Peterborough (provincial electoral district)
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Peterborough in relation to southern Ontario ridings
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Liberal |
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First contested | 1934 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 116,626 | ||
Electors (2011) | 92,317 | ||
Area (km²) | 2,175 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 53.6 | ||
Census divisions | Peterborough County | ||
Census subdivisions | Peterborough, Selwyn, Douro-Dummer, Otonabee – South Monaghan, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Asphodel-Norwood |
Peterborough is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1934.
It consists of the County of Peterborough, excluding the townships of North Kawartha, Galway-Cavendish and Harvey and Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan.
The riding has voted for the party that has won the most seats in every election since 1977.
Contents
Members of Provincial Parliament
Peterborough | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created | ||||
19th | 1934–1937 | Thomas Percival Lancaster | Conservative | |
20th | 1937–1943 | Alexander Leslie Elliott | Liberal | |
21st | 1943–1945 | Harold Robinson Scott | Progressive Conservative | |
22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
24th | 1951–1955 | |||
25th | 1955–1959 | |||
26th | 1959–1963 | Keith Brown | Progressive Conservative | |
27th | 1963–1967 | |||
28th | 1967–1971 | Walter Pitman | New Democratic | |
29th | 1971–1975 | John Melville Turner | Progressive Conservative | |
30th | 1975–1977 | Gillian Sandeman | New Democratic | |
31st | 1977–1981 | John Melville Turner | Progressive Conservative | |
32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
34th | 1987–1990 | Peter Adams | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1995 | Jenny Carter | New Democratic | |
36th | 1995–1999 | Gary Stewart | Progressive Conservative | |
37th | 1999–2003 | |||
38th | 2003–2007 | Jeff Leal | Liberal | |
39th | 2007–2011 | |||
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–Present |
Partial election results
Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Leal | 24,649 | 46.26 | +6.33 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Scott Stewart | 15,909 | 29.86 | -1.63 | ||||
New Democratic | Sheila Wood | 9,726 | 18.25 | -7.36 | ||||
Green | Gary Beamish | 2,285 | 4.29 | +1.75 | ||||
Independent | Brian Martindale | 395 | 0.74 | |||||
Socialist | Andrea Quiano | 131 | 0.25 | +0.08 | ||||
Freedom | Wayne Matheson | 121 | 0.23 | -0.03 | ||||
Pauper | Gerard Faux | 63 | 0.19 | |||||
Total valid votes | 53,279 | 100.00 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.98 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[1] |
Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Leal | 19,430 | 39.93 | -7.85 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alan Wilson | 15,323 | 31.49 | +5.88 | ||||
New Democratic | Dave Nickle | 12,460 | 25.61 | +9.00 | ||||
Green | Gary Beamish | 1,235 | 2.54 | -6.16 | ||||
Freedom | Alex Long | 127 | 0.26 | |||||
Socialist | Ken Ranney | 83 | 0.17 | |||||
Total valid votes | 48,658 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 219 | 0.45 | ||||||
Turnout | 48,877 | 53.18 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 91,908 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.87 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Leal | 24,425 | 47.78 | +3.04 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruce Fitzpatrick | 13,093 | 25.61 | -7.85 | ||||
New Democratic | Dave Nickle | 8,488 | 16.61 | -1.19 | ||||
Green | Miriam Stucky | 4,444 | 8.69 | +5.77 | ||||
Family Coalition | Paul Morgan | 665 | 1.30 | +0.55 | ||||
Total valid votes | 51,115 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 2003 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Leal | 24,626 | 44.74 | +4.54 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Stewart | 18,418 | 33.46 | -11.53 | ||||
New Democratic | Dave Nickle | 9,796 | 17.80 | +4.8 | ||||
Green | Tim Holland | 1,605 | 2.92 | +1.82 | ||||
Family Coalition | Max Murray | 414 | 0.75 | |||||
Independent | Bob Bowers | 178 | 0.32 | +0.04 | ||||
Total valid votes | 55,037 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1999 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Stewart | 24,422 | 44.99 | |||||
Liberal | Jeff Leal | 21,820 | 40.20 | |||||
New Democratic | Dave Nickle | 7,058 | 13.00 | |||||
Green | Larry J. Tyldsley | 598 | 1.10 | |||||
Independent | Bob Bowers | 151 | 0.28 | |||||
Independent | Kenneth Thomas Burgess | 125 | 0.23 | |||||
Natural Law | Robert Mayer | 106 | 0.20 | |||||
Total valid votes | 54,280 | 100.0 |
Ontario general election, 1959 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Keith Brown | 13,984 | 58.17 | |||||
Liberal | Joseph Slattery | 7,975 | 33.18 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Edmund Humphrey | 1,834 | 7.63 | |||||
Social Credit | Martin Graves | 246 | 1.02 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,039 |
2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 32,372 | 64.5 | |
Mixed member proportional | 17,834 | 35.5 | |
Total valid votes | 50,206 | 100.0 |
Sources
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