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Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 44°24′50″N 78°20′38″W / 44.414°N 78.344°W / 44.414; -78.344
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Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Ontario electoral district
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock in relation to other electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Laurie Scott
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)113,960
Electors (2018)96,832
Area (km²)8,667
Pop. density (per km²)13.1
Census division(s)Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, Peterborough County, Durham Region
Census subdivision(s)Algonquin Highlands, Brock, Cavan-Monaghan, Kawartha Lakes, Trent Lakes

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (formerly Haliburton—Victoria—Brock) is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Victoria—Haliburton, Durham East, Durham—York and Hastings—Peterborough.

When the riding was created it was called Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, and included all of Victoria County, most of Haliburton County, the townships of Brock, Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Cavan, as well as the village of Millbrook.

In 2007 it was renamed Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock after Victoria County was renamed Kawartha Lakes. The riding also gained the municipality of Algonquin Highlands, plus the entire municipality of Cavan-Monaghan. It therefore is now identical to the federal riding by the same name.

2009 by-election

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On February 4, 2009, a writ was issued for a by-election to be held on March 5, 2009.[1] The by-election was called to fill the seat vacated by Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament Laurie Scott, who quit so that PC leader John Tory could seek a seat in the legislature.

Rick Johnson, who ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in 2007 after he resigned as president of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association to run against Ms. Scott in 2007 because he was opposed to Mr. Tory's controversial promise to extend public funding to religious schools, is the Liberal candidate for the by-election. The Liberal riding association voted unanimously to support Johnson.[2]

Brad Harness, leader of the minor Reform Party of Ontario, announced that the party planned to run a candidate, and slammed Tory as an "urbanite".[3] However, as the writ came, the party failed to run a candidate.

The Green Party of Ontario announced its candidate would be Mike Schreiner, an award-winning entrepreneur, sustainable community champion and local food advocate.[4]

On February 9, the Lindsay Post published a poll of local residents which indicated that Tory’s campaign was off to a rocky start, with nearly 70 percent of respondents saying that they opposed Scott's decision to step aside so that Tory could be a candidate, and nearly half of respondents stating that they were less likely to vote PC because of his candidacy.[5] That outsider status (being from Toronto) likely played a major role in Tory's defeat, combined with the fact that Tory was more liberal than most conservative voters in the riding resulting in many potential PC voters staying home.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Assembly Years Member Party
Haliburton—Victoria—Brock
37th  1999–2003     Chris Hodgson Progressive Conservative
38th  2003–2007 Laurie Scott
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
39th  2007–2009     Laurie Scott Progressive Conservative
 2009–2011     Rick Johnson Liberal
40th  2011–2014     Laurie Scott Progressive Conservative
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–present

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laurie Scott 25,594 52.31 −4.40
New Democratic Barbara Doyle 7,692 15.72 −10.78
Liberal Don McBey 6,590 13.47 +3.57
Ontario Party Kerstin Kelly 3,949 8.07  
Green Tom Regina 3,695 7.55 +3.09
New Blue Ben Prentice 888 1.81  
Libertarian Gene Balfour 518 1.06 +0.26
Total valid votes 48,926 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 366
Turnout 49,292 48.14
Eligible voters 101,416
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.19
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laurie Scott 32,406 56.71 +15.75
New Democratic Zac Miller 15,142 26.50 +6.76
Liberal Brooklynne Cramp-Waldinsperger 5,655 9.90 −25.13
Green Lynn Therien 2,551 4.46 +0.19
None of the Above Thomas Rhyno 622 1.09
Libertarian Gene Balfour 455 0.80
Consensus Ontario Chuck MacMillan 312 0.55
Total valid votes 57,143 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[6]
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laurie Scott 21,641 40.96 -4.47
Liberal Rick Johnson 18,512 35.03 +1.45
New Democratic Don Abel 10,431 19.74 +2.43
Green Arsalan Ahmad 2,255 4.27 +1.10
Total valid votes 52,839 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.96
Source: Elections Ontario[7]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laurie Scott 22,352 45.43 +4.23
Liberal Rick Johnson 16,522 33.58 -10.29
New Democratic Don Abel 8,517 17.31 +11.35
Green Anita Payne 1,562 3.17 -3.40
Freedom Charles Olito 245 0.50 +0.10
Total valid votes 49,198 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 188 0.38
Turnout 49,386 54.98
Eligible voters 89,830
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.26
Source: Elections Ontario[8]
Ontario provincial by-election, March 5, 2009 resignation of Laurie Scott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rick Johnson 15,542 43.88 +14.37
Progressive Conservative John Tory 14,595 41.20 -8.79
Green Mike Schreiner 2,330 6.58 -0.58
New Democratic Lyn Edwards 2,112 5.96 -5.95
Independent Jason Taylor 280 0.79
Family Coalition Jake Pothaar 258 0.73 +0.11
Freedom Bill Denby 140 0.40 -0.41
Independent John Turmel 94 0.27
Libertarian Paolo Fabrizio 72 0.20
Total valid votes 35,423 100.00
  Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.58
Source: Elections Ontario[9]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laurie Scott 24,273 49.99 +2.58
Liberal Rick Johnson 14,327 29.51 -4.00
New Democratic Joan Corigan 5,785 11.92 -3.47
Green Douglas Smith 3,475 7.16 +5.29
Freedom Bill Denby 391 0.81 +0.28
Family Coalition Jake Pothaar 301 0.62 -0.67
Total valid votes 48,552 100.00
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laurie Scott 24,297 47.41 -15.41
Liberal Jason D. Ward 17,171 33.51 5.05
New Democratic Earl Manners 7,884 15.39 7.99
Green Douglas Smith 956 1.87
Family Coalition Paul Gordon 663 1.29
Freedom Charles Olito 273 0.53 0.14
Total valid votes 51,244 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Chris Hodgson 32,125 62.82
Liberal Sharon McCrae 14,556 28.46
New Democratic Rick Denyer 3,786 7.40
Independent Brad Bradamore 340 0.66
Freedom Charles Olito 198 0.39
Natural Law Maxim Newby 135 0.26
Total valid votes 51,140 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 33,156 70.1
Mixed member proportional 14,166 29.9
Total valid votes 47,322 100.0

References

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  1. ^ "Provincial Byelection Called in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock". Office of the Premier of Ontario press release via Canada Newswire. February 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  2. ^ "Liberal to challenge John Tory in by-election". The Globe and Mail. January 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  3. ^ Benzie, Robert (January 14, 2009). "Reform to test 'urbanite' Tory in rural riding". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  4. ^ Riley, Mary (2009-01-15). "Green Party candidate steps forward". myKawartha.com. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  5. ^ "Poll shows Conservatives unhappy with Tory" Lindsay Post, February 9, 2009
  6. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 029 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "By-Election 2009: Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock". Archived from the original on June 11, 2014.

Sources

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44°24′50″N 78°20′38″W / 44.414°N 78.344°W / 44.414; -78.344