Waterdown–Glanbrook is going to be an absolute pain to campaign in. Ugliest boundary winner, I'd say.
After Haliburton--Uxbridge, the second ugliest is the proposed LANARK—FRONTENAC—HASTINGS which would stretch a three-hour drive from Carleton Place to Bancroft, combining Lanark with part of Hastings for the first time since Confederation, uniting 52% of Lanark - Frontenac - Lennox and Addington with 29% of Prince Edward—Hastings and the 12,385 in Mississippi Mills.
Third prize goes to the Commission’s proposed district of KAWARTHA LAKES—PORT HOPE—COBOURG. This surprising proposal would put Lindsay in the same district as Port Hope and Cobourg. These communities have never been in the same electoral district since Confederation, and have little community of interest. This would combine 40% of the present Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock with 36% of the present Northumberland—Quinte West and 13% of the present Durham district. It’s interesting that this would, in effect, be one of Ontario’s new ridings (with no incumbent), yet it looks as if few really want it as proposed.
Why is Clarington, a municipality of 84,000, split in three when it could easily be split in two? It would take a major redrawing to keep all of Clarington in one riding -- the easternmost part of Clarington seems like it will be in a riding with Port Hope and Cobourg. But it is easy to keep westernmost Clarington in one riding instead of two.If "Oshawa Centre" (maybe "Oshawa South") was comprised of all of Oshawa south of Rossland (or maybe everything in Oshawa south of Taunton Rd and west of Harmony Rd), the the parts of Clarington split between two ridings could be united into "Oshawa-Bowmanville". For both of these ridings, the logic of community interest would be superior.
No doubt some Clarington residents will object to Courtice being split in half, and will suggest that the 68,298 residents proposed to be split between two Oshawa-centred districts should be kept together in a CLARINGTON-OSHAWA configuration, rather than Clarington’s Wards 1, 2 and 3 all being split.
I think Carol Hughes resides in Kapuskasing, but I could be wrong. Wonder if she'll move to Algoma-Manitoulin-Killarney, even though it becomes a much more anglophone riding.
Carol was, when elected, a resident of Elliot Lake for 26 years. No doubt she will stay in Algoma—Manitoulin—Killarney.
Though speaking of York Region, one thing that absolutely doesn't ring true with me is the riding with the presently proposed name "Oak Ridges"--sure, it technically straddles the Oak Ridges Moraine; however, the actual community which gave the Moraine its name is within Aurora-Richmond Hill, and its presence has defined previous ridings with the "Oak Ridges" name. To shift the name westward is geographically illiterate--a name like "King-Maple" (or something more euphonious) would be more fitting...
Someone has suggested "King--Maple--Wonderland."