Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)

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Simcoe—Grey is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. 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

It consisted initially of: 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 2021 Canadian census 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

Riding associations 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.

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