Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal
electoral district in
Ontario
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, Canada, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada since 1949.
The riding consists of the Territorial District of
Parry Sound (excluding the Town of
Powassan, the townships of
Nipissing and North Himsworth, and the part of the Town of Killarney contained in the district), the District Municipality of
Muskoka Muskoka may refer to:
Canada Geographical
* Lake Muskoka, lake located between Port Carling and Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
* Muskoka River, a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada Municipalities
* District Municipality of Muskoka, a r ...
, and the part of the Town of
Kearney lying in the
Territorial District of Nipissing.
In 2004,
Liberal Andy Mitchell was elected
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
for the district, and was the
Minister of Agriculture. He was narrowly defeated in the 2006 election by Conservative
Tony Clement, who was the
President of the Treasury Board until November 4, 2015. In 2019, Conservative Scott Aitchison was elected.
History
Parry Sound—Muskoka was created in 1947 from parts of
Muskoka Muskoka may refer to:
Canada Geographical
* Lake Muskoka, lake located between Port Carling and Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
* Muskoka River, a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada Municipalities
* District Municipality of Muskoka, a r ...
,
Nipissing and
Parry Sound ridings.
It consisted initially of the territorial districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka (excluding the township of Baxter), and the following townships in the territorial district of Nipissing: Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lister, Butt, Devine, Bishop, Freswick, McCraney, Hunter, McLaughlin, Bower, Finlayson, Peck, Canisbay and Sproule.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the territorial districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound, and Georgian Bay Islands National Park except Flower Pot Island.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Territorial District of Parry Sound, the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the part of Territorial District of Nipissing lying south and west of and including the townships of Ballantyne, Boulter, Lauder, Boyd, Lister, Freswick, Bower and Sproule. In 1987, the Nipissing portions of the riding were removed.
In 1996, the riding was expanded to include the townships of Sherborne, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale in the County of Haliburton. The towns of Powassan and Trout Creek and the townships of Nipissing, North Himsworth and South Himsworth in the Territorial District of Parry Sound were excluded from the riding.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above. There were no changes after the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Election results
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
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Past Canadian electoral districts
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References
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Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament
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2011 results from Elections Canada
Notes
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Ontario federal electoral districts
Bracebridge, Ontario
Huntsville, Ontario
Parry Sound, Ontario
Constituencies established in 1947
1947 establishments in Ontario