Simcoe North (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Simcoe North (provincial electoral district).

Simcoe North

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Adam Chambers Conservative
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	120,656
Electors (2015)	85,156
Area (km²) [1]	1,752
Pop. density (per km²)	68.9
Census division(s)	Simcoe County
Census subdivision(s)	Orillia, Midland, Severn, Tiny, Tay, Ramara, Penetanguishene, Chippewas of Rama, Christian Island, Christian Island

Simcoe North (French : Simcoe-Nord) is a federal electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was established as a federal riding in 1867, and is the only electoral district in Ontario, and one of four in Canada, that has continually existed since Confederation.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[2]

Ethnic groups: 84.0% White, 11.8% Indigenous, 1.0% South Asian
Languages: 89.7% English, 2.6% French
Religions: 54.3% Christian (23.8% Catholic, 7.3% United Church, 6.2% Anglican, 3.0% Presbyterian, 1.8% Baptist, 12.2% Other), 43.4% None.
Median income: $38,800 (2020)
Average income: $48,680 (2020)

Geography

The district includes all of the north and eastern parts of Simcoe County. Municipalities and Indian reserves include Midland, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny, Christian Island 30, Christian Island 30A, Severn, Ramara, Oro-Medonte (part) and Mnjikaning First Nation. The area is 1,752 km².

History

The electoral district was created in 1867 by the British North America Act. In 1867, it included the townships of Nottawasaga, Sunnidale, Vespra, Flos, Oro, Medonte, Orillia and Matchedash, Tiny and Tay, Balaklava and Robinson, and the Towns of Barrie and Collingwood. In 1882, it lost Oro, Medonte, Orillia and Matchedash, Tiny and Tay, and Balaklava and Robinson. In 1903, it gained Oro, but lost Barrie. In 1947, it lost Oro and gained Barrie. In 1966, it lost Nottawasaga, Sunnidale and Flos and gained Penetanguishene, Matchedash, Medonte, Orillia, Oro, and Tay. In 1976, it gained the townships of Mara, Rama and Tiny but Lost Barrie and Vespra. In 1987, it gained Flos Township, only to lose it again in the 1996 redistribution. In the 2003 redistribution, its southern boundary was altered slightly to follow the boundary of the new municipality of Springwater in neighbouring Simcoe—Grey with the municipalities of Oro-Medonte, Tiny and Tay in Simcoe North. In 2013, the riding lost all of Oro-Medonte west of 9 Line.

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 North	Adrian P. Kooger	Orillia
	Conservative Party of Canada	Simcoe North Conservative Association	Charlene E. Anderson	Midland
	Green Party of Canada	Simcoe North Green Party Association	Erik Schomann	Tiny
	Liberal Party of Canada	Simcoe North Federal Liberal Association	Ryan D. Barber	Midland
	New Democratic Party	Simcoe North Federal NDP Riding Association	Brian Trujillo	Ottawa
	People's Party of Canada	Barrie-Simcoe PPC Association	Myles Wilson	Orillia

Members of Parliament

Simcoe North has elected the following members of Parliament to represent it in the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Simcoe North
1st	1867–1872		Thomas David McConkey	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Herman Henry Cook
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Dalton McCarthy	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896			Independent
8th	1896–1898			McCarthyite
	1898–1900		Leighton McCarthy	Independent
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		John Allister Currie	Conservative
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Thomas Edwin Ross	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		William Alves Boys	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		John Thomas Simpson
18th	1935–1940		Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Julian Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Heber Smith
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Philip Bernard Rynard
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980		Doug Lewis
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Paul DeVillers	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Bruce Stanton	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025		Adam Chambers
45th	2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Simcoe North (since 1874 (by-election)-2019, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Adam Chambers	32,241	48.41	+6.23
	Liberal	Ryan Rocca	29,767	44.69	+13.86
	New Democratic	Melissa Lloyd	2,508	3.77	–12.19
	Green	Ray Little	1,260	1.89	–1.16
	People's	Stephen Toivo Makk	638	0.96	–6.69
	Christian Heritage	Russ Emo	191	0.29	–0.04
Total valid votes/expense limit			66,605
Total rejected ballots			482
Turnout			67,087	68.86
Eligible voters			97,424
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–4.05
Source: Elections Canada [3] [4]

2021 federal election redistributed results [5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,617	42.18
	Liberal	17,995	30.83
	New Democratic	9,315	15.96
	People's	4,465	7.65
	Green	1,780	3.05
	Others	192	0.33

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Adam Chambers	27,383	43.0	-0.4	$124,130.04
	Liberal	Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux	19,332	30.4	-0.4	$70,369.83
	New Democratic	Janet-Lynne Durnford	9,958	15.7	+1.6	$7,481.15
	People's	Stephen Makk	4,822	7.6	+5.8	$27,666.23
	Green	Krystal Brooks	1,903	3.0	-6.4	$5,982.80
	Christian Heritage	Russ Emo	210	0.3	–	$2,585.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,608	–	–	$127,623.16
Total rejected ballots			294
Turnout			63,902	63.18
Eligible voters			101,144
Source: Elections Canada [6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	27,241	43.4	-0.12	$100,103.63
	Liberal	Gerry Hawes	19,310	30.8	-9.01	$83,974.59
	New Democratic	Angelique Belcourt	8,850	14.1	+3.52	$4,832.36
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,882	9.4	+4.94	$6,203.63
	People's	Stephen Makk	1,154	1.8	–	$4,480.03
	Christian Heritage	Chris Brown	341	0.5	-0.06	$2,923.18
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,778	100.0
Total rejected ballots			358
Turnout			63,136	65.0
Eligible voters			97,148
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.45
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]

2015 Canadian federal election : Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	24,836	43.52	-10.36	$91,741.02
	Liberal	Liz Riley	22,718	39.81	+20.56	$74,044.17
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,037	10.58	-9.85	$3,879.75
	Green	Peter Stubbins	2,543	4.46	-1.4	$11,996.03
	No Affiliation	Jacob Kearey-Moreland	618	1.08	–	$2,744.47
	Christian Heritage	Scott Whittaker	319	0.56	-0.02	$2,753.34
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,071	100.0		$224,845.90
Total rejected ballots			189	–	–
Turnout			57,260	–	–
Eligible voters			86,859
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.46
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

2011 federal election redistributed results [11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,796	53.88
	New Democratic	10,540	20.43
	Liberal	9,932	19.25
	Green	3,021	5.86
	Christian Heritage	301	0.58

2011 Canadian federal election : Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	31,581	54.5	+4.8	–
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	11,515	19.9	+8.2	–
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	11,090	19.1	-8.6	–
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,489	6.0	-5.0	–
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	322	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,997	100.0
Total rejected ballots			161	0.3	–
Turnout			58,158	64.9	–
Eligible voters			89,588	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.7

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	26,328	49.7	+9.3	$84,616
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	14,670	27.7	-10.7	$87,766
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,207	11.7	-2.4	$6,265
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,820	11.0	+5.0	$26,424
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,025	100.0	$90,754

Note: Results are preliminary as of 18 October 2008.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	23,266	40.4	+2.7
	Liberal	Karen Graham	22,078	38.4	-5.0
	New Democratic	Jen Hill	8,132	14.1	+2.8
	Green	Sandy Agnew	3,451	6.0	-0.4
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	617	1.1	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,544	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	23,664	43.4	-7.4
	Conservative	Peter Stock	20,570	37.7	-6.2
	New Democratic	Jen Hill	6,162	11.3	+6.6
	Green	Mary Lou Kirby	3,486	6.4
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	544	1.0	+0.4
	Canadian Action	Ian Woods	145	0.3
Total valid votes			54,571	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 Devillers	24,510	50.8	+6.4
	Alliance	Peter Stock	14,283	29.6	+1.6
	Progressive Conservative	Lucy Stewart	6,914	14.3	-6.8
	New Democratic	Ann Billings	2,272	4.7	-0.1
	Independent	Adrian P. Kooger	305	0.6
Total valid votes			48,284	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	22,775	44.4	+3.9
	Reform	Peter Stock	14,363	28.0	-2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sharon Henry	10,849	21.1	-2.0
	New Democratic	Ann Billings	2,488	4.8	+1.4
	Green	Adam Mazzara	388	0.8
	Natural Law	Peter Cameron	230	0.4	-0.1
	Canadian Action	Gloria Earl	213	0.4
Total valid votes			51,306	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Devillers	23,047	40.5	+2.7
	Reform	Ray Lyons	17,498	30.8
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	13,145	23.1	-20.9
	New Democratic	Marsha Mitzak	1,958	3.4	-14.7
	National	Brian Stewart	845	1.5
	Natural Law	Garry Foster	300	0.5
	Abolitionist	Bobby-Joe Edwards	67	0.1
Total valid votes			56,860	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	21,847	44.0	-10.9
	Liberal	Alan Martin	18,755	37.8	+11.2
	New Democratic	Mike McMurter	8,995	18.1	+1.0
Total valid votes			49,597	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	24,887	55.0	+18.5
	Liberal	Alan Martin	12,062	26.6	-9.6
	New Democratic	Tim Tynan	7,742	17.1	-10.2
	Green	John Brandon Letts	362	0.8
	Libertarian	Ian Mcteer	229	0.5
Total valid votes			45,282	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	14,874	36.4	-10.0
	Liberal	Alan Martin	14,808	36.3	+9.7
	New Democratic	Fayne Bullen	11,139	27.3	+0.3
Total valid votes			40,821	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lewis	19,388	46.4	+6.2
	New Democratic	Fayne Bullen	11,284	27.0	+4.7
	Liberal	Walter Connell	11,099	26.6	+4.3
Total valid votes			41,771	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	P.B. Rynard	18,950	40.2	-7.7
	Liberal	Janice Laking	17,068	36.2	+3.7
	New Democratic	Fayne Bullen	10,502	22.3	+2.8
	Independent	Stephen Ridley	330	0.7
	Social Credit	Bruce Arnold	267	0.6
Total valid votes			47,117	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	P.B. Rynard	22,145	47.9	+2.1
	Liberal	Bruce Owen	15,038	32.6	-8.6
	New Democratic	Rich Partridge	9,016	19.5	+6.5
Total valid votes			46,199	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	P.B. Rynard	16,619	45.8	+0.3
	Liberal	Bill A. Bell	14,936	41.2	0.0
	New Democratic	Charles Perrie Rintoul	4,730	13.0	+5.0
Total valid votes			36,285	100.0

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	9,513	45.5	-0.4
	Liberal	Bill Bell	8,590	41.1	+3.3
	New Democratic	Ed Genge	1,677	8.0	-0.8
	Social Credit	Mel Rowat	1,109	5.3	-3.6
Total valid votes			20,889	100.0

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	10,157	45.9	-12.2
	Liberal	Ralph Snelgrove	8,374	37.8	+7.1
	Social Credit	Williard Kinzie	1,961	8.9	-2.4
	New Democratic	Russell Pogue	963	4.4
	Independent Conservative	Jack Browne	678	3.1
Total valid votes			22,133	100.0

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	11,728	58.1	-12.1
	Liberal	Hank Howard	6,210	30.7	+0.9
	New Democratic	Russell Pogue	2,265	11.2
Total valid votes			20,203	100.0

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	13,855	70.2	+7.7
	Liberal	William S. Campbell	5,890	29.8	-7.7
Total valid votes			19,745	100.0

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Smith	11,437	62.5	+10.9
	Liberal	William Seymour Campbell	6,860	37.5	-10.9
Total valid votes			18,297	100.0

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Harcourt Ferguson	8,316	51.6	+1.6
	Liberal	Ralph Trapnell Snelgrove	7,796	48.4	+5.2
Total valid votes			16,112	100.0

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Harcourt Ferguson	7,658	50.0	-3.0
	Liberal	J. Gladstone Currie	6,613	43.2	+2.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Reginald Edward Ayres	1,053	6.9	+0.3
Total valid votes			15,324	100.0

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Harcourt Ferguson	8,251	52.9	+7.0
	Liberal	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	6,309	40.5	-13.6
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur Eric Cresswell	1,027	6.6
Total valid votes			15,587	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	7,096	54.1	+4.0
	National Government	Frederick Aylsworth Brock	6,030	45.9	+9.4
Total valid votes			13,126	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	7,244	50.1
	Conservative	John Thomas Simpson	5,290	36.6	-16.5
	Reconstruction	Herbert James Crawford	1,324	9.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Seymour Cornwall Cooper	608	4.2
Total valid votes			14,466	100.0

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomas Simpson	7,295	53.0	+2.3
	Progressive	Ernest Charles Drury	6,459	47.0	-2.3
Total valid votes			13,754	100.0

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Alves Boys	7,058	50.7	-1.5
	Progressive	Ernest Charles Drury	6,865	49.3	+1.5
Total valid votes			13,923	100.0

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Alves Boys	6,885	52.2	+8.7
	Progressive	Ernest Drury	6,295	47.8	-3.6
Total valid votes			13,180	100.0

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Edwin Ross	5,298	51.4
	Conservative	John Allister Currie	4,489	43.5	-21.4
	Independent	William John Holden	527	5.1
Total valid votes			10,314	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	John Allister Currie	4,240	64.9	+13.2
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Ernest Drury	2,293	35.1	-13.2
Total valid votes			6,533	100.0

Note: Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election, and Opposition vote is compared to Liberal vote.

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Allister Currie	2,648	51.7	+1.2
	Liberal	Leighton Goldie McCarthy	2,476	48.3	-1.2
Total valid votes			5,124	100.0

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Allister Currie	2,756	50.5	+0.9
	Liberal	Daniel Wilson	2,705	49.5
Total valid votes			5,461	100.0

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leighton Goldie McCarthy	2,486	50.4	-6.2
	Conservative	John Allister Currie	2,444	49.6	+6.2
Total valid votes			4,930	100.0

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leighton Goldie McCarthy	2,524	56.6
	Conservative	Charles Cameron	1,936	43.4	+25.2
Total valid votes			4,460	100.0

Note: popular vote compared to vote in 1896 general election.

By-election on 14 December 1898 On Mr. McCarthy's death, 11 May 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Leighton Goldie McCarthy	elected

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	McCarthyite	Dalton McCarthy	2,517	52.4	-0.8
	Liberal	Elihu Stewart	1,410	29.4	-17.4
	Conservative	Houghton Lennox	875	18.2
Total valid votes			4,802	100.0

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dalton McCarthy	2,417	53.3	-0.4
	Liberal	Herman Henry Cook	2,121	46.7	+0.5
Total valid votes			4,538	100.0

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dalton McCarthy	2,362	53.7	-0.1
	Liberal	Timothy Warren Anglin	2,033	46.3
Total valid votes			4,395	100.0

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dalton McCarthy	1,761	53.8	+3.4
	Independent	Charles Drury	1,511	46.2
Total valid votes			3,272	100.0

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dalton McCarthy	2,943	50.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Herman Henry Cook	2,893	49.6	-1.2
Total valid votes			5,836	100.0

Canadian federal by-election, 26 December 1874
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
On Mr. Cook being unseated on petition, 11 November 1874
	Liberal	Herman Henry Cook	2,355	50.8	-1.0
	Conservative	Dalton McCarthy	2,281	49.2	+1.0
Total valid votes			4,636	100.0

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herman Henry Cook	2,279	51.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Dalton McCarthy	2,125	48.3	-1.0
Total valid votes			4,404	100.0

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Herman Henry Cook	1,908	50.7
	Conservative	Dalton McCarthy	1,852	49.3
Total valid votes			3,760	100.0

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas David McConkey	acclaimed

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Simcoe North (federal electoral district) (Code 35086) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2021
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Simcoe North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
3. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
6. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 3, 2021.
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
9. Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca.
10. Canada, Elections. "Error page". www.elections.ca.
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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