Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Ontario electoral district

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in relation to other Ontario electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Larry Miller
Conservative

District created

1933

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2001)

105,947

Electors (2011)

78,882

Area (km²)

6,447

Pop. density (per km²)

16.4

Census divisions

Bruce County, Grey County

Census 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

For the provincial electoral district, see Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district). For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district).

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.

The riding always has been a swing riding, that has become more conservative in the last 10 years . It has produced many close results over the years.

Contents

1 History
- 1.1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
3 See also
4 External links

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Bruce North and Bruce South prior to 1933
18th	1935–1940		William Rae Tomlinson	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		William Rae Tomlinson	Liberal
20th	1945–1949		Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Donald Buchanan Blue	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		John Loney	Progressive Conservative
27th	1965–1968		John Loney	Progressive Conservative
28th	1968–1972		Ross Whicher	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Ross Whicher	Liberal
30th	1974–1979		Crawford Douglas	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Gary Gurbin	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Gus Mitges	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Ovid Jackson	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Larry Miller	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Larry Miller	28,744	56.30	+8.64	-
	New Democrat	Karen Gventer	9,008	17.64	+8.01	-
	Liberal	Kimberley Love	8,203	16.07	+1.77	-
	Green	Emma Jane Hogbin	5,099	9.99	-17.18	-
Total valid votes			51,054	100.00	-
Total rejected ballots			227	0.44
Turnout			51,281	65.04
Eligible voters			78,848

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Larry Miller	22,975	47.66	-0.52	$83,330
	Green	Dick Hibma	13,095	27.17	+14.26	$63,875
	Liberal	Thomas Noble	6,892	14.30	-13.26	$39,399
	New Democrat	Jill McIllwraith	4,640	9.63	-1.71	$9,434
	Christian Heritage	Joel Kidd	599	1.24	*	$1,377
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,201	100.00		$84,478
Total rejected ballots			204	0.42
Turnout			48,405	61.36

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Larry Miller	25,133	48.18	+3.2	$72,117
	Liberal	Verona Jackson	14,378	27.56	-8.2	$52,377
	Green	Shane Jolley	6,735	12.91	+8.7	$17,349
	New Democrat	Jill McIllwraith	5,918	11.34	-1.7	$11,210
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,164	100.00

Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Larry Miller	22,411	45.0	-6.0
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	17,824	35.8	-8.4
	New Democrat	Sebastian Ostertag	6,516	13.1	+8.2
	Green	Alex Drossos	2,076	4.2
	Christian Heritage	Steven J. Taylor	982	2.0
Total valid votes			49,809	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Bruce—Grey

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	19,822	44.2	+7.4
	Canadian Alliance	Murray Peer	15,960	35.6	+2.4
	Progressive Conservative	Allen Wilford	6,872	15.3	-7.6
	New Democrat	Karen Gventer	2,166	4.8	-2.3
Total valid votes			44,820	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	17,896	36.8	-12.3
	Reform	Murray Peer	16,161	33.2	+8.5
	Progressive Conservative	John Middlebro	11,139	22.9	+4.1
	New Democrat	Colleen Anne Purdon	3,446	7.1	+2.8
Total valid votes			48,642	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ovid Jackson	25,693	49.1	+10.2
	Reform	Alan Aston	12,939	24.7
	Progressive Conservative	Stew O'Keefe	9,836	18.8	-22.1
	New Democrat	Cathy Hird	2,259	4.3	-14.7
	National	Stuart Marwick	1,001	1.9
	Green	Jim Garrity	320	0.6	0.0
	Natural Law	John Wolter	158	0.3
	Libertarian	Ralph Hanke	152	0.3
Total valid votes			52,358	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gus Mitges	19,748	40.9	-23.9
	Liberal	Douglas M. Thompson	18,796	38.9	+15.6
	New Democrat	Cathy Hird	9,183	19.0	+7.0
	Green	Don Cianci	317	0.7
	Commonwealth	George Bothwell	267	0.6
Total valid votes			48,311	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary M. Gurbin	27,611	64.7	+17.4
	Liberal	Ron Oswald	9,931	23.3	-17.3
	New Democrat	Norma Peterson	5,112	12.0	+0.7
Total valid votes			42,654	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary M. Gurbin	18,326	47.3	-5.1
	Liberal	Rodger D. Schwass	15,735	40.6	+5.2
	New Democrat	Malcolm A. Kennett	4,391	11.3	-0.3
	Libertarian	Jim Turner	299	0.8	+0.2
Total valid votes			38,751	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary M. Gurbin	21,219	52.4	+9.9
	Liberal	Crawford Douglas	14,314	35.4	-12.2
	New Democrat	John Giese	4,723	11.7	+1.7
	Libertarian	Norman Helen Watson	223	0.6
Total valid votes			40,479	100.0

Bruce

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Crawford Douglas	17,158	47.5	+2.2
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	15,346	42.5	-0.7
	New Democrat	Gene Kiviaho	3,586	9.9	-1.5
Total valid votes			36,090	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ross Whicher	14,974	45.3	-1.4
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	14,297	43.3	+0.6
	New Democrat	Thomas Thompson	3,772	11.4	+0.8
Total valid votes			33,043	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ross Whicher	12,775	46.7	+7.1
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	11,674	42.7	-7.3
	New Democrat	Eric Nelson	2,911	10.6	+0.1
Total valid votes			27,360	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	6,846	49.9	-1.6
	Liberal	Kent Lamont	5,424	39.6	-4.7
	New Democrat	Thomas Morris	1,443	10.5
Total valid votes			13,713	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Loney	7,451	51.5	-0.1
	Liberal	John H. Mackenzie	6,401	44.3	+2.6
	Independent	Alex Scarrow	611	4.2
Total valid votes			14,463	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	7,604	51.6	-10.7
	Liberal	John H. Mackenzie	6,141	41.7	+4.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lorne Richards	706	4.8
	Social Credit	Sandy Macdonald	279	1.9
Total valid votes			14,730	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	8,225	62.3	+4.8
	Liberal	Chester M. Merriam	4,975	37.7	-4.8
Total valid votes			13,200	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	8,225	57.5	+6.3
	Liberal	Donald B. Blue	6,089	42.5	-6.3
Total valid votes			14,314	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	7,132	51.2	+1.0
	Liberal	Donald B. Blue	6,808	48.8	+4.3
Total valid votes			13,940	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald B. Blue	7,517	50.1	+5.8
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	6,685	44.6	-3.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Aubrey John Mercer	795	5.3
Total valid votes			14,997	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew E. Robinson	6,933	47.8	+6.3
	Liberal	Carl Whicher	6,430	44.3	-14.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Moffatt Jamieson	1,137	7.8
Total valid votes			14,500	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Rae Tomlinson	7,420	58.4	+12.8
	National Government	Leigh H. Snider	5,275	41.6	+7.1
Total valid votes			12,695	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Rae Tomlinson	6,831	45.7
	Conservative	Gideon H. Ruttle	5,149	34.4
	Reconstruction	William Guy Nicholson	2,973	19.9
Total valid votes			14,953	100.0

See also

External links

2001 Results from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Federal ridings in Central Ontario

Conservative	Barrie • Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound • Dufferin—Caledon • Durham • Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock • Newmarket—Aurora • Northumberland—Quinte West • Peterborough • Simcoe—Grey • Simcoe North • York—Simcoe

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario	Barrie · Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound · Dufferin—Caledon · Durham · Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock · Newmarket—Aurora · Northumberland—Quinte West · Peterborough · Simcoe—Grey · Simcoe North · York—Simcoe

Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell · Kingston and the Islands · Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington · Leeds—Grenville · Prince Edward—Hastings · Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke · Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

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