On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Simcoe North.
Candidates
Liberals: Fred Larsen
Progressive Conservatives: Garfield Dunlop*
NDP: Doris Middleton
Green: Peter Stubbins
Geography
History
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PC MPP Garfield Dunlop was first elected to this riding in 1999, when it was first created. He won in 2011 by nearly 15,000 votes, his largest victory in his four terms. The defunct riding of Simcoe East, which constituted most of this district, voted for the PCs in every election from 1943 to 1999.
By the numbers
The median age of 44.3 is the fifth-highest in southern Ontario.
Riding in a tweet
A PC stronghold for decades, Dunlop is likely to win his fifth straight election for the Tories in Simcoe North.
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