Simcoe North (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe North
Ontario electoral district
	Simcoe North in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Jill Dunlop; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	111,335
Electors (2018)	92,450
Area (km²)	3,143
Pop. density (per km²)	35.4
Census division(s)	Simcoe County
Census subdivision(s)	Midland, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny, Christian Island, Severn, Ramara, Oro-Medonte, Mnjikaning First Nation

Simcoe North is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was established as a provincial riding in 1996. Its population was 111,335 in 2016.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census for the overlapping Simcoe North (federal electoral district)^[2]^[3]

Ethnic groups: 88.5% White, 9.0% Aboriginal
Languages: 90.5% English, 3.8% French, 1.4% German
Religions: 71.7% Christian (28.5% Catholic, 13.0% United Church, 10.1% Anglican, 5.6% Presbyterian, 2.9% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 9.4% Other Christian), 26.9% None.
Median income: $28,718 (2010)
Average income: $37,989 (2010)

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 3,143 km².

Members of Provincial Parliament

Simcoe North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created*
1st	1867–1871		William Lount	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		William Davis Ardagh	Conservative
*Riding dissolved*
*Riding created from Simcoe East and Muskoka–Georgian Bay*
37th	1999–2003		Garfield Dunlop	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015
	2015–2018		Patrick Brown
	2018–2018		Patrick Brown	Independent
42nd	2018–2022		Jill Dunlop	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Jill Dunlop	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[4]

Election results

1999–present

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	23,041	49.80	+2.89
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	8,208	17.74	−10.29
	Liberal	Aaron Cayden Hiltz	8,070	17.44	−0.26
	Green	Krystal Brooks	4,071	8.80	+2.05
	New Blue	Mark Douris	1,438	3.11
	Ontario Party	Aaron MacDonald	1,119	2.42
	Libertarian	William Joslin	318	0.69	+0.09
Total valid votes			46,265	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			228
Turnout			46,493	46.24
Eligible voters			101,053
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.59
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	Jill Dunlop	25,236	46.92	+2.98
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	15,078	28.03	+12.48
	Liberal	Gerry Marshall	9,523	17.70	-14.82
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,632	6.75	-1.24
	Libertarian	Cynthia Sneath	320	0.59
Total valid votes			53,789	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		-8.97
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, September 3, 2015 Resignation of Garfield Dunlop
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick Brown	21,095	53.68	+9.74	$117,157.00
	Liberal	Fred Larsen	9,281	23.62	–8.90	$94,892.00
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	6,637	16.89	+1.34	$54,795.23
	Green	Valerie Powell	1,791	4.56	–3.43	$183.33
	New Reform	James Gault	200	0.51	–	–
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	146	0.37	–	–
	Libertarian	Darren Roskam	104	0.26	–	–
	Pauper	John Turmel	47	0.12	–	–
Total valid votes			39,301	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			170	0.43
Turnout			39,471	40.71
Eligible voters			96,950
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.32
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2015). "Official Returns from the Records, 086 Simcoe North" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2015.

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	22,179	43.94	-11.22
	Liberal	Fred Larsen	16,412	32.52	+10.11
	New Democratic	Doris Middleton	7,846	15.55	-1.41
	Green	Peter Stubbins	4,013	7.99	+2.52
Total valid votes			50,451	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.67
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	25,081	55.16	+5.34
	Liberal	Fred Larsen	10,191	22.41	-8.13
	New Democratic	Doris Middleton	7,710	16.96	+7.77
	Green	Peter Stubbins	2,488	5.47	-4.74
Total valid votes			45,470	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			142	0.31
Turnout			45,612	50.98
Eligible voters			89,474
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	22,986	49.82	+3.69
	Liberal	Laura Domsy	14,094	30.54	-8.33
	Green	Wayne Varcoe	4,709	10.21	+7.17
	New Democratic	Andrew Hill	4,240	9.19	-1.68
	Libertarian	Dane-Train Raybould	112	0.24
Total valid votes			46,141	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.02

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	23,393	46.13	-7.02
	Liberal	Paul Sloan	19,713	38.87	-0.16
	New Democratic	John Niddery	5,515	10.87	+4.95
	Green	Nina Pruesse	1,540	3.04	+1.75
	Family Coalition	Blaine Scott	453	0.89
	Independent	Karnail Singh	101	0.2
Total valid votes			50,715	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.43

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Garfield Dunlop	26,160	53.15
	Liberal	George J. Macdonald	19,209	39.03
	New Democratic	Ann Billings	2,913	5.92
	Green	Harry Promm	633	1.29
	Natural Law	William Robert Ayling	305	0.62
Total valid votes			49,220	100.0

1867–1874

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Lount	1,431	52.40
	Conservative	A. Morrison	1,300	47.60
Total valid votes			2,731	81.91
Eligible voters			3,334
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[8]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Davis Ardagh	1,354	44.39
	Liberal	Charles Cook	1,041	34.13
	Liberal	William Lount	655	21.48
Turnout			3,050	69.41
Eligible voters			4,394
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Davis Ardagh	1,847	68.08	+20.48
	Independent	Mr. Ramsey	866	31.92
Total valid votes			2,713	100.0	−0.66
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.48
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[10]^: 351

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,215	62.6
	Mixed member proportional	16,883	37.4
	Total valid votes	45,098	100.0

Sources

^ "Simcoe North - Elections Canada". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
^ "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". 8 May 2013.
^ "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". 8 May 2013.
^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For William Lount's Legislative Assembly information see "William Lount, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Davis Ardagh's Legislative Assembly information see "William Davis Ardagh, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Garfield Dunlop's Legislative Assembly information see "Garfield Dunlop, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Patrick Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "Patrick Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 086 Simcoe North". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Simcoe North" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.

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[1] "Simcoe North - Elections Canada". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

[2] "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". 8 May 2013.

[3] "National Household Survey (NHS) Profile, 2011". 8 May 2013.

[4] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For William Lount's Legislative Assembly information see "William Lount, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For William Davis Ardagh's Legislative Assembly information see "William Davis Ardagh, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Garfield Dunlop's Legislative Assembly information see "Garfield Dunlop, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Patrick Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "Patrick Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[5] For William Lount's Legislative Assembly information see "William Lount, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[6] For William Davis Ardagh's Legislative Assembly information see "William Davis Ardagh, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[7] For Garfield Dunlop's Legislative Assembly information see "Garfield Dunlop, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[8] For Patrick Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "Patrick Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[5] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[6] Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 086 Simcoe North". Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[7] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Simcoe North" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[8] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[9] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

[Lewis1968-10] Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.

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