Simcoe—Grey (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe—Grey
Ontario electoral district
	Simcoe—Grey in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Brian Saunderson; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	129,940
Electors (2018)	108,156
Area (km²)	2,772
Pop. density (per km²)	46.9
Census division(s)	Simcoe, Grey
Census subdivision(s)	New Tecumseth, Collingwood, Essa, Wasaga Beach, Clearview, Adjala-Tosorontio, Blue Mountains

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

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.

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

Simcoe—Grey
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, and York—Simcoe
37th	1999–2003		Jim Wilson	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2018
42nd	2018–2022			Independent
43rd	2022–present		Brian Saunderson	Progressive Conservative

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

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Saunderson	27,067	51.18	−4.75
	Liberal	Ted Crysler	11,687	22.10	+7.70
	New Democratic	Keith Nunn	5,849	11.06	−10.99
	Green	Allan Kuhn	4,742	8.97	+2.09
	New Blue	David Ghobrial	2,147	4.06
	Ontario Party	Rodney Sacrey	1,039	1.96
	None of the Above	Billy G. Gordon	355	0.67
Total valid votes			52,886	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			255
Turnout			53,141	43.52
Eligible voters			120,499
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		−6.22
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	Jim Wilson	34,094	55.93	+8.53
	New Democratic	David Matthews	13,444	22.05	+7.72
	Liberal	Dan Hambly	8,780	14.40	-14.40
	Green	Jesseca Perry	4,192	6.88	-1.01
	Libertarian	John Wright	453	0.74
Total valid votes			60,963	98.74
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			775	1.26
Turnout			61,738	57.08
Eligible voters			108,156
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.41
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2014 general election redistributed results^[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	22,288	47.39
	Liberal	14,296	30.40
	New Democratic	6,739	14.33
	Green	3,707	7.88

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	25988	47.14	-7.19
	Liberal	Lorne Kenney	17,199	31.24	+8.93
	New Democratic	David Matthews	7,793	14.08	-0.58
	Green	Jesseca Dudun	4,172	7.54	-1.16
Total valid votes			55,152	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.06
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	25,339	54.33	+3.68
	Liberal	Donna Kenwell	10,404	22.31	-3.67
	New Democratic	David Matthews	6,839	14.66	+5.45
	Green	Mike Schreiner	4,057	8.70	-2.63
Total valid votes			46,639	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			166	0.35
Turnout			46,805	48.12
Eligible voters			97,272
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.68
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Wilson	24,270	50.65	-0.87
	Liberal	Steven Fishman	12,447	25.97	-7.62
	Green	Peter Ellis	5,428	11.33	*
	New Democratic	Katy Austin	4,417	9.22	-0.98
	Libertarian	Philip Bender	724	1.51
	Family Coalition	Steven Taylor	361	0.75
	Independent	Owen Ferguson	273	0.57
Total valid votes			47,920	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	+3.37

^ Change based on redistributed results

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