Oxford (electoral district)

Oxford (electoral district)

Oxford is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since the 1935 election, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 1999 provincial election.

It consists of the county of Oxford.

It was created in 1933 when the ridings of Oxford North and Oxford South were merged. It consisted initially of the county of Oxford, including the part of the village of Tavistock that lies in the county of Oxford.

In 1966, it was expanded to include the Town of Tillsonburg and the whole of the Village of Tavistock. In 1976, it was defined as consisting of the County of Oxford. In 1987, it was expanded to include the Township of Burford in the County of Brant. In 1996, it was defined as consisting of the county of Oxford.

Members of Parliament

  1. Almon Secord Rennie, Liberal (1935–1945)
  2. Kenneth R. Daniel, Progressive Conservative (1945–1949)
  3. Alexander Clark Murray, Liberal (1949–1953)
  4. Wally Nesbitt, Progressive Conservative (1953–1974)
  5. Bruce Halliday, Progressive Conservative (1974–1993)
  6. John Baird Finlay, Liberal (1993–2004)
  7. Dave Mackenzie, Conservative (2004–present)

Members of Provincial Parliament

  1. Ernie Hardeman, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

Federal election results

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Provincial election results

|- |Ernie Hardeman |align="right"|18,426 |align="right"|47.3 |align="right"| |- |Brian Jackson |align="right"|11,433 |align="right"|29.3 |align="right"| |- |Mike Comeau |align="right"|4,422 |align="right"|11.4 |align="right"| |- |Tom Mayberry |align="right"|3,432 |align="right"|8.8 |align="right"| |- |Jim Bender |align="right"|659 |align="right"|1.7 |align="right"| |- |Leonard Vanderhoeven |align="right"|605 |align="right"|1.6 |align="right"| |}

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 25059 66%
Mixed member proportional 12917 34%
Ernie Hardeman 18,656 44.06 -9.19 Brian Brown 16,135 38.1 align="right"2.57 Shawn Rouse 5,318 12.56 align="right"5.35 Tom Mayberry 838 1.98 Andre De Decker 689 1.63 -0.42 Paul Blair 404 0.95 Kaye Sargent 306 0.72 -0.03 Ernie Hardeman 22,726 53.25 Brian Brown 15,160 35.53 Martin Donlevy 3,077 7.21 Andre De Decker 875 2.05 Kaye Sargent 321 0.75 Paul Blair 312 0.73 Jim Morris 203 0.48

See also

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