Barrie (provincial electoral district)

For the former federal electoral district, see Barrie (federal electoral district).

Barrie was a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford.

Barrie

Ontario electoral district
Barrie in relation to other central Ontario electoral districts
Coordinates:	44°24′30″N 79°41′01″W Location of the constituency office (as of 12 July 2010[update])
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	2005
District abolished	2018
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	135,711
Electors (2007)	87,691
Area (km²)	88
Census division(s)	Simcoe
Census subdivision(s)	Barrie

The riding includes all of the City of Barrie.

In 2018, the district was dissolved into Barrie—Innisfil and Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte.

Members

Barrie
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford
39th	2007–2011		Aileen Carroll	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Rod Jackson	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018		Ann Hoggarth	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Barrie—Innisfil and Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte

Election results

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ann Hoggarth	19,916	40.69	+5.88
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Jackson	17,667	36.10	-4.56
	New Democratic	David Bradbury	7,975	16.29	-2.66
	Green	Bonnie North	3,018	6.17	+1.74
	Libertarian	Darren Roskam	366	0.75	+0.01
Total valid votes			48,942	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+5.22
Source:Elections Ontario[1]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Jackson	17,527	40.66	+1.44
	Liberal	Karl Walsh	15,006	34.81	-7.39
	New Democratic	Myrna Clark	8,171	18.95	+10.96
	Green	Andrew Miller	1,909	4.43	-5.04
	Libertarian	Darren Roskam	318	0.74	+0.42 +0.52
	Freedom	Matthew MacKenzie	179	0.42
Total valid votes			43,110	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			181	0.42
Turnout			43,291	46.00
Eligible voters			94,114
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.42
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	19,548	42.20	+6.07
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Tascona	18,167	39.22	-12.56
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	4,385	9.47	+7.37
	New Democratic	Larry Taylor	3,700	7.99	-1.27
	Family Coalition	Roberto Sales	173	0.27	-0.45
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	168	0.32
	Independent	Darren Roskam	102	0.22
	Independent	Daniel Gary Predie	77	0.17
Total valid votes			46,320	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27,941	61.6
	Mixed member proportional	17,391	38.4
	Total valid votes	45,332	100.0