Simcoe—Grey is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1997. It was created in 1996 from parts of

Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Barrie was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It consisted of the City of Barrie in the County of Simcoe County, Ontario, Simc ...

, Bruce—Grey,

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, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe. It consists of the municipalities of Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview,

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, Springwater, Essa,

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and Adjala-Tosorontio. It had a population of 117,505 in 2001, and an area of 2,515 km².

History

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. This riding lost territory to Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 86.7% White, 3.6% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 2.1% Black, 1.2% Latin American Languages: 85.3% English, 1.7% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.0% Spanish Religions: 57.7% Christian (25.7% Catholic, 6.9% United Church, 6.2% Anglican, 3.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.0% Christian Orthodox, 12.2% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 38.4% None Median income: $43,200 (2020) Average income: $55,950 (2020)

Riding associations

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s are the local branches of the national political parties:

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

References

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Riding history from the

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2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

External links

Jim Wilson, MPPChristian Heritage Party Simcoe-GreySimcoe-Grey Green PartySimcoe-Grey Federal Liberal Riding AssociationSimcoe-Grey NDP Riding Association
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simcoe-Grey Ontario federal electoral districts Collingwood, Ontario