Barrie (electoral district)

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Barrie
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Barrie in relation to other Ontario electoral districts

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Patrick Brown
Conservative
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2008
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2001) 128,430
Electors (2001) 87,983
Area (km²) 88
Pop. density (per km²) 1,459.4
Census divisions Simcoe County
Census subdivisions Barrie
For the provincial electoral district, see Barrie (provincial electoral district).

Barrie is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It consists of the City of Barrie in the County of Simcoe. It was created in 2003 from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford.

Population:

  • 103,710

Eligible voters:

  • 80,006

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[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

  1. Aileen Carroll, Liberal (2004-2006)
  2. Patrick Brown, Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Adjacent ridings

Signs for the major parties line the street in south Barrie prior to the 2008 federal election.

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Patrick Brown 27,927 52.4% +10.5% $91,512
     Liberal Rick Jones 12,732 23.9% -15.3% $80,023
     New Democrat Myrna Clark 6,403 12.0% -0.2% $16,038
     Green Erich Jacoby-Hawkins 5,921 11.1% +4.3% $58,204
     Libertarian Paolo Fabrizio 260 0.5% N/A $171
     Marxist-Leninist Christine Anne Nugent 84 0.2% N/A $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,327 100% $92,671
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Patrick Brown 23,999 41.9% +1.8% $81,530
     Liberal Aileen Carroll 22,476 39.2% -3.5% $69,313
     New Democrat Peter Bursztyn 6,984 12.2% +1.5% $14,496
     Green Erich Jacoby-Hawkins 3,874 6.8% +0.2% $19,036
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Aileen Carroll 21,233 42.7%
     Conservative Patrick Brown 19,938 40.1%
     New Democrat Peter Bursztyn 5,312 10.7%
     Green Erich Jacoby-Hawkins 3,288 6.6%

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