# Simcoe East (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 and was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Simcoe East :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Kean | Conservative |
| 4th | 1879–1882 | Herman Henry Cook | Liberal |
| 4th | 1882–1883 | Charles Alfred Drury | Liberal |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Charles Alfred Drury | Liberal |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Charles Alfred Drury | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative |
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | James Brockett Tudhope | Liberal |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | James Brockett Tudhope | Liberal |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | James Brockett Tudhope | Liberal |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | James Irwin Hartt | Conservative |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | James Irwin Hartt | Conservative |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | John Benjamin Johnston | United Farmers |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Finlayson | Conservative |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William Finlayson | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | William Finlayson | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Garnet Edward Tanner | Liberal |
| 20th | 1937–1939 | William Finlayson | Conservative |
| 20th | 1939–1943 | George Alexander Drew | Conservative |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | John Duncan McPhee | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | John Duncan McPhee | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | John Duncan McPhee | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1951–1953 | John Duncan McPhee | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1954–1955 | Lloyd Averall Letherby | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Lloyd Averall Letherby | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Lloyd Averall Letherby | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Lloyd Averall Letherby | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Gordon Elsworth Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Gordon Elsworth Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Gordon Elsworth Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Gordon Elsworth Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Al McLean | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Al McLean | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Al McLean | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Al McLean | Progressive Conservative |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Al McLean | Progressive Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Simcoe—Grey before the 1999 election |||||

## Election results

vte1875 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Kean | 1,133 | 54.00 |
| | Liberal | H.M. Sutherland | 965 | 46.00 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,098 | 73.90 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 2,839 |
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| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1879 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Hermon Henry Cook | 1,324 | 56.82 | +10.83 |
| | Conservative | H. Steele | 1,006 | 43.18 | −10.83 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,330 | 61.72 | −12.18 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 3,775 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +10.83 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||