Ontario electoral district | |||
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Parry Sound—Muskoka in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative |
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District created | 1947 | ||
First contested | 1949 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 91,263 | ||
Electors (2015) | 74,977 | ||
Area (km²) | 14,402 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 6.3 | ||
Census divisions | Parry Sound, Muskoka | ||
Census subdivisions | Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes, Parry Sound, Seguin, Lake of Bays, McDougall, Georgian Bay, Perry |
Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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, 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 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.
Parry Sound—Muskoka was created in 1947 from parts of Muskoka, 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.