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.
The electoral district 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:
Wilson resigned from cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 2, 2018, and continued the term as an Independent MPP.
Election results
2014 general election redistributed results Party Vote % Progressive Conservative 22,288 47.39 Liberal 14,296 30.40 New Democratic 6,739 14.33 Green 3,707 7.88
|align="left" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative hold |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| +3.37
^ Change based on redistributed results
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendumSideVotes%First Past the Post31,42966.8Mixed member proportional15,65933.2Total valid votes 47,088100.0
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
Elections Ontario Past Election Results Map of riding for 2018 election
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