Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

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Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Canadian Federal electoral district
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in relation to other Southern Ontario ridings.
Member of Parliament		Larry Miller Conservative
Population (2001)	102 487
Electors (2006)	77 109
Area (km²)	6447
Pop. density (per km²)	15.90
Riding created	1933, from Bruce North and Bruce South
Census divisions	Bruce County Grey County
Subdivisions	Cities: Owen Sound Towns: Hanover Townships: Arran-Elderslie, Chatsworth, Georgian Bluffs, Grey Highlands, Meaford, Northern Bruce Peninsula, South Bruce Peninsula, Southgate, West Grey First Nations reserves: Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (formerly known as Bruce, Bruce—Grey and Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It is also a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The riding always has been a swing riding, that has leaned slightly conservative. It has produced many close results over the years.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Provincial district 2.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Federal election results 3.1 Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound 3.2 Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound 3.3 Bruce—Grey 3.4 Bruce 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The district was created in 1933 from Bruce North and Bruce South and was known as "Bruce" riding. Its name was changed in 1975 to "Bruce—Grey", to "Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound" in 2000, to "Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound" in 2003, and to Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in 2004.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. William Rae Tomlinson, Liberal (1935-1945)
2. Andrew E. Robinson, Progressive Conservative (1945-1949)
3. Donald B. Blue, Liberal (1949-1953)
4. Andrew E. Robinson, Progressive Conservative (1953-1963)
5. John Loney, Progressive Conservative (1963-1968)
6. Ross Whicher, Liberal (1968-1974)
7. Crawford Douglas, Liberal (1974-1979)
8. Gary M. Gurbin, Progressive Conservative (1979-1988)
9. Gus Mitges, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
10. Ovid Jackson, Liberal (1993-2004)
11. Larry Miller, Conservative (2004-present)

[edit] Provincial district

The provincial riding was known as "Bruce" and consisted of Bruce County. Before the 1999 election, it became "Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound", and was given the same boundaries as the federal riding.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Murray Elston, Liberal (1987-1995)
2. Barbara Fisher, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)
3. Bill Murdoch, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Larry Miller	25,133	48.18%	+3.18%	$72,117
	Liberal	Verona Jackson	14,378	27.56%	-8.21%	$52,377
	Green	Shane Jolley	6,735	12.91%	+8.74%	$17,349
	New Democrat	Jill McIllwraith	5,918	11.34%	-1.74%	$11,210

[edit] Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Larry Miller	22,411
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	17,824
	New Democrat	Sebastian Ostertag	6,516
	Green	Alex Drossos	2,076
	Christian Heritage	Steven J. Taylor	982

[edit] Bruce—Grey

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	19,822
	Canadian Alliance	Murray Peer	15,960
	Progressive Conservative	Allen Wilford	6,872
	New Democrat	Karen Gventer	2,166

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	17,896
	Reform	Murray Peer	16,161
	Progressive Conservative	John Middlebro	11,139
	New Democrat	Colleen Anne Purdon	3,446

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	25,693
	Reform	Alan Aston	12,939
	Progressive Conservative	Stew O'Keefe	9,836
	New Democrat	Cathy Hird	2,259
	National	Stuart Marwick	1,00
	Green	Jim Garrity	320
	Natural Law	John Wolter	158
	Libertarian	Ralph Hanke	152

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gus Mitges	19,748
	Liberal	Douglas M. Thompson	18,796
	New Democrat	Cathy Hird	9,183
	Green	Don Cianci	317
	Commonwealth	George Bothwell	267

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gary M. Gurbin	27,611
	Liberal	Ron Oswald	9,931
	New Democrat	Norma Peterson	5,112

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gary M. Gurbin	18,326
	Liberal	Rodger D. Schwass	15,735
	New Democrat	Malcolm A. Kennett	4,391
	Libertarian	Jim Turner	299

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gary M. Gurbin	21,219
	Liberal	Douglas Crawford	14,314
	New Democrat	John Giese	4,723
	Libertarian	Norman Helen Watson	223

[edit] Bruce

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Douglas Crawford	17,158
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	15,346
	New Democrat	Gene Kiviaho	3,586

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ross Whicher	14,974
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	14,297
	New Democrat	Thomas Thompson	3,772

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ross Whicher	12,775
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	11,674
	New Democrat	Eric Nelson	2,911

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	6,846
	Liberal	Kent Lamont	5,424
	New Democrat	Thomas Morris	1,443

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	7,451
	Liberal	John H. Mackenzie	6,401
	Independent	Alex Scarrow	611

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	7,604
	Liberal	John H. Mackenzie	6,141
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lorne Richards	706
	Social Credit	Sandy Macdonald	279

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	8,225
	Liberal	Chester M. Merriam	4,975

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	8,225
	Liberal	Donald B. Blue	6,089

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	7,132
	Liberal	Donald B. Blue	6,808

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald B. Blue	7,517
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	6,685
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Aubrey John Mercer	795

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	6,933
	Liberal	Carl Whicher	6,430
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Moffatt Jamieson	1,137

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Rae Tomlinson	7,420
	National Government	Leigh H. Snider	5,275

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Rae Tomlinson	6,831
	Conservative	Gideon H. Ruttle	5,149
	Reconstruction	William Guy Nicholson	2,973

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Bruce (1933 - 1975)
• Bruce-Grey (1975 - 2000)
• Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound (2000 - 2003)
• Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound (2004 - )

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal Ridings in Central Ontario
Conservative	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Liberal	Newmarket—Aurora

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