Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Parry Sound—Muskoka.

Parry Sound—Muskoka

Ontario electoral district
Parry Sound—Muskoka in relation to other Northern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Norm Miller Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2001)	84,836
Electors (2007)	62,109
Area (km²)	15,486
Pop. density (per km²)	5.5
Census divisions	Parry Sound District, Muskoka District, Nipissing District
Census subdivisions	Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes, Parry Sound, Seguin, Lake of Bays, McDougall, Georgian Bay, Perry

Parry Sound—Muskoka is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The riding was once held by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves, and at present by Norm Miller, son of former Premier Frank Miller.

The district, which has existed since 1999, has identical boundaries to those of the federal district of Parry Sound—Muskoka.

The riding consists of the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the Town of Powassan, the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth, and the part of the Town of Killarney contained in the district), the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the part of the Town of Kearney lying in the Territorial Nipissing District.

History

Prior to the 1999 boundary realignment two ridings covered the area: Parry Sound and Muskoka. Parry Sound—Muskoka provincial electoral district was created in 1906, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

It initially consisted of the District Municipality of Muskoka, the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the towns of Powassan and Trout Creek and the townships of Nipissing, North Himsworth and South Himsworth) and the township of Sherborne and Others (formerly Sherborne, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale) in the County of Haliburton.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1999 − 2001		Ernie Eves	Progressive Conservative
	2001 − 2003		Norm Miller
38th	2003 − 2007
39th	2007 − 2011
40th	2011 − Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	19,416	54.1	+6.9
	Liberal	Cindy Waters	6,536	18.2	-8.5
	New Democratic	Alex Zyganiuk	6,526	18.2	+4.6
	Green	Matt Richter	3,251	9.1	-3.4
	Independent	Andy Stivrins	167	0.4	+0.4
Total valid votes			35,896	100.0

Note: the 2011 election was held on October 6, 2011.
** Preliminary Results - Not Official Yet. **

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	17,343	47.2	-1.3
	Liberal	Brenda Rhodes	9,819	26.7	-7.7
	New Democratic	Sara Hall	5,015	13.6	+3.7
	Green	Matt Richter	4,589	12.5	+6.6
Total valid votes			36,766	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	18,776	48.5	-0.8
	Liberal	Dan Waters	13,332	34.4	+0.1
	New Democratic	Jo-Anne Boulding	3,838	9.9	+6.5
	Green	Glen Hodgson	2,277	5.9	-6.4
	Family Coalition	Charlene Phinney	484	1.3	+1.3
Total valid votes			38,707	100.0

Ontario provincial by-election, February 8, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	12,903	49.3	-8.7
	Liberal	Evelyn Brown	8,979	34.3	+6.6
	Green	Richard Thomas	3,229	12.3	+12.3
	New Democratic	Joanne Bury	888	3.4	-10.1
	Independent	Anne Marsden	113	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	John Turmel	61	0.2	+0.2
Total valid votes			26,173	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Eves	22,967	58.0
	Liberal	Isabel Doxey	10,970	27.7
	New Democratic	Dan Waters	5,343	13.5
	Natural Law	Iris Tamssot	339	0.9
Total valid votes			39,619	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,430	67.9
	Mixed member proportional	11,523	32.1
	Total valid votes	35,953	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results
• "Elections Ontario - 2011 General Election Results By District". Elections Ontario. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-08.