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'''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 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:

{{CanMP}} {{CanMP nodata|''Riding created from'' Simcoe South, Grey—Simcoe<br>''and'' Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe}} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1988 | ToYr = 1993 | Assembly# = 34 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Edna Anderson }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1993 | ToYr = 1997 | Assembly# = 35 | CanParty = Reform | RepName = Ed Harper }} {{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford ''and'' Simcoe—Grey}} {{CanMP end}}

==Election results==

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Edna Anderson|23,504|45.37}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jack Ramsay|17,233|33.27}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Judy Watson|8,380|16.18}} {{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Ethel Snow|2,252|4.35}} {{CANelec|CA|CoR|B.J. Ainsworth|433|0.84}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Reform|Ed Harper|25,404|37.86|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Janice Laking|25,281|37.68|+4.41}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|Doug Jagges|11,647|17.36|–28.01}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pat Peters|1,873|2.79|–13.39}} {{CANelec|CA|National|Craig Busch|1,342|2.00|–}} {{CANelec|XX|Independent|Mike Ramsay|656|0.98|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Ann Marie Tomlins|412|0.61|–3.74}} {{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|John Gregory|307|0.46|–}} {{CANelec|XX|Independent|John K. Carson|139|0.21|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Abolitionist|Gene Carter|41|0.06|–}} {{end}}

== See also == * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * Website of the [https://www.parl.ca/ Parliament of Canada]

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