Simcoe—Grey (provincial electoral district) explained

Simcoe—Grey is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe.

It consists of the municipalities of Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview, Wasaga Beach, Springwater, Essa, New Tecumseth and Adjala-Tosorontio. It had a population of 117,505 in 2001, and an area of 2,515 km².

History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

It consisted initially of:

• the part of the County of Simcoe lying to the west of and including the Town of New Tecumseth and the Township of Essa, to the west of and excluding the City of Barrie, to the east of and including the townships of Vespra and Flos, and to the south of and excluding the Township of Tiny;
• in the County of Grey, the Town of Thornbury, the villages of Flesherton and Markdale, and the townships of Artemesia, Collingwood and Osprey.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Wilson resigned from cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 2, 2018, and continued the term as an Independent MPP.^[1]

Election results

2014 general election redistributed results[2]
Party		Vote	%
			22,288	47.39
			14,296	30.40
			6,739	14.33
			3,707	7.88

|align="left" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative hold |align="right"|Swing|align="right"| +3.37

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side	Votes	%
	First Past the Post	31,429	66.8
	Mixed member proportional	15,659	33.2
	Total valid votes	47,088	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results
• Map of riding for 2018 election

44.375°N -80.008°W

Notes and References

1. News: Ontario PC MPP Jim Wilson resigns, plans to seek treatment for addiction . November 3, 2018 . CTV News . The Canadian Press . November 2, 2018 . en-CA.
2. Web site: 99 - Simcoe-Grey .