Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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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.
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 116,307 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 95,511 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 1,950 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 59.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Simcoe, Grey | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Essa, Clearview, Adjala-Tosorontio, The Blue Mountains | ||
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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 parts of the County of Simcoe and the County of Grey.
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[3]
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:
| Party | Association name | CEO | HQ city | |
| Christian Heritage Party of Canada | CHP Simcoe—Grey | Marilee Kidd | The Blue Mountains | |
| Conservative Party of Canada | Simcoe—Grey Conservative Association | Duane P. McNabb | Clearview | |
| Green Party of Canada | Simcoe—Grey Green Party Association | Nicholas N. Clayton | The Blue Mountains | |
| Liberal Party of Canada | Simcoe—Grey Federal Liberal Association | Courtney Rose Demers | Toronto | |
| New Democratic Party | Simcoe—Grey Federal NDP Riding Association | vacant | Wasaga Beach | |
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simcoe—Grey Riding created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, Bruce—Grey, Simcoe Centre, Simcoe North, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Paul Bonwick | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Helena Guergis | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 2010–2011 | Independent | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Kellie Leitch | Conservative | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Terry Dowdall | ||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Terry Dowdall | 35,364 | 52.08 | +4.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Bren Munro | 29,455 | 43.38 | +15.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jasleen Bains | 1,574 | 2.32 | −10.85 | ||||
| Green | Allan Kuhn | 991 | 1.46 | −2.69 | ||||
| People's | Giorgio Mammoliti | 523 | 0.77 | −6.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 67,907 | 99.41 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 402 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 68,309 | 71.78 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,169 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | −5.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 26,910 | 47.42 | |
| Liberal | 15,822 | 27.88 | |
| New Democratic | 7,476 | 13.17 | |
| People's | 3,938 | 6.94 | |
| Green | 2,356 | 4.15 | |
| Others | 242 | 0.43 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Terry Dowdall | 36,249 | 47.3 | +3.8 | $77,055.07 | |||
| Liberal | Bren Munro | 21,320 | 27.8 | -3.9 | $15,794.64 | |||
| New Democratic | Lucas Gillies | 10,140 | 13.2 | +2.0 | $4,394.15 | |||
| People's | Adam Minatel | 5,550 | 7.2 | +5.3 | $16,038.13 | |||
| Green | Nick Clayton | 2,969 | 3.9 | -10.1 | $3,494.50 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ken Stouffer | 382 | 0.5 | – | $5,174.14 | |||
| Total valid votes | 76,610 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 436 | |||||||
| Turnout | 77,046 | 63.60 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 121,142 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Terry Dowdall | 32,812 | 43.5 | -3.1 | $77,284.03 | |||
| Liberal | Lorne Kenney | 23,925 | 31.7 | -6.9 | none listed | |||
| Green | Sherri Jackson | 8,589 | 11.4 | +7.0 | $13,135.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Ilona Matthews | 8,462 | 11.2 | +1.6 | $4,265.12 | |||
| People's | Richard Sommer | 1,416 | 1.9 | – | none listed | |||
| Veterans Coalition | Tony D'Angelo | 305 | 0.4 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 75,509 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 492 | |||||||
| Turnout | 76,001 | 66.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 115,193 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Simcoe—Grey | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kellie Leitch | 30,612 | 46.6 | -1.8 | $101,505.22 | |||
| Liberal | Mike MacEachern | 25,352 | 38.6 | +25.9 | $55,545.97 | |||
| New Democratic | David Matthews | 6,332 | 9.6 | -7.8 | $5,106.83 | |||
| Green | JoAnne Fleming | 2,923 | 4.4 | -1.1 | $5,324.15 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Len Noordegraaf | 528 | 0.8 | – | $3,879.16 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 65,747 | 100.0 | $242,062.43 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 225 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 65,972 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 97,145 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -13.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 26,764 | 48.43 | |
| New Democratic | 9,631 | 17.43 | |
| Others | 8,806 | 15.94 | |
| Liberal | 7,000 | 12.67 | |
| Green | 3,058 | 5.53 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Simcoe—Grey | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kellie Leitch | 31,784 | 49.36 | -5.68 | $96,128.50 | |||
| New Democratic | Katy Austin | 11,185 | 17.38 | +6.18 | 7,993.48 | |||
| Independent | Helena Guergis | 8,714 | 13.50 | – | 57,289.66 | |||
| Liberal | Alex Smardenka | 8,207 | 12.75 | -8.80 | 83,148.92 | |||
| Green | Jace Metheral | 3,482 | 5.41 | -4.71 | 8,522.13 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 757 | 1.18 | – | 4,385.89 | |||
| Canadian Action | Gord Cochrane | 244 | 0.38 | – | 2,512.75 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,373 | 100.00 | – | $99,651.72 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.42 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 64,642 | 66.13 | +6.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 97,755 | – | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.93 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Helena Guergis | 30,897 | 55.04 | +5.2 | $71,239 | |||
| Liberal | Andrea Matrosovs | 12,099 | 21.55 | -9.3 | $36,810 | |||
| New Democratic | Katy Austin | 6,288 | 11.20 | 0.0 | $6,077 | |||
| Green | Peter Ellis | 5,685 | 10.12 | +4.5 | $9,015 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 1,018 | 1.81 | -0.6 | $4,175 | |||
| Libertarian | Caley McKibbin | 143 | 0.25 | – | $20 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,130 | 100.00 | $94,127 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 189 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 56,319 | 60.10 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Helena Guergis | 30,135 | 49.8 | +9.1 | $84,182 | |||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Kirley | 18,689 | 30.9 | -9.5 | $92,500 | |||
| New Democratic | Katy Austin | 6,784 | 11.2 | +1.2 | $10,777 | |||
| Green | Peter Ellis | 3,372 | 5.6 | +1.8 | $2,361 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 1,585 | 2.6 | -1.5 | $14,302 | |||
| Total valid votes | 60,565 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Helena Guergis | 22,496 | 40.6 | -9.3 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 22,396 | 40.4 | -4.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Colin Mackinnon | 5,532 | 10.0 | +6.7 | ||||
| Green | Peter Ellis | 2,668 | 4.8 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Vander Zaag | 2,285 | 4.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 55,377 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 22,224 | 44.8 | +9.6 | ||||
| Alliance | George Demery | 16,113 | 32.5 | -1.8 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Dunkley | 8,655 | 17.4 | -5.7 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Kennedy | 1,646 | 3.3 | -2.8 | ||||
| Canadian Action | James McGillivray | 751 | 1.5 | |||||
| Independent | Victor Carvalho | 246 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 49,635 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Bonwick | 17,895 | 35.2 | |||||
| Reform | Paul Shaw | 17,414 | 34.3 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shawn Mitchell | 11,761 | 23.1 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marty Wilkinson | 3,090 | 6.1 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Mia Colaris | 664 | 1.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,824 | 100.0 | ||||||