Simcoe Centre (federal electoral district)

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 House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Grey—Simcoe, Simcoe South and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.

Simcoe Centre

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	1996
First contested	1988
Last contested	1993

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 is the only riding east of Manitoba to have ever elected 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Simcoe South, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe
34th	1988–1993		Edna Anderson	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Ed Harper	Reform
Riding dissolved into Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford and Simcoe—Grey

Election results

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Anderson	23,504	45.37
	Liberal	Jack Ramsay	17,233	33.27
	New Democratic	Judy Watson	8,380	16.18
	Christian Heritage	Ethel Snow	2,252	4.35
	Confederation of Regions	B.J. Ainsworth	433	0.84

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ed Harper	25,404	37.86	–
	Liberal	Janice Laking	25,281	37.68	+4.41
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Jagges	11,647	17.36	–28.01
	New Democratic	Pat Peters	1,873	2.79	–13.39
	National	Craig Busch	1,342	2.00	–
	Independent	Mike Ramsay	656	0.98	–
	Christian Heritage	Ann Marie Tomlins	412	0.61	–3.74
	Natural Law	John Gregory	307	0.46	–
	Independent	John K. Carson	139	0.21	–
	Abolitionist	Gene Carter	41	0.06	–

See also

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