Simcoe North

For the provincial electoral district, see Simcoe North (provincial electoral district).

Simcoe North

Ontario electoral district
Simcoe North in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Bruce Stanton Conservative
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	119,400
Electors (2011)	88,470
Area (km²)	2,381
Pop. density (per km²)	50.1
Census divisions	Simcoe County
Census subdivisions	Midland, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny, Christian Island, Severn, Ramara, Oro-Medonte, Mnjikaning First Nation

Simcoe North is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was established as a federal riding in 1867. Its population was 119,400 in 2006.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 92.3% White, 5.9% Native Canadian
Languages: 90.7% English, 9.2% both English and French
Religions: 48.3% Protestant, 30.1% Catholic, 1.7% Other Christian, 18.6% No affiliation
Average income: $28,062

Geography

The district includes all of the north and eastern parts of Simcoe County. The major municipalities include Midland, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny, Christian Island, Severn, Ramara, Oro-Medonte and Mnjikaning First Nation The area is 2,381 km².

History

The electoral district was created in 1867 by the British North America Act. In 1867, it included the townships of Nottawasaga, Sunnidale, Vespra, Flos, Oro, Medonte, Orillia and Matchedash, Tiny and Tay, Balaklava and Robinson, and the Towns of Barrie and Collingwood. In 1882], it lost Oro, Medonte, Orillia and Matchedash, Tiny and Tay, and Balaklava and Robinson. In 1903, it gained Oro, but lost Barrie. In 1947, it lost Oro and gained Barrie. In 1966, it lost Nottawasaga, Sunnidale and Flos and gained Penetanguishene, Matchedash, Medonte, Orillia, Oro, and Tay. In 1976, it gained the townships of Mara, Rama and Tiny but Lost Barrie and Vespra. In 1987, it gained Flos.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Christian Heritage Party of Canada	Simcoe North Riding Association CHP	Adrian Kooger	201-390 Sundial Drive	Orillia
	Conservative Party of Canada	Simcoe North Conservative Association	Marnie MacDougall	352 Tiny Beaches Road South	Perkinsfield
	Liberal Party of Canada	Simcoe North Federal Liberal Association	Ryan Douglas Barber	520 Harvie Settlement Road	Orillia
	New Democratic Party	Simcoe North Federal NDP Riding Association	Crystal Wiltshire	RR 3 407 Cedar Point Rd	Penetanguishene
	Green Party of Canada	Simcoe North Federal Green Party Association	Alec Adams	309-30 Museum Drive	Orillia

Members of Parliament

Simcoe North has elected the following Members of Parliament to represent it in the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Thomas David McConkey	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Herman Henry Cook	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Dalton McCarthy	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896			Independent
8th	1896–1898			McCarthyite
	1898–1900		Leighton McCarthy	Independent
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		John Allister Currie	Conservative
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Unionist
14th	1921–1925		Thomas Edwin Ross	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		William Alves Boys	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		John Thomas Simpson	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Julian Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Heber Smith	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Philip Bernard Rynard	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980		Doug Lewis	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Paul DeVillers	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Bruce Stanton	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	31,581	54.5	+14.8	–
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	11,515	19.9	+8.2	–
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	11,090	19.1	-8.6	–
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,489	6.0	-5.0	–
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	322	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,997	100.0
Total rejected ballots			161	0.3	–
Turnout			58,158	64.9	–
Eligible voters			89,588	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	26,328	49.7	+9.3	$84,616
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	14,670	27.7	-10.7	$87,766
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,207	11.7	-2.4	$6,265
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,820	11.0	+5.0	$26,424
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,025	100.0	$90,754

Note: Results are preliminary as of 18 October 2008.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	23,266	40.4	+2.7
	Liberal	Karen Graham	22,078	38.4	-5.0
	New Democratic	Jen Hill	8,132	14.1	+2.8
	Green	Sandy Agnew	3,451	6.0	-0.4
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	617	1.1	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,544	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	23,664	43.4	-7.4
	Conservative	Peter Stock	20,570	37.7	-6.2
	New Democratic	Jen Hill	6,162	11.3	+6.6
	Green	Mary Lou Kirby	3,486	6.4
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	544	1.0	+0.4
	Canadian Action	Ian Woods	145	0.3
Total valid votes			54,571	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	24,510	50.8	+6.4
	Alliance	Peter Stock	14,283	29.6	+1.6
	Progressive Conservative	Lucy Stewart	6,914	14.3	-6.8
	New Democratic	Ann Billings	2,272	4.7	-0.1
	Independent	Adrian P. Kooger	305	0.6
Total valid votes			48,284	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	22,775	44.4	+3.9
	Reform	Peter Stock	14,363	28.0	-2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sharon Henry	10,849	21.1	-2.0
	New Democratic	Ann Billings	2,488	4.8	+1.4
	Green	Adam Mazzara	388	0.8
	Natural Law	Peter Cameron	230	0.4	-0.1
	Canadian Action	Gloria Earl	213	0.4
Total valid votes			51,306	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	23,047	40.5	+2.7
	Reform	Ray Lyons	17,498	30.8
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	13,145	23.1	-20.9
	New Democratic	Marsha Mitzak	1,958	3.4	-14.7
	National	Brian Stewart	845	1.5
	Natural Law	Garry Foster	300	0.5
	Abolitionist	Bobby-Joe Edwards	67	0.1
Total valid votes			56,860	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	21,847	44.0	-10.9
	Liberal	Alan Martin	18,755	37.8	+11.2
	New Democratic	Mike McMurter	8,995	18.1	+1.0
Total valid votes			49,597	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	24,887	55.0	+18.5
	Liberal	Alan Martin	12,062	26.6	-9.6
	New Democratic	Tim Tynan	7,742	17.1	-10.2
	Green	John Brandon Letts	362	0.8
	Libertarian	Ian Mcteer	229	0.5
Total valid votes			45,282	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	14,874	36.4	-10.0
	Liberal	Alan Martin	14,808	36.3	+9.7
	New Democratic	Fayne Bullen	11,139	27.3	+0.3
Total valid votes			40,821	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	19,388	46.4	+6.2
	New Democratic	Fayne Bullen	11,284	27.0	+4.7
	Liberal	Walter Connell	11,099	26.6	+4.3
Total valid votes			41,771	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	P.B. Rynard	18,950	40.2	-7.7
	Liberal	Janice Laking	17,068	36.2	+3.7
	New Democratic	Fayne Bullen	10,502	22.3	+2.8
	Independent	Stephen Ridley	330	0.7
	Social Credit	Bruce Arnold	267	0.6
Total valid votes			47,117	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	P.B. Rynard	22,145	47.9	+2.1
	Liberal	Bruce Owen	15,038	32.6	-8.6
	New Democratic	Rich Partridge	9,016	19.5	+6.5
Total valid votes			46,199	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	P.B. Rynard	16,619	45.8	+0.3
	Liberal	Bill A. Bell	14,936	41.2	0.0
	New Democratic	Charles Perrie Rintoul	4,730	13.0	+5.0
Total valid votes			36,285	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	9,513	45.5	-0.4
	Liberal	Bill Bell	8,590	41.1	+3.3
	New Democratic	Ed Genge	1,677	8.0	-0.8
	Social Credit	Mel Rowat	1,109	5.3	-3.6
Total valid votes			20,889	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	10,157	45.9	-12.2
	Liberal	Ralph Snelgrove	8,374	37.8	+7.1
	Social Credit	Williard Kinzie	1,961	8.9	-2.4
	New Democratic	Russell Pogue	963	4.4
	Independent Conservative	Jack Browne	678	3.1
Total valid votes			22,133	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	11,728	58.1	-12.1
	Liberal	Hank Howard	6,210	30.7	+0.9
	New Democratic	Russell Pogue	2,265	11.2
Total valid votes			20,203	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	13,855	70.2	+7.7
	Liberal	William S. Campbell	5,890	29.8	-7.7
Total valid votes			19,745	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	11,437	62.5	+10.9
	Liberal	William Seymour Campbell	6,860	37.5	-10.9
Total valid votes			18,297	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Harcourt Ferguson	8,316	51.6	+1.6
	Liberal	Ralph Trapnell Snelgrove	7,796	48.4	+5.2
Total valid votes			16,112	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Harcourt Ferguson	7,658	50.0	-3.0
	Liberal	J. Gladstone Currie	6,613	43.2	+2.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Reginald Edward Ayres	1,053	6.9	+0.3
Total valid votes			15,324	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Harcourt Ferguson	8,251	52.9	+7.0
	Liberal	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	6,309	40.5	-13.6
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur Eric Cresswell	1,027	6.6
Total valid votes			15,587	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	7,096	54.1	+4.0
	National Government	Frederick Aylsworth Brock	6,030	45.9	+9.4
Total valid votes			13,126	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	7,244	50.1
	Conservative	John Thomas Simpson	5,290	36.6	-16.5
	Reconstruction	Herbert James Crawford	1,324	9.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Seymour Cornwall Cooper	608	4.2
Total valid votes			14,466	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	John Thomas Simpson	7,295	53.0	+2.3
	Progressive	Ernest Charles Drury	6,459	47.0	-2.3
Total valid votes			13,754	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	William Alves Boys	7,058	50.7	-1.5
	Progressive	Ernest Charles Drury	6,865	49.3	+1.5
Total valid votes			13,923	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	William Alves Boys	6,885	52.2	+8.7
	Progressive	Ernest Drury	6,295	47.8	-3.6
Total valid votes			13,180	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive	Thomas Edwin Ross	5,298	51.4
	Conservative	John Allister Currie	4,489	43.5	-21.4
	Independent	William John Holden	527	5.1
Total valid votes			10,314	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Government (Unionist)	John Allister Currie	4,240	64.9	+13.2
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Ernest Drury	2,293	35.1	-13.2
Total valid votes			6,533	100.0|} Note: Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election, and Opposition vote is compared to Liberal vote. Canadian federal election, 1911 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Conservative John Allister Currie 2,648 51.7 +1.2 Liberal Leighton Goldie McCarthy 2,476 48.3 -1.2 Total valid votes 5,124 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1908 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Conservative John Allister Currie 2,756 50.5 +0.9 Liberal Daniel Wilson 2,705 49.5 Total valid votes 5,461 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1904 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Independent Leighton Goldie McCarthy 2,486 50.4 -6.2 Conservative John Allister Currie 2,444 49.6 +6.2 Total valid votes 4,930 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Independent Leighton Goldie McCarthy 2,524 56.6 Conservative Charles Cameron 1,936 43.4 +25.2 Total valid votes 4,460 100.0 Note: popular vote compared to vote in 1896 general election. By-election on 14 December 1898 On Mr. McCarthy's death, 11 May 1898 Party Candidate Votes Independent Leighton Goldie McCarthy elected Canadian federal election, 1896 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp      McCarthyite Dalton McCarthy 2,517 52.4 -0.8 Liberal Elihu Stewart 1,410 29.4 -17.4 Conservative Houghton Lennox 875 18.2 Total valid votes 4,802 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1891 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Independent Dalton McCarthy 2,417 53.3 -0.4 Liberal H.H. Cook 2,121 46.7 +0.5 Total valid votes 4,538 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1887 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Conservative Dalton McCarthy 2,362 53.7 -0.1 Liberal T.W. Anglin 2,033 46.3 Total valid votes 4,395 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Conservative Dalton McCarthy 1,761 53.8 +3.4 Independent Charles Drury 1,511 46.2 Total valid votes 3,272 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Conservative Dalton McCarthy 2,943 50.4 +1.2 Liberal Herman Henry Cook 2,893 49.6 -1.2 Total valid votes 5,836 100.0 By-election on 26 December 1874 On Mr. Cook being unseated on petition, 11 November 1874 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Herman Henry Cook 2,355 50.8 -1.0 Conservative Dalton McCarthy 2,281 49.2 +1.0 Total valid votes 4,636 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1874 Party Candidate Votes % ±pp Liberal Herman Henry Cook 2,279 51.7 +1.0 Conservative Dalton McCarthy 2,125 48.3 -1.0 Total valid votes 4,404 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1872 Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Herman Henry Cook 1,908 50.7 Conservative Dalton McCarthy 1,852 49.3 Total valid votes 3,760 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1867 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Thomas David McConkey acclaimed See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts Past Canadian electoral districts Sources Riding history from the Library of Parliament 2011 results from Elections Canada Campaign expense data from Elections Canada