Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)

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Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Ontario electoral district
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Bill Murdoch Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	105,947
Electors (2007)	68,722
Area (km²)	6,447
Pop. density (per km²)	16.4
Census divisions	Bruce County, Ontario, Grey County, Ontario
Census subdivisions	West Grey, Hanover, Chatsworth, Meaford, Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29, Brockton, South Bruce, Grey Highlands

For the federal electoral district, see Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Bruce and Grey when ridings in Ontario were redistributed to match their federal counter-parts.

The riding from 1999 to 2007 included the municipalities of West Grey, Hanover, Chatsworth, Meaford, Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29, plus the eastern half of Brockton and South Bruce plus the northern third of Grey Highlands.

In 2007, the riding gained the municipality of Southgate, the rest of Grey Highlands, but lost the parts of Brockton and South Bruce in the riding.

The riding is notable for running a Green Party of Ontario candidate who received 33.1% of the popular vote in the 2007 election, the largest share of the popular vote the party has ever received in a single riding.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

1. Bill Murdoch, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Murdoch	21,156	46.61%	-5.46%
	Green	Shane Jolley	15,039	33.14%	+31.42%
	Liberal	Selwyn Hicks	6,774	14.93%	-18.27%
	New Democrat	Paul Johnstone	1,721	3.79%	-5.49%
	Family Coalition	Irma de Vries	550	1.21%	-1.21%
	Reform	William Cook	145	0.32%	*

Swing: 18.40 from PC to Green

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27617	63%
	Mixed member proportional	16199	37%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Murdoch	23,338	52.07	-2.40
	Liberal	Dave Hocking	14,881	33.2	-2.08
	New Democrat	Colleen Purdon	4,159	9.28	3.21
	Family Coalition	Linda Freiburger	1,086	2.42	-0.95
	Green	Martin Donald	769	1.72	+0.90
	Independent	Bill Cook	586	1.31

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Murdoch	24,915	54.47
	Liberal	Ruth Lovell	16,139	35.28
	New Democrat	Colleen Purdon	2,776	6.07
	Family Coalition	John Clark	1,540	3.37
	Green	Grant Pattullo	373	0.82

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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