Simcoe—Grey (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe—Grey
Ontario electoral district
	Simcoe—Grey in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Jim Wilson; Independent
;
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2006)	125,985
Electors (2011)	93,705
Area (km²)	2,515
Pop. density (per km²)	50.1
Census division(s)	Simcoe, Grey
Census subdivision(s)	New Tecumseth, Springwater, Collingwood, Essa, Wasaga Beach, Clearview, Adjala-Tosorontio, Blue Mountains

Simcoe—Grey is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented 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 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[]

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

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.

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Simcoe—Grey
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, and York—Simcoe
37th	1999–2003		Jim Wilson	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2018
42nd	2018–present			Independent

Wilson resigned from cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 2, 2018, and continued the term as an Independent MPP.^[1]

Election results[]

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	34,094	55.93	+8.79
	New Democratic	David Matthews	13,444	22.05	+7.97
	Liberal	Dan Hambly	8,780	14.40	-16.84
	Green	Jesseca Perry	4,192	6.88	-0.66
	Libertarian	John Wright	453	0.74
Total valid votes			60,963	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	25988	47.14	-7.19
	Liberal	Lorne Kenney	17,199	31.24	+8.93
	New Democratic	David Matthews	7,793	14.08	-0.58
	Green	Jesseca Dudun	4,172	7.54	-1.16
Total valid votes			55,152	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.06
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	25,339	54.33	+3.68
	Liberal	Donna Kenwell	10,404	22.31	-3.67
	New Democratic	David Matthews	6,839	14.66	+5.45
	Green	Mike Schreiner	4,057	8.70	-2.63
Total valid votes			46,639	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			166	0.35
Turnout			46,805	48.12
Eligible voters			97,272
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.68
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	24,270	50.65	-0.87
	Liberal	Steven Fishman	12,447	25.97	-7.62
	Green	Peter Ellis	5,428	11.33	*
	New Democratic	Katy Austin	4,417	9.22	-0.98
	Libertarian	Philip Bender	724	1.51
	Family Coalition	Steven Taylor	361	0.75
	Independent	Owen Ferguson	273	0.57
Total valid votes			47,920	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	+3.37

^ Change based on redistributed results

2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	26,114	51.47	-14.53
	Liberal	Mark Redmond	17,505	34.50	+8.06
	New Democratic	Leo Losereit	5,032	9.92	+2.36
	Green	Geoffrey Maile	875	1.72
	Family Coalition	Steven J. Taylor	801	1.58
	Libertarian	Philip Bender	411	0.81
Total valid votes			50,738	100.0

1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	31,984	66.00
	Liberal	Norman Sandberg	12,815	26.44
	New Democratic	Mary Hart	3,662	7.56
Total valid votes			48,461	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	31,429	66.8
	Mixed member proportional	15,659	33.2
	Total valid votes	47,088	100.0

Sources[]

^ "Ontario PC MPP Jim Wilson resigns, plans to seek treatment for addiction". CTV News. The Canadian Press. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 085 Simcoe-Grey". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Simcoe—Grey" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Coordinates: 44°22′30″N 80°00′29″W / 44.375°N 80.008°W / 44.375; -80.008

[1] "Ontario PC MPP Jim Wilson resigns, plans to seek treatment for addiction". CTV News. The Canadian Press. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[3] Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 085 Simcoe-Grey". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[4] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Simcoe—Grey" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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