Prior to the 1999 boundary realignment two ridings covered the area:
Parry Sound and
Muskoka. Parry Sound—Muskoka provincial electoral district was created in 1906, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level. It initially consisted of the District Municipality of Muskoka, the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the towns of Powassan and Trout Creek and the townships of Nipissing, North Himsworth and South Himsworth) and the township of Sherborne and Others (formerly Sherborne, McClintock, Livingstone, Lawrence and Nightingale) in the county of Haliburton. In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten. While the riding is a stronghold of the
Progressive Conservatives, it has also been friendly to the
Greens, scoring only a little more than 2,000 votes less than the PCs in the
2022 election. The Greens generally do best in the larger towns like Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, and Parry Sound. The PCs do best in more rural areas, especially those in the north of the riding. They do worst in reservations, which are also where the
NDP does best. ==Members of Provincial Parliament==