Riding profile

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on east

The question

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte: a safe seat for the PC Party?

Editorial read

Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the PC Party ahead at 48% vote share, against 39% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Hon. Doug Downey

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

PC

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 48.1%
  • OLP 38.6%
  • NDP 7.5%
  • GP 3.5%
  • OTH 2.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PC OLP NDP GP
HereBarrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte 48.1%38.6%7.5%3.5%
Provincial averageOntario 40.2% +7.9 33.4% +5.3 20.3% −12.8 3.9% −0.4

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
PC
Margin
14.3 pts
Turnout
45.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
DOUG DOWNEY Elected PC 20,073 49.9
ROSE ZACHARIAS OLP 14,332 35.6
TRACEY LAPHAM NDP 2,710 6.7
TIM GRANT GP 1,637 4.1
ALEX DELLA VENTURA OTH 856 2.1
ERIN PATTERSON OTH 637 1.6
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029