Oxford (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Oxford (electoral district).

Oxford

Ontario electoral district
File:Oxford, riding.png Oxford in relation to the southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Ernie Hardeman Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	102,756
Electors (2011)	75,290
Area (km²)	2,164
Pop. density (per km²)	47.5
Census divisions	Oxford County
Census subdivisions	Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, Norwich, Zorra, South-West Oxford, East Zorra – Tavistock, Blandford-Blenheim

Oxford is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 1999 provincial election.

It consists of the county of Oxford.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oxford
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
19th	1934–1937		Patrick Dewan	Progressive Conservative
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Thomas Roy Dent	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959		Gord Innes	Liberal
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Gord Pittock	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971		Gord Innes	Liberal
29th	1971–1975		Harry Parrott	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985		Dick Treleaven	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Charlie Tatham	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Kimble Sutherland	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Ernie Hardeman	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	18,949	46.24	-8.63
	New Democratic	Bryan Smith	10,560	25.77	+10.14
	Liberal	Dan Moulton	8,742	21.33	-3.66
	Green	Mike Farlow	1,984	4.84	+1.29
	Freedom	Tim Hodges	384	0.94
	Libertarian	Devin Wright	364	0.89
Total valid votes			40,983	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.39
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	20,658	54.87	+7.60
	Liberal	David Hilderley	9,410	24.99	-4.34
	New Democratic	Dorothy Marie Eisen	5,885	15.63	+4.28
	Green	Catherine Stewart-Mott	1,336	3.55	-5.26
	Family Coalition	Leonard Vanderhoeven	359	0.95	-0.60
Total valid votes			37,648	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			123	0.33
Turnout			37,771	49.18
Eligible voters			76,804
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.97
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	18,426	47.27	+3.21
	Liberal	Brian Jackson	11,433	29.33	-8.77
	New Democratic	Mike Comeau	4,422	11.35	-1.21
	Green	Tom Mayberry	3,432	8.81	+6.83
	Independent	Jim Bender	659	1.69
	Family Coalition	Leonard Vanderhoeven	605	1.55	-0.08
Total valid votes			38,977	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	18,656	44.06	-9.19
	Liberal	Brian Brown	16,135	38.10	+2.57
	New Democratic	Shawn Rouse	5,318	12.56	+5.35
	Green	Tom Mayberry	838	1.98
	Family Coalition	Andre De Decker	689	1.63	-0.42
	Freedom	Paul Blair	404	0.95	+0.22
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	306	0.72	-0.03
Total valid votes			42,346	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	22,726	53.25
	Liberal	Brian Brown	15,160	35.53
	New Democratic	Martin Donlevy	3,077	7.21
	Family Coalition	Andre De Decker	875	2.05
	Libertarian	Kaye Sargent	321	0.75
	Freedom	Paul Blair	312	0.73
	Natural Law	Jim Morris	203	0.48
Total valid votes			42,674	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes
	First Past the Post	25,059	66
	Mixed member proportional	12,917	34
	Total valid votes	37,976	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results