Oxford (provincial electoral district)

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

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

Oxford

Ontario electoral district
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	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	113,790
Electors (2018)	89,597
Area (km²)	2,270
Pop. density (per km²)	50.1
Census division(s)	Oxford County
Census subdivision(s)	Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, Norwich, Zorra, South-West Oxford, East Zorra – Tavistock, Blandford-Blenheim

It consists of the county of Oxford and a small portion of Brant.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oxford
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created from Oxford North and Oxford South ridings in 1934
19th	1934–1937		Patrick Dewan	Liberal
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	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	22,166	50.01	−5.72	$47,286
	New Democratic	Lindsay Wilson	9,504	21.44	−8.98	$37,217
	Liberal	Mary Holmes	5,457	12.31	+5.39	$23,863
	Ontario Party	Karl Toews	3,579	8.08	+7.22	$39,947
	Green	Cheryle Rose Baker	2,097	4.73	+0.42	$570
	New Blue	Connie Oldenburger	1,518	3.43		$7,700
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,321	99.46	+0.91	$134,298
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			240	0.54	-0.91
Turnout			44,561	46.45	-12.8
Eligible voters			94,368
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.63
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	29,152	55.73	+9.49
	New Democratic	Tara King	15,917	30.43	+4.66
	Liberal	James Howard	3,620	6.92	-14.41
	Green	Albert De Jong	2,254	4.31	-0.53
	Ontario Party	Robert Van Ryswyck	447	0.85
	Libertarian	Chris Swift	370	0.71	-0.18
	Independent	David Sikal	335	0.64
	Freedom	Tim Hodges	216	0.41	-0.53
Total valid votes			52,311	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				60.20
Eligible voters			86,877
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.42
Source: Elections Ontario

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	18,958	46.24	-8.63
	New Democratic	Bryan Smith	10,573	25.79	+10.14
	Liberal	Dan Moulton	8,736	21.31	-3.66
	Green	Mike Farlow	1,985	4.84	+1.29
	Freedom	Tim Hodges	384	0.94
	Libertarian	Devin Wright	365	0.89
Total valid votes			41001	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.39
Source: Elections Ontario

2011 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Hardeman	18,445	47.27	+3.21
	Liberal	Brian Jackson	11,455	29.36	-8.77
	New Democratic	Mike Comeau	4,421	11.33	-1.21
	Green	Tom Mayberry	3,441	8.82	+6.83
	Independent	Jim Bender	659	1.69
	Family Coalition	Leonard Vanderhoeven	601	1.54	-0.08
Total valid votes			39,022	100.0

2003 Ontario general election
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

1999 Ontario general election
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

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

References

• Beatty, Bob (Summer 2008). "Oxford MPs: Confederation till Now" (PDF). Oxford Update. Dave MacKenzie. p. 2. Retrieved 2009-07-22.

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results
• Map of riding for 2018 election