SIMCOE AND YORK REGIONS

SIMCOE REGION

The electoral district of SIMCOE NORTH remains almost unchanged except for an adjustment to take into account the new municipal boundary between the townships of Springwater and Oro-Medonte.

The portion of Simcoe County within the existing electoral district of Simcoe–Grey is sufficiently populous to constitute an electoral district on its own. The Commission proposes that it be called SIMCOE SOUTH.

The City of Barrie, with a population of 103,710, is also large enough to constitute its own electoral district of BARRIE.

This leaves the towns of Innisfil and Bradford West Gwillimbury, which adjoin Cook’s Bay. The Commission proposes uniting these towns, and that part of the Township of King that is north of Highway No. 9, with the towns of Georgina and East Gwillimbury, which also surround Cook’s Bay, to form the electoral district of YORK NORTH–SIMCOE. The Commission believes that the community of interest around Cook’s Bay supports this adjustment.

YORK REGION

The population of the York Region not included in YORK NORTH–SIMCOE is sufficient for six electoral districts.

The electoral districts in this region are too populous for most to remain unchanged. The existing electoral districts of Vaughan–King–Aurora (at 52.90 per cent above the provincial quotient), Oak Ridges (at 61.07 per cent above) and Markham (at 32.30 per cent above the quotient) require substantial changes to existing boundaries.

The current electoral district of Thornhill has a population of 116,840. Although the population is 8.54 per cent above the provincial quotient, it constitutes a viable region and the Commission sees no reason to change the boundaries of this electoral district.

The part of the City of Vaughan, not included in Thornhill, is sufficient to create the new electoral district of VAUGHAN, with a population of 112,049.

The part of the Township of King that is south of Highway No. 9, the Town of Newmarket, and the portion of Aurora that is west of Yonge Street, are united in the proposed electoral district of NEWMARKET–KING–AURORA, which has a population of 109,870 and is 2.07 per cent above the provincial quotient.

The Town of Richmond Hill is too large to constitute a single electoral district. The Commission proposes that the portions of Richmond Hill that are south of Gamble Road and west of Yonge Sreet, and south of Elgin Mills Road and east of Yonge Street constitute the electoral district of RICHMOND HILL.

The population of the existing electoral district of Markham, at 142,408, is too large to constitute one electoral district. The Commission proposes that the portion that is south of 16th Avenue, west of McCowan Road, and south of Highway No. 7, be excluded from the existing electoral district of Markham and joined with the rest of the unassigned portions of York Region to form the electoral district of OAK RIDGES–MARKHAM. The remainder of the existing electoral district of Markham has a population of 112,093. The Commission proposes that it constitute the electoral district of MARKHAM–UNIONVILLE.

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