Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Parry Sound—Muskoka
province = Ontario


caption =
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Norm Miller
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 84836
demo-electors = 62109
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 15486
demo-cd = Parry Sound District, Muskoka District, Nipissing District
demo-csd =

Parry Sound—Muskoka is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The riding was once held by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves, and at present by Norm Miller, son of former Premier Frank Miller.

The district, which has existed since 1999, has identical boundaries to those of the federal district of Parry Sound—Muskoka.

The riding consists of the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the Town of Powassan, the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth, and the part of the Town of Killarney contained in the district), the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the part of the Town of Kearney lying in the Territorial Nipissing District.

History

Prior to the 1999 boundary realignment, Parry Sound and Muskoka.Parry Sound—Muskoka provincial electoral district was created in 1906, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

It initially consisted of the District Municipality of Muskoka, the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the towns of Powassan and Trout Creek and the townships of Nipissing, North Himsworth and South Himsworth) and the township of Sherborne and Others (formerly Sherborne, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale) in the County of Haliburton.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten. [ [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/new_electoral_boundaries_en.shtml Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”] ]

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

# Ernie Eves, Progressive Conservative (1999-2001)
#Norm Miller, Progressive Conservative (2001-present)

Election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Norm Miller
align="right"|17,343
align="right"|47.2
align="right"|-1.3
-
Brenda Rhodes
align="right"|9,819
align="right"|26.7
align="right"|-7.7
-
Sara Hall
align="right"|5,015
align="right"|13.6
align="right"|3.7
-
Matt Richter
align="right"|4,589
align="right"|12.5
align="right"|6.6

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="7"|Ontario general election, 2003
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
(1999)! style="width: 40px"|+/-
(2001)
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Norm Miller
align=right|18,776
align=right| 48.5
align=right| -9.5
align=right| -0.8
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Dan Waters
align=right|13,332
align=right| 34.4
align=right| +6.7
align=right| +0.1

-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Jo-Anne Boulding
align=right|3,838
align=right| 9.9
align=right| -3.6
align=right| +6.5
-
style="width: 185px"|Green
Glen Hodgson
align=right| 2,277
align=right| 5.9
align=right| -6.4
align=right| -
-
style="width: 185px"|Family Coalition
Charlene Phinney
align=right| 484
align=right| 1.3
align=right| -
align=right| -
-

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|By-election: February 8, 2001
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%! style="width: 40px"|+/-
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Norm Miller
align=right|12,903
align=right| 49.3
align=right| -8.7
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Evelyn Brown
align=right| 8,979
align=right| 34.3
align=right| +6.6
-
style="width: 185px"|Green
Richard Thomas
align=right| 3,229
align=right| 12.3
align=right|
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Joanne Bury
align=right| 888
align=right| 3.4
align=right| -10.1
-
style="width: 185px"|Independent
Anne Marsden
align=right| 113
align=right| 0.4
align=right| -
-
style="width: 185px"|Independent
John C. Turmel
align=right| 61
align=right| 0.2
align=right| -

{| class="wikitable"
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6"|Ontario general election, 1999

- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="2" style="width: 200px"|Party! style="width: 170px"|Candidate! style="width: 40px"|Votes! style="width: 40px"|%
-
style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Ernie Eves
align=right|22,967
align=right| 58.0
-
style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Isabel Doxey
align=right| 10,970
align=right| 27.7
-
style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Dan Waters
align=right|5,343
align=right| 13.5
-
style="width: 185px"|Natural Law
Iris Tamssot
align=right| 339
align=right| 0.9

Notes

External links

* Elections Ontario
** [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
]
** [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]
** [http://www3.elections.on.ca/internetapp/RealTimeED.aspx?channel_id={923146e7-4d81-42a8-99f0-e61f5ab50387}&EDID=69&lang=en-ca 2007 results]