Simcoe Centre

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Simcoe Centre (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe Centre was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Grey—Simcoe, Simcoe South and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.

Simcoe Centre consisted of the City of Barrie, the towns of Alliston and Wasaga Beach, the Village of Cookstown and the townships of Essa, Innisfille, Sunnidale, Tosorontio and Vespra.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford and Simcoe—Grey ridings.

Simcoe Centre was the only riding east of Manitoba to elect a Reform Party Member of Parliament in the 1993 federal election, Ed Harper, who won a narrow victory over the Liberal candidate. Simcoe Centre was also the only one of Ontario's 98 seats to not go to the Liberals in the 1993 federal election.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Anderson	23,504
	Liberal	Jack Ramsay	17,233
	New Democratic	Judy Watson	8,380
	Christian Heritage	Ethel Snow	2,252
	Confederation of Regions	B.J. Ainsworth	433

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Ed Harper	25,404
	Liberal	Janice Laking	25,281
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Jagges	11,647
	New Democratic	Pat Peters	1,873
	National	Craig Busch	1,342
	Independent	Mike Ramsay	656
	Christian Heritage	Ann Marie Tomlins	412
	Natural Law	John Gregory	307
	Independent	John K. Carson	139
	Abolitionist	Gene Carter	41

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada