Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte

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
	Conservative	Alex Nuttall	21,091	41.74	−12.81	–
	Liberal	Brian Tamblyn	21,005	41.57	+24.63	–
	New Democratic	Ellen White	5,202	10.29	−9.73	–
	Green	Marty Lancaster	2,648	5.24	−0.85	–
	Libertarian	Darren Roskam	401	0.79	–	–
	Independent	Ram Faerber	188	0.37	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,535	100.00		$207,179.91
Total rejected ballots			181	0.36	–
Turnout			50,716	67.44	–
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

Federal ridings in Central Ontario

Conservative	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Liberal	Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

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City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

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See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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