Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Alex Nuttall
Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 97,876
Electors (2015) 74,783
Area (km²)[1] 1,027
Pop. density (per km²) 95.3
Census divisions Simcoe
Census subdivisions Barrie, Oro-Medonte, Springwater

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Barrie, Simcoe—Grey and Simcoe North.[2]

History

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
Riding created from Barrie, Simcoe—Grey, and Simcoe North
42nd  2015–Present     Alex Nuttall Conservative

Recount

On Monday October 26, 2015, a judge granted the Liberal Party's request for a judicial recount after a 'significant number of rejected and spoiled ballots' were argued may not have been handled properly.[4]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[5][6]

Ethnic groups: 92.1% White, 2.9% Aboriginal
Languages: 90.7% English, 2.5% French, 1.1% German
Religions: 67.4% Christian (24.1% Catholic, 12.2% United Church, 9.9% Anglican, 5.1% Presbyterian, 2.9% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 12.0% Other), 30.5% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,562
Average income (2010): $40,565

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party Association Name CEO HQ Address HQ City
Conservative Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Conservative Association John Thornton 30 Birchgrove Drive Oro-Medonte
Green Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Federal Green Party Association Leslie Varsava 65 Cedar Point Dr. Unit 278 Barrie
Liberal Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Federal Liberal Association Mark A. Jessop 27 Wilde Place Barrie
New Democratic Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte NDP Riding Association Ellen White 299 Johnson Road Midhurst

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeAlex Nuttall 21,091 41.74 −12.81
LiberalBrian Tamblyn 21,005 41.57 +24.63
New DemocraticEllen White 5,202 10.29 −9.73
GreenMarty Lancaster 2,648 5.24 −0.85
LibertarianDarren Roskam 401 0.79
IndependentRam Faerber 188 0.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,535100.00 $207,179.91
Total rejected ballots 1810.36
Turnout 50,71667.44
Eligible voters 75,207
Conservative hold Swing -18.72
These results were subject to a judicial recount,[7] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Alex Nuttall over Brian Tamblyn decreased from 108 votes to 86 votes as a result of the recount.[8]
Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11]
2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 24,476 54.44
  New Democratic 8,983 20.02
  Liberal 7,599 16.94
  Green 2,732 6.09
  Others 1,080 2.41

References

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