# Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (provincial electoral district)

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (formerly Haliburton—Victoria—Brock) is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1999 from parts of Victoria—Haliburton, Durham East, Durham—York and Hastings—Peterborough.
When the riding was created it was called Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, and included all of Victoria County, most of Haliburton County, the townships of Brock, Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Cavan, as well as the village of Millbrook.
In 2007 it was renamed Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock after Victoria County was renamed Kawartha Lakes. The riding also gained the municipality of Algonquin Highlands, plus the entire municipality of Cavan-Monaghan. It was identical to the federal riding of the same name until the boundaries changed before the 2025 Canadian federal election.

## 2009 by-election

On February 4, 2009, a writ was issued for a by-election to be held on March 5, 2009. The by-election was called to fill the seat vacated by Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament Laurie Scott, who quit so that PC leader John Tory could seek a seat in the legislature.
Rick Johnson, who ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in 2007 after he resigned as president of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association to run against Ms. Scott in 2007 because he was opposed to Mr. Tory's controversial promise to extend public funding to religious schools, is the Liberal candidate for the by-election. The Liberal riding association voted unanimously to support Johnson.
Brad Harness, leader of the minor Reform Party of Ontario, announced that the party planned to run a candidate, and slammed Tory as an "urbanite". However, as the writ came, the party failed to run a candidate.
The Green Party of Ontario announced its candidate would be Mike Schreiner, an award-winning entrepreneur, sustainable community champion and local food advocate.
On February 9, the Lindsay Post published a poll of local residents which indicated that Tory’s campaign was off to a rocky start, with nearly 70 percent of respondents saying that they opposed Scott's decision to step aside so that Tory could be a candidate, and nearly half of respondents stating that they were less likely to vote PC because of his candidacy. That outsider status (being from Toronto) likely played a major role in Tory's defeat, combined with the fact that Tory was more liberal than most conservative voters in the riding resulting in many potential PC voters staying home.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Haliburton—Victoria—Brock |||||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | Chris Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 38th | 2003–2007 | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock |||||
| 39th | 2007–2009 | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| 39th | 2009–2011 | Rick Johnson | Liberal |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 2022–present | Laurie Scott | Progressive Conservative |

## Election results

vte2025 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 26,446 | 52.17 | –0.14 |
| | Liberal | Alison Bennie | 11,676 | 23.03 | +9.56 |
| | New Democratic | Barbara Doyle | 6,980 | 13.77 | –1.95 |
| | Green | Tom Regina | 2,593 | 5.12 | –2.43 |
| | New Blue | Jacquie Barker | 1,221 | 2.41 | +0.60 |
| | Ontario Party | Brian Kerr | 969 | 1.91 | –6.16 |
| | Independent | Gene Balfour | 424 | 0.84 | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Zachary Tisdale | 384 | 0.76 | –0.30 |
| | Freedom | Bill Denby | 275 | 0.54 | N/A |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,693 | 99.27 | +0.01 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 372 | 0.73 | –0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,065 | 48.95 | +0.81 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 104,325 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | –4.85 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte2022 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 25,594 | 52.31 | −4.40 |
| | New Democratic | Barbara Doyle | 7,692 | 15.72 | −10.78 |
| | Liberal | Don McBey | 6,590 | 13.47 | +3.57 |
| | Ontario Party | Kerstin Kelly | 3,949 | 8.07 | |
| | Green | Tom Regina | 3,695 | 7.55 | +3.09 |
| | New Blue | Ben Prentice | 888 | 1.81 | |
| | Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 518 | 1.06 | +0.26 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 48,926 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 366 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,292 | 48.14 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 101,416 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +3.19 |
| 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 | Laurie Scott | 32,406 | 56.71 | +16.41 |
| | New Democratic | Zac Miller | 15,142 | 26.50 | +6.36 |
| | Liberal | Brooklynne Cramp-Waldinsperger | 5,655 | 9.90 | −25.37 |
| | Green | Lynn Therien | 2,551 | 4.46 | +0.18 |
| | None of the Above | Thomas Rhyno | 622 | 1.09 | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 455 | 0.80 | N/A |
| | Consensus Ontario | Chuck MacMillan | 312 | 0.55 | N/A |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 57,143 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative notional hold | Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2014 general election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Progressive Conservative | 19,278 | 40.30 |
| Liberal | 16,872 | 35.27 |
| New Democratic | 9,635 | 20.14 |
| Green | 2,048 | 4.28 |
2014 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 21,641 | 40.96 | -4.47 |
| | Liberal | Rick Johnson | 18,512 | 35.03 | +1.45 |
| | New Democratic | Don Abel | 10,431 | 19.74 | +2.43 |
| | Green | Arsalan Ahmad | 2,255 | 4.27 | +1.10 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 52,839 | 100.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -2.96 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2011 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 22,352 | 45.43 | +4.23 |
| | Liberal | Rick Johnson | 16,522 | 33.58 | -10.29 |
| | New Democratic | Don Abel | 8,517 | 17.31 | +11.35 |
| | Green | Anita Payne | 1,562 | 3.17 | -3.40 |
| | Freedom | Charles Olito | 245 | 0.50 | +0.10 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 49,198 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 188 | 0.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,386 | 54.98 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 89,830 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +7.26 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
Ontario provincial by-election, March 5, 2009 resignation of Laurie Scott :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Rick Johnson | 15,542 | 43.88 | +14.37 |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Tory | 14,595 | 41.20 | -8.79 |
| | Green | Mike Schreiner | 2,330 | 6.58 | -0.58 |
| | New Democratic | Lyn Edwards | 2,112 | 5.96 | -5.95 |
| | Independent | Jason Taylor | 280 | 0.79 | |
| | Family Coalition | Jake Pothaar | 258 | 0.73 | +0.11 |
| | Freedom | Bill Denby | 140 | 0.40 | -0.41 |
| | Independent | John Turmel | 94 | 0.27 | |
| | Libertarian | Paolo Fabrizio | 72 | 0.20 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,423 | 100.00 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +11.58 | |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2007 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 24,273 | 49.99 | +2.58 |
| | Liberal | Rick Johnson | 14,327 | 29.51 | -4.00 |
| | New Democratic | Joan Corigan | 5,785 | 11.92 | -3.47 |
| | Green | Douglas Smith | 3,475 | 7.16 | +5.29 |
| | Freedom | Bill Denby | 391 | 0.81 | +0.28 |
| | Family Coalition | Jake Pothaar | 301 | 0.62 | -0.67 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 48,552 | 100.00 |
2003 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Laurie Scott | 24,297 | 47.41 | -15.41 |
| | Liberal | Jason D. Ward | 17,171 | 33.51 | 5.05 |
| | New Democratic | Earl Manners | 7,884 | 15.39 | 7.99 |
| | Green | Douglas Smith | 956 | 1.87 | |
| | Family Coalition | Paul Gordon | 663 | 1.29 | |
| | Freedom | Charles Olito | 273 | 0.53 | 0.14 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,244 | 100.00 |
1999 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Chris Hodgson | 32,125 | 62.82 |
| | Liberal | Sharon McCrae | 14,556 | 28.46 |
| | New Democratic | Rick Denyer | 3,786 | 7.40 |
| | Independent | Brad Bradamore | 340 | 0.66 |
| | Freedom | Charles Olito | 198 | 0.39 |
| | Natural Law | Maxim Newby | 135 | 0.26 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,140 | 100.00 |

## 2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum :
| Side | Votes | % |
| First Past the Post | 33,156 | 70.1 |
| Mixed member proportional | 14,166 | 29.9 |
| Total valid votes | 47,322 | 100.0 |