The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 35099Ontario
Simcoe North
Simcoe-Nord
Simcoe North is a federal riding in Ontario. Adam Chambers (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2021) represents Simcoe North. Adam Chambers (Conservative) held Simcoe North for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 2,474 votes (3.7 points), with 48.4% of the vote. Ryan Rocca (Liberal) was second with 44.7%, on a turnout of 68.6% of 97,780 electors. Member as of .
Who represents Simcoe North
Adam Chambers
Member of Parliament for Simcoe North
Conservative
MP since · 2 terms
- International Trade committee
- Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Vice-Chair, International Trade committee
108 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Food Inflation and Budgetary Policy — Opposition Motion—Canada Carbon Rebate and Payment to Quebec — Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26.
The 2025 result: Conservative hold
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Simcoe North, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Chambers | Conservative | 32,241 | 48.4% |
| Ryan Rocca | Liberal | 29,767 | 44.7% |
| Melissa Lloyd | New Democratic | 2,508 | 3.8% |
| Ray Little | Green | 1,260 | 1.9% |
| Stephen Toivo Makk | People's Party | 638 | 1.0% |
| Other (1) | 191 | 0.3% |
Adam Chambers (Conservative) won Simcoe North on with 32,241 votes, 48.4% of the 66,605 valid votes. Ryan Rocca (Liberal) was second with 29,767 (44.7%), 2,474 votes and 3.7 points behind.
Of the 66,605 valid votes, Adam Chambers (Conservative) took 48.4%, Ryan Rocca (Liberal) 44.7%, Melissa Lloyd (New Democratic) 3.8%, Ray Little (Green) 1.9% and Stephen Toivo Makk (People's Party) 1.0%; one other candidate took 0.3%. Turnout was 68.6% of 97,780 electors: 67,087 ballots cast, 66,605 of them valid, for 6 candidates.
Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 6.4 (42.0% to 48.4%), the Liberals up 14.0 (30.7% to 44.7%), the New Democrats down 12.1 (15.9% to 3.8%), the Greens down 1.1 (3.0% to 1.9%) and the People's Party down 6.6 (7.6% to 1.0%), in points of the valid votes.
2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.
Since 2004: usually Conservative
The party first in Simcoe North at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries
- 2004Liberal43.4%by 5.7 points over the Conservatives
- 2006changed handsConservative40.4%by 2.1 points over the Liberals
- 2008Conservative49.7%by 22.0 points over the Liberals
- 2011Conservative54.5%by 34.6 points over the New Democrats
- 2015Conservative43.5%by 3.7 points over the Liberals
- 2019Conservative43.4%by 12.6 points over the Liberals
- 2021Conservative42.0%by 11.3 points over the Liberals
- 2025Conservative48.4%by 3.7 points over the Liberals
The figures
| Year | First | Share | Second | Margin (pts) | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Liberal | 43.4% | Conservative | 5.7 | carried, our estimate |
| 2006 | Conservative | 40.4% | Liberal | 2.1 | carried, our estimate |
| 2008 | Conservative | 49.7% | Liberal | 22.0 | carried, our estimate |
| 2011 | Conservative | 54.5% | New Democratic | 34.6 | carried, our estimate |
| 2015 | Conservative | 43.5% | Liberal | 3.7 | carried, our estimate |
| 2019 | Conservative | 43.4% | Liberal | 12.6 | carried, our estimate |
| 2021 | Conservative | 42.0% | Liberal | 11.3 | transposed by Elections Canada |
| 2025 | Conservative | 48.4% | Liberal | 3.7 | official result |
The Conservatives were first here at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025; the Liberals were first in 2004. In 2025 the Conservatives took 48.4% of the vote here, 4.0 points above their average of 44.4% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.
On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (43.4%) and the Conservatives in 2006 (40.4%), 2008 (49.7%), 2011 (54.5%), 2015 (43.5%), 2019 (43.4%), 2021 (42.0%) and 2025 (48.4%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.
A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 83 of the 343 ridings are usually one party's. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.
- 2021 Conservative · Adam Chambers, by 8,051 votes (12.6 pts)
- 2019 Conservative · Bruce Stanton, by 7,931 votes (12.6 pts)
- 2015 Conservative · Bruce Stanton, by 2,118 votes (3.7 pts)
In the old Simcoe North on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Simcoe North lived in; Elections Canada's official results.
What kind of place Simcoe North is
- Population
- 112,0252021 census
- Area
- 2,978km²
- Density
- 38people per km²
- Electors
- 97,780on the 2025 lists
- Median age is 50.0 — about 1.2 times the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest24th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.3% — about 65 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest74th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 9.1% — about 53 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest105th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 75.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest113th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.8% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest118th highest of 343
- Median total household income is $77,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest121st lowest of 343
2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's Simcoe North, its electors as well as its ground, comes from the old Simcoe North, but it is only 90% of that riding by area. The rest went elsewhere.
IIThe 2025 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Chambers | Conservative | 32,241 | 48.4% | 42.0% | +6.4 |
| Ryan Rocca | Liberal | 29,767 | 44.7% | 30.7% | +14.0 |
| Melissa Lloyd | New Democratic | 2,508 | 3.8% | 15.9% | −12.1 |
| Ray Little | Green | 1,260 | 1.9% | 3.0% | −1.1 |
| Stephen Toivo Makk | People's | 638 | 1.0% | 7.6% | −6.6 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| Russ Emo | Other | 191 | 0.3% |
IIIHow close was it, really
It would have taken 1,238 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 1.9% of the 66,605 valid votes, 1.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 55.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
On election day the Liberals took 40.3%, the Conservatives 51.3%, the New Democrats 4.5%, the Greens 2.3% and the People's Party 1.2%; in advance and special ballots, 50.2%, 44.7%, 2.8%, 1.4% and 0.7%, in that order.
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Simcoe North, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Party | Election day | Advance and special | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 40.3% | 50.2% | +9.9 |
| Conservative | 51.3% | 44.7% | −6.6 |
| New Democratic | 4.5% | 2.8% | −1.7 |
| Green | 2.3% | 1.4% | −0.9 |
| People's Party | 1.2% | 0.7% | −0.5 |