Simcoe North is a provincial electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It was established as a provincial riding in 2003. Its population was 119,400 in 2006.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 92.3% White, 5.9% Native Canadian

Languages: 90.7% English, 9.2% both English and French

Religions: 48.3% Protestant, 30.1% Catholic, 1.7% Other Christian, 18.6% No affiliation

Average income: $28,062

Geography

The district includes all of the north and eastern parts of Simcoe County

Simcoe County, Ontario

Simcoe County is located in central portion of Southern Ontario. The County is situated just north of the Greater Toronto Area stretching from the shores of Lake Simcoe in the east to Georgian Bay in the west...

. The major municipalities include Midland

Midland, Ontario

Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.Situated at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport. It is the main town of the southern Georgian Bay area...

, Orillia

Orillia, Ontario

Orillia, pronounced ōrĭl'ēə, is a city located in Simcoe County in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, 135 kilometres north of Toronto.Originally incorporated as a village in 1867, the history of...

, Penetanguishene, Tay

Tay, Ontario

Tay is a township in Central Ontario, Canada, located in the southern Georgian Bay region. Tay, like many other townships in the surrounding area such as Tiny Township was named after one of the several dogs owned by Sir Peregrine Maitland's wife....

, Tiny

Tiny, Ontario

Tiny is a township, part of Simcoe County in south-central Ontario, Canada. The Township of Tiny can be found in the Southern Georgian Bay region and is approximately long or...

, Christian Island, Severn

Severn, Ontario

Severn is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, located between Lake Couchiching, and the Severn River in Simcoe County...

, Ramara

Ramara, Ontario

Ramara is a township municipality in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.Ramara was formed in 1994 through the amalgamation of the townships of Rama and Mara. The municipality stretches along the northeastern shore of Lake Simcoe from Gamebridge to Orillia, and along the entire eastern shore of Lake...

, Oro-Medonte

Oro-Medonte, Ontario

Oro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County.The two neighbouring townships of Oro and Medonte were merged together in 1994, under a restructuring of Simcoe County. It is divided into lines based on the concession system...

 and Mnjikaning First Nation The area is 2,381 km².

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was in session from June 8, 1999 until May 5, 2003, just prior to the Ontario general election...	1999–2003		Garfield Dunlop Garfield Dunlop thumb|Garfield Dunlop speaks at a Literacy conference in June 2009Garfield Dunlop is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Simcoe North for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.Dunlop was educated at the...	Progressive Conservative
38th Ontario general election, 2003 The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....	2003–2007
39th Ontario general election, 2007 The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...	2007–present

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, in an attempt to establish a mixed member proportional representation system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,215	62.6
	Mixed member proportional	16,883	37.4
	Total valid votes	45,098	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results