Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district)

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	Graydon Smith; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	94,400
Electors (2018)	80,180
Area (km²)	19,275
Pop. density (per km²)	4.9
Census division(s)	Parry Sound District, Muskoka District, Nipissing District
Census subdivision(s)	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, 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.^[3]

While the riding is a stronghold of the Progressive Conservatives, it has also been friendly to the Greens, scoring only a little more than 2000 votes less than the PCs in the 2022 election. The Greens generally do best in the larger towns like Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, and Parry Sound. The PCs do best in more rural areas, especially those in the north of the riding. They do worst in reservations, which are also where the NDP does best.^[4]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parry Sound—Muskoka
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from Parry Sound and Muskoka*
37th	1999–2001		Ernie Eves	Progressive Conservative
37th	2001–2003		Norm Miller
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present		Graydon Smith

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Graydon Smith	20,216	45.37	−2.70	$85,536
	Green	Matt Richter	18,102	40.63	+20.61	$95,858
	New Democratic	Erin Horvath	3,427	7.69	−14.34	$14,568
	Ontario Party	Andrew John Cocks	1,649	3.70		$8,029
	New Blue	Doug Maynard	883	1.98		$2,616
	Independent	Daniel Predie Jr.	155	0.35		$0
	Populist	Brad Waddell	126	0.28		$3,142
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,558	99.58	+0.29	$117,992
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			187	0.42	-0.29
Turnout			44,745	53.09	-6.13
Eligible voters			82,580
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−11.65
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	22,662	48.07	+7.34
	New Democratic	Erin Horvath	10,385	22.03	+9.11
	Green	Matt Richter	9,438	20.02	+0.68
	Liberal	Brenda Rhodes	4,071	8.64	-17.61
	Independent	Jeff Mole	219	0.46
	Libertarian	Chris Packer	196	0.42
	None of the Above	Joshua MacDonald	172	0.36
Total valid votes			47,143	99.29
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			336	0.71	-0.48
Turnout			47,479	59.22	+7.10
Eligible voters			80,180
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.88
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	15,761	40.73	-13.36
	Liberal	Dan Waters	10,158	26.25	+8.04
	Green	Matt Richter	7,484	19.34	+10.28
	New Democratic	Clyde Mobbley	4,999	12.92	-5.26
	Freedom	Andy Stivrins	296	0.76	+0.29
Total valid votes			38,698	98.81
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			467	1.19
Turnout			39,165	52.11
Eligible voters			75,153
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	19,417	54.09	+6.92
	Liberal	Cindy Waters	6,537	18.21	-8.50
	New Democratic	Alex Zyganiuk	6,527	18.18	+4.54
	Green	Matt Richter	3,251	9.06	-3.42
	Freedom	Andy Stivrins	167	0.47
Total valid votes			35,899	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			171	0.47
Turnout			36,070	51.79
Eligible voters			69,651
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.71
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	17,348	47.17	-1.34
	Liberal	Brenda Rhodes	9,819	26.71	-7.73
	New Democratic	Sara Hall	5,015	13.64	+3.72
	Green	Matt Richter	4,557	12.48	+6.6
Total valid votes			36,739	100.0

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	18,776	48.51	-0.79
	Liberal	Dan Waters	13,332	34.44	+0.13
	New Democratic	Jo-Anne Boulding	3,838	9.92	+6.53
	Green	Glen Hodgson	2,277	5.88	-6.46
	Family Coalition	Charlene Phinney	484	1.25
Total valid votes			38,707	100.0

Ontario provincial by-election, February 8, 2001
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	12,903	49.30	-8.67
	Liberal	Evelyn Brown	8,979	34.31	+6.62
	Green	Richard Thomas	3,229	12.34
	New Democratic	Joanne Bury	888	3.39	-10.1
	Independent	Anne Marsden	113	0.43
	Independent	John Turmel	61	0.23
Total valid votes			26,173	100.0

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Eves	22,967	57.97
	Liberal	Isabel Doxey	10,970	27.69
	New Democratic	Dan Waters	5,343	13.49
	Natural Law	Iris Tamssot	339	0.86
Total valid votes			39,619	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

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

Notes

^ "Elections Ontario".
^ "Elections Ontario".
^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived December 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Parry Sound—Muskoka". election-atlas.ca.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 069 Parry Sound-Muskoka". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Parry Sound—Muskoka" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

Sources

Elections Ontario
Map of riding for 2018 election

45°31′44″N 79°46′19″W / 45.529°N 79.772°W / 45.529; -79.772

[1] "Elections Ontario".

[2] "Elections Ontario".

[3] Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived December 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Parry Sound—Muskoka". election-atlas.ca.

[5] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[6] Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 069 Parry Sound-Muskoka". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[7] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Parry Sound—Muskoka" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

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