Simcoe West

Simcoe West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1999
First contested	1875
Last contested	1995

Simcoe West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 from Simcoe North. It was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election. It was re-established in 1987 and finally abolished in 1999.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Simcoe West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
3rd	1875–1879		Thomas Long	Conservative
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886		Orson James Phelps	Liberal
6th	1886–1890		Thomas Wylie	Conservative
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		Archibald Currie	Patron-Liberal
9th	1898–1902		James Stoddart Duff	Conservative
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1916
	1916–1919		William Torrance Allen
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926		James Edgar Jamieson
Abolished in 1925; re-established in 1987
34th	1987–1990		George McCague	Progressive Conservative
35th	1990–1995		Jim Wilson	Progressive Conservative
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Simcoe—Grey before the 1999 election

Election results

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Long	1,353	51.15
	Liberal	T.D. McConkey	1,292	48.85
Total valid votes			2,645	67.63
Eligible voters			3,911
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Long	1,483	51.10	−0.05
	Liberal	Orson Phelps	1,419	48.90	+0.05
Total valid votes			2,902	55.06	−12.57
Eligible voters			5,271
	Conservative hold		Swing		−0.05
Source: Elections Ontario