Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (federal electoral district)

For the provincial district, see Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (provincial electoral district).

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]

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Doug Shipley Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	100,788
Electors (2015)	74,783
Area (km²)[1]	966.10
Pop. density (per km²)	104.3
Census division(s)	Simcoe
Census subdivision(s)	Barrie (part), Oro-Medonte, Springwater

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	2015–2019		Alex Nuttall	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021		Doug Shipley
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

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 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Languages: 85.4% English, 1.7% French, 1.0% Spanish
Religions: 52.1% Christian (21.2% Catholic, 6.6% United Church, 5.6% Anglican, 2.3% Presbyterian, 1.7% Baptist, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.0% Pentecostal, 12.5% Other), 1.6% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 42.6% None
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $54,950 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	88,290	84.02%	88,395	89.13%	88,795	92.06%
Indigenous	4,150	3.95%	4,075	4.11%	2,755	2.86%
South Asian	3,855	3.67%	1,560	1.57%	760	0.79%
African	2,710	2.58%	1,685	1.7%	940	0.97%
East Asian[b]	1,685	1.6%	1,340	1.35%	1,255	1.3%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,530	1.46%	685	0.69%	650	0.67%
Latin American	1,160	1.1%	495	0.5%	600	0.62%
Middle Eastern[d]	945	0.9%	465	0.47%	265	0.27%
Other/multiracial[e]	750	0.71%	480	0.48%	420	0.44%
Total responses	105,080	98.32%	99,180	98.4%	96,450	98.54%
Total population	106,871	100%	100,788	100%	97,876	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association name	CEO'	HQ city
	Conservative	Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Conservative Association	Shawn Scott	Oro-Medonte
	Green	Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Green Party Association	Eric P. Loewen	Barrie
	Liberal	Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Federal Liberal Association	Tanya S. Saari	Barrie
	New Democratic	Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte Federal NDP Riding Association	Brandon R. Amyot	Barrie

Election results

Graph of election results in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Mendote (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	Doug Shipley	33,949	51.67	+5.88
	Liberal	Rose Zacharias	29,150	44.36	+13.95
	New Democratic	Gabriela Trujillo	1,559	2.37	−14.25
	Green	Greg Taylor	893	1.36	+1.15
	Communist	Michael Speers	158	0.24	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,709	99.37
Total rejected ballots			415	0.63
Turnout			66,124	70.99
Eligible voters			93,140
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		−4.04
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2021 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,317	45.79
	Liberal	17,481	30.41
	New Democratic	9,552	16.62
	People's	3,985	6.93
	Green	123	0.21
	Others	18	0.03

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Doug Shipley	23,555	45.09	+6.08	$110,912.41
	Liberal	Tanya Saari	16,145	30.91	-0.33	$58,262.91
	New Democratic	Sarah Lochhead	8,910	17.06	+2.24	$1,879.94
	People's	Chris Webb	3,629	6.95	+5.15	$6,804.55
Total valid votes			52,239
Total rejected ballots			480
Turnout			52,719	63.43	-3.11
Eligible voters			82,843
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.21
Source: Elections Canada[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Doug Shipley	20,981	39.00	-2.57	$101,308.80
	Liberal	Brian Kalliecharan	16,805	31.24	-10.36	$84,892.64
	New Democratic	Dan Janssen	7,972	14.82	+4.50	$11,769.53
	Green	Marty Lancaster	7,066	13.14	+7.88	none listed
	People's	David Patterson	969	1.80	–	$3,100.42
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,793	99.30
Total rejected ballots			378	0.70
Turnout			54,171	66.54	-0.90
Eligible voters			81,414
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.92
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alex Nuttall	21,091	41.74	−12.81	$151,648.41
	Liberal	Brian Tamblyn	21,005	41.57	+24.63	$101,563.29
	New Democratic	Ellen White	5,202	10.29	−9.73	–
	Green	Marty Lancaster	2,648	5.24	−0.85	$30,596.20
	Libertarian	Darren Roskam	401	0.79	–	$1,353.95
	Independent	Ram Faerber	188	0.37	–	$10.93
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,535	99.64		$207,773.31
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,[15] 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.[16]
Source: Elections Canada[17][18][19]

2011 federal election redistributed results[20]
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

See also

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

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.