York—Simcoe
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York—Simcoe is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979, from 1988 to 1997 and since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
It covers part of the region north of Toronto by Lake Simcoe.
It has existed on three separate occasions. Its first incarnation was created in 1966 from parts of Dufferin—Simcoe and York North. It existed until 1976 when it was split between York North, Simcoe South, and York—Peel.
It was reformed in 1987 from parts of Simcoe South, York—Peel, Victoria—Haliburton, and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe. It was again broken up in 1996 with a split between Barrie—Simcoe, Simcoe—Grey, and York North.
Its current incarnation came into being in 2003 made up of parts of Simcoe—Grey, York North, and Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford.
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[edit] Geography
The riding includes the municipalities of Innisfil, Bradford West Gwillimbury, East Gwillimbury, Gerogina and King north of Regional Road 31. It also includes the Indian reservation of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation.
[edit] Federal electoral district
It was originally created in 1966 from parts of Dufferin—Simcoe and York North ridings. It consisted of:
- in the County of Simcoe, the townships of West Gwillimbury, Innisfil and Tecumseth excluding the City of Barrie and the Town of Alliston;
- the Village of Cookstown; and
- in the County of York, the Police Village of Maple, the Village of Stouffville, the Townships of East Gwillimbury, King, Whitchurch and the northern part of the Township of Vaughan lying north of a line
drawn from Highway 11 west along Concession 1, south along the road between Concessions 1 and 2, west along County Suburban Road 25, south, west and north along the limit of the Police Village of Maple, west along County Suburban Road 25 to the township boundary.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Simcoe South, York North and York—Peel ridings.
It was recreated in 1987 from parts of Simcoe South, Victoria—Haliburton, Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Peel ridings. The second incarnation of the riding consisted of:
- in the County of Simcoe; the Town of Bradford, the villages of Beeton and Tottenham, and the townships of Adjala, Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury;
- in the Regional Municipality of York: the towns of East Gwillimbury and Newmarket, Georgina Island Indian Reserve No. 33, the Township of Georgina, and the northern part of the Township of King.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Barrie—Simcoe, Simcoe—Grey and York North ridings.
It was recreated a second time in 2003 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Simcoe—Grey and York North ridings with the current boundaries as described above.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
- John Roberts, Liberal (1968-[1972)
- Sinclair Stevens, Progressive Conservative (1972-1979)
- John E. Cole, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
- Karen Kraft Sloan, Liberal (1993-1996)
- Peter Van Loan, Conservative Party of Canada (2003-present)
[edit] Provincial electoral district
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
[edit] Federal election results
[edit] 2004-present
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Peter Van Loan | 21,498 | |||
| Liberal | Kate Wilson | 14,243 | |||
| New Democrat | Sylvia Gerl | 6,327 | |||
| Green | John Dewar | 3,254 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Vicki Gunn | 514 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | Peter Van Loan | 21,343 | |||
| Liberal | Kate Wilson | 16,763 | |||
| New Democrat | Sylvia Gerl | 5,314 | |||
| Green | Bob Burrows | 2,576 | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Stephen Sircelj | 670 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Vicki Gunn | 588 | |||
[edit] 1988-1997
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Karen Kraft Sloan | 26,972 | |||
| Reform | Paul Pivato | 22,325 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John E. Cole | 16,139 | |||
| New Democrat | Steve Pliakes | 1,768 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ian Knight | 958 | |||
| National | Ronald Fletcher | 673 | |||
| Natural Law | Ian Roberts | 416 | |||
| Abolitionist | Gary George Brewer | 95 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John E. Cole | 26,732 | |||
| Liberal | Frank Stronach | 19,906 | |||
| New Democrat | Judy Darcy | 7,489 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Klass Stel | 2,203 | |||
| Libertarian | Maureen E. McAleese | 335 | |||
[edit] 1968-1979
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Sinclair Stevens | 23,591 | |||
| Liberal | Mike Willinsky | 18,927 | |||
| New Democrat | Wally Gustar | 7,630 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Sinclair Stevens | 22,957 | |||
| Liberal | John Roberts | 19,178 | |||
| New Democrat | Wally Gustar | 8,046 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | John Roberts | 15,906 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wallace McCutcheon | 13,100 | |||
| New Democrat | Don McFadyen | 6,095 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (1966 - 1976) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- (1987 - 1996) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- (2003 - ) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Historic Riding of York—Simcoe
