York—Simcoe

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York—Simcoe is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979, from 1988 to 1997 and since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.

It covers part of the region north of Toronto by Lake Simcoe.

It has existed on three separate occasions. Its first incarnation was created in 1966 from parts of Dufferin—Simcoe and York North. It existed until 1976 when it was split between York North, Simcoe South, and York—Peel.

It was reformed in 1987 from parts of Simcoe South, York—Peel, Victoria—Haliburton, and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe. It was again broken up in 1996 with a split between Barrie—Simcoe, Simcoe—Grey, and York North.

Its current incarnation came into being in 2003 made up of parts of Simcoe—Grey, York North, and Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal election results 4.1 2004-present 4.2 1988-1997 4.3 1968-1979 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding includes the municipalities of Innisfil, Bradford West Gwillimbury, East Gwillimbury, Gerogina and King north of Regional Road 31. It also includes the Indian reservation of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation.

[edit] Federal electoral district

It was originally created in 1966 from parts of Dufferin—Simcoe and York North ridings. It consisted of:

• in the County of Simcoe, the townships of West Gwillimbury, Innisfil and Tecumseth excluding the City of Barrie and the Town of Alliston;
• the Village of Cookstown; and
• in the County of York, the Police Village of Maple, the Village of Stouffville, the Townships of East Gwillimbury, King, Whitchurch and the northern part of the Township of Vaughan lying north of a line

drawn from Highway 11 west along Concession 1, south along the road between Concessions 1 and 2, west along County Suburban Road 25, south, west and north along the limit of the Police Village of Maple, west along County Suburban Road 25 to the township boundary.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Simcoe South, York North and York—Peel ridings.

It was recreated in 1987 from parts of Simcoe South, Victoria—Haliburton, Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Peel ridings. The second incarnation of the riding consisted of:

• in the County of Simcoe; the Town of Bradford, the villages of Beeton and Tottenham, and the townships of Adjala, Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury;
• in the Regional Municipality of York: the towns of East Gwillimbury and Newmarket, Georgina Island Indian Reserve No. 33, the Township of Georgina, and the northern part of the Township of King.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Barrie—Simcoe, Simcoe—Grey and York North ridings.

It was recreated a second time in 2003 from parts of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Simcoe—Grey and York North ridings with the current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• John Roberts, Liberal (1968-[1972)
• Sinclair Stevens, Progressive Conservative (1972-1979)

• John E. Cole, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
• Karen Kraft Sloan, Liberal (1993-1996)

• Peter Van Loan, Conservative Party of Canada (2003-present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

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

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] 2004-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Van Loan	21,498
	Liberal	Kate Wilson	14,243
	New Democrat	Sylvia Gerl	6,327
	Green	John Dewar	3,254
	Christian Heritage	Vicki Gunn	514

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Van Loan	21,343
	Liberal	Kate Wilson	16,763
	New Democrat	Sylvia Gerl	5,314
	Green	Bob Burrows	2,576
	Progressive Canadian	Stephen Sircelj	670
	Christian Heritage	Vicki Gunn	588

[edit] 1988-1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Karen Kraft Sloan	26,972
	Reform	Paul Pivato	22,325
	Progressive Conservative	John E. Cole	16,139
	New Democrat	Steve Pliakes	1,768
	Christian Heritage	Ian Knight	958
	National	Ronald Fletcher	673
	Natural Law	Ian Roberts	416
	Abolitionist	Gary George Brewer	95

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John E. Cole	26,732
	Liberal	Frank Stronach	19,906
	New Democrat	Judy Darcy	7,489
	Christian Heritage	Klass Stel	2,203
	Libertarian	Maureen E. McAleese	335

[edit] 1968-1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sinclair Stevens	23,591
	Liberal	Mike Willinsky	18,927
	New Democrat	Wally Gustar	7,630

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sinclair Stevens	22,957
	Liberal	John Roberts	19,178
	New Democrat	Wally Gustar	8,046

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Roberts	15,906
	Progressive Conservative	Wallace McCutcheon	13,100
	New Democrat	Don McFadyen	6,095

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• (1966 - 1976) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• (1987 - 1996) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• (2003 - ) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Historic Riding of York—Simcoe

Federal Ridings in Central Ontario
Conservative	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Liberal	Newmarket—Aurora

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Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
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