Alex Kreider
227
0.5
+0.1
Total valid votes
42,703
100.0
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
John Baird Finlay
16,281
36.0
-4.9
Progressive Conservative
Dave MacKenzie
14,706
32.5
+10.1
Reform
Bill Irvine
9,533
21.1
-5.7
New Democratic
Martin Donlevy
3,406
7.5
+2.5
Christian Heritage
John Zekveld
956
2.1
+0.1
Canadian Action
Alex Kreider
192
0.4
Natural Law
Jim Morris
181
0.4
-0.1
Total valid votes
45,255
100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
John Baird Finlay
18,381
40.9
+3.9
Reform
John Mohr
12,009
26.7
Progressive Conservative
George Klosler
10,080
22.4
-17.3
New Democratic
Martin Donlevy
2,280
5.1
-10.9
Christian Heritage
Hans Strikwerda
892
2.0
-4.6
Independent
George Moore
458
1.0
National
Bryan John Rahn
400
0.9
Libertarian
Kaye Sargent
219
0.5
+0.1
Natural Law
Peter Leggat
209
0.5
Total valid votes
44,928
100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Bruce Halliday
19,367
39.8
-17.3
Liberal
Alfred Apps
18,035
37.0
+8.3
New Democratic
Brian Donlevy
7,771
16.0
+2.4
Christian Heritage
Hans Strikwerda
3,190
6.5
Libertarian
Kaye Sargent
187
0.4
-0.3
Commonwealth of Canada
Sharon Rounds
166
0.3
Total valid votes
48,716
100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Bruce Halliday
25,642
57.1
+11.2
Liberal
Alfred Apps
12,884
28.7
-8.1
New Democratic
Wayne Colbran
6,077
13.5
-2.8
Libertarian
Kaye Sargent
322
0.7
0.0
Total valid votes
44,925
100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Bruce Halliday
19,382
45.9
-9.3
Liberal
Ken Peers
15,546
36.8
+6.5
New Democratic
Marjorie Lanaway
6,885
16.3
+2.3
Libertarian
Nancy Hurd
311
0.7
+0.2
Marxist–Leninist
Larry Hannant
100
0.2
Total valid votes
42,224
100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Bruce Halliday
23,592
55.2
+8.8
Liberal
Ron Calhoun
12,935
30.3
-12.6
New Democratic
Marjorie Lanaway
5,980
14.0
+3.2
Libertarian
Nancy Hurd
227
0.5
Total valid votes
42,734
100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Bruce Halliday
18,934
46.4
-16.2
Liberal
Charlie Tatham
17,506
42.9
+12.0
New Democratic
Peter Klynstra
4,398
10.8
+4.1
Total valid votes
40,838
100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
25,438
62.5
+9.0
Liberal
Charlie Tatham
12,540
30.8
-5.9
New Democratic
Ron Wettlaufer
2,703
6.6
-3.0
Total valid votes
40,681
100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
18,504
53.6
-2.1
Liberal
Charlie Tatham
12,697
36.8
+4.6
New Democratic
John Hilborn
3,335
9.7
-2.5
Total valid votes
34,536
100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
17,657
55.6
-4.8
Liberal
Leslie MacDonald Ball
10,202
32.2
-0.1
New Democratic
Margaret Caffyn
3,870
12.2
+7.4
Total valid votes
31,729
100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
19,402
60.4
+2.6
Liberal
William Young
10,359
32.3
-1.6
New Democratic
Wilf Vale
1,550
4.8
-1.2
Social Credit
Margaret Elsom
805
2.5
+0.2
Total valid votes
32,116
100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
18,352
57.8
-17.3
Liberal
Robert Alan MacDougall
10,731
33.8
+9.0
New Democratic
Wilf Vale
1,918
6.0
Social Credit
Charles Elsom
735
2.3
Total valid votes
31,736
100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
22,079
75.1
+6.3
Liberal
Hector Alexander Clark
7,305
24.9
+74.8
Total valid votes
29,384
100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
20,404
68.9
+18.8
Liberal
Bruce McCall
8,275
27.9
Social Credit
Charlie Elsom
944
3.2
Total valid votes
29,623
100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Wally Nesbitt
12,693
50.1
+4.8
Liberal
Alexander Clark Murray
12,654
49.9
+1.6
Total valid votes
25,347
100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alexander Clark Murray
12,581
48.3
+6.6
Progressive Conservative
Kenneth Daniel
11,791
45.2
-3.6
Co-operative Commonwealth
William Gordon Goodwin
1,688
6.5
Total valid votes
26,060
100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Kenneth Daniel
11,916
48.9
+5.8
Liberal
Almon Secord Rennie
10,149
41.6
-15.2
Co-operative Commonwealth
Ralph Burton
2,310
9.5
Total valid votes
24,375
100.0
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Almon Secord Rennie
10,975
56.9
+9.1
National Government
Charles Thomas Milton
8,325
43.1
+7.0
Total valid votes
19,300
100.0
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Almon Secord Rennie
11,438
47.8
Conservative
Donald Matheson Sutherland
8,655
36.2
Reconstruction
Richard Harley Mayberry
2,953
12.3
Co-operative Commonwealth
William Andrew MacLeod
886
3.7
Total valid votes
23,932
100.0
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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