Brantford—Brant

Brantford—Brant

Ontario electoral district
Brant in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Phil McColeman Conservative
District created	1903
First contested	1904
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	132,443
Electors (2015)	95,616
Area (km²)[2]	886
Pop. density (per km²)	149.5
Census divisions	Brant, Haldimand
Census subdivisions	Brantford, Brant, New Credit 40A, Six Nations 40

Brantford—Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.

Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as Brant.^[3]

History

The federal riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Brant South riding. It consisted of the County of Brant, excluding parts included in the Brantford riding.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Burford, South Dumfries, Onondaga, Tuscarora the part of the township of Brantford lying east of the Grand River, and the part of the city of Brantford not included in the electoral district of Brantford City. In 1933, it was expanded to include the town of Paris.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between Brant—Wentworth and Brantford ridings.

The federal riding was recreated in 1966 from parts of Brant—Haldimand, Brantford and Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant ridings. It consisted initially of the County of Brant, and the Six Nations and New Credit Indian reserves.

In 1976, it was defined as consisting of the County of Brant. In 1987, it was defined as consisting of the City of Brantford, the Town of Paris, and the townships of Brantford and South Dumfries. In 2003, it was redefined as using the 1966 definition.

Brant was largely incorporated into the new riding of Brantford—Brant, with small territories going to Oxford and Cambridge during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[4][5]

Ethnic groups: 84.7% White, 9.6% Aboriginal, 1.3% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Languages: 89.7% English, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% French, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 64.8% Christian (23.4% Catholic, 10.2% United Church, 9.0% Anglican, 5.1% Baptist, 3.3% Presbyterian, 2.5% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 10.1% Other), 2.% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 30.3% No religion
Median income (2010): $28,981
Average income (2010): $37,101

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brant Riding created from Brant South
10th	1904–1908		William Paterson	Liberal
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		John Henry Fisher	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		John Harold	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		William Charles Good	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Franklin Smoke	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		George Wood	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		John A. Charlton	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Brant—Wentworth and Brantford
Riding re-created from Brant—Haldimand and Brantford
28th	1968–1971		James Elisha Brown	Liberal
	1971–1972		Derek Blackburn	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Jane Stewart	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Lloyd St. Amand
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Phil McColeman	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
Brantford—Brant
42nd	2015–Present		Phil McColeman	Conservative

Election results

Brantford—Brant, 2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	25,874	40.89	-7.52	–
	Liberal	Danielle Takacs	19,422	30.70	+11.80	–
	New Democratic	Marc Laferriere	15,715	24.84	-4.11	–
	Green	Kevin Brandt	1,582	2.50	-0.70	–
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	515	0.81	–	–
	Independent	John C. Turmel	164	0.26	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,272	100.00		$240,443.79
Total rejected ballots			272	0.43	–
Turnout			63,544	65.99	–
Eligible voters			96,290
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.66
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,668	48.41
	New Democratic	15,946	28.95
	Liberal	10,411	18.90
	Green	1,756	3.20
	Others	295	0.54

Brant, 1968–2015

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	28,045	48.9	+7.0	–
	New Democratic	Marc Laferriere	16,351	28.5	+11.3	–
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	10,780	18.8	-14.2	–
	Green	Nora Fueten	1,858	3.2	-3.8	–
	Independent	Leslie Bory	174	0.3	–	–
	Independent	Martin Sitko	138	0.2	–	–
Total valid votes			57,346	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			243	0.4	–
Turnout			57,589	60.1	–
Eligible voters			94,485	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	22,628	41.9	+5.9	$84,126
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	17,839	33.0	-3.9	$82,233
	New Democratic	Brian Van Tilborg	9,297	17.2	-4.1	$22,079
	Green	Nora Fueten	3,805	7.0	+2.4	$15,692
	Christian Heritage	John Gots	369	0.6	-0.3	$286
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,938	100	$94,138

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	22,077	36.9	-1.1
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	21,495	36.0	+2.9
	New Democratic	Lynn Bowering	12,713	21.3	-0.7
	Green	Adam King	2,729	4.6	-0.5
	Christian Heritage	John H. Wubs	526	0.9	-0.2
	Independent	John Turmel	213	0.4	-0.3
Total valid votes			59,753	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	20,455	38.1	-18.4
	Conservative	Greg Martin	17,792	33.1	+24.7
	New Democratic	Lynn Bowering	11,826	22.0	+14.7
	Green	Helen-Anne Embry	2,738	5.1	+4.0
	Christian Heritage	Barra L. Gots	570	1.1
	Independent	John Turmel	373	0.7
Total valid votes			53,754	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jane Stewart	24,068	56.4	+3.4
	Alliance	Chris Cattle	10,955	25.7	+2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen W. Kun	3,580	8.4	-4.3
	New Democratic	Dee Chisholm	3,126	7.3	-4.1
	Green	Graeme Dunn	484	1.1
	Canadian Action	Mike Clancy	447	1.0
Total valid votes			42,660	100.0

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jane Stewart	24,125	53.0	+1.5
	Reform	Dan Houssar	10,436	22.9	-1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen W. Kun	5,781	12.7	+0.5
	New Democratic	Pat Franklin	5,201	11.4	+4.5
Total valid votes			45,543	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jane Stewart	24,686	51.5	+27.3
	Reform	Ken Edmison	11,863	24.7
	Progressive Conservative	Mabel E. Dougherty	5,830	12.2	-17.6
	New Democratic	Michael C. Smith	3,317	6.9	-34.5
	National	Herman Kruis	1,227	2.6
	Green	Jamie Legacey	482	1.0	+0.5
	Libertarian	Helmut Kermis	260	0.5	+0.3
	Natural Law	Eleanor Toshiko Hyodo	192	0.4
	Independent	Doug Stelpstra	111	0.2
Total valid votes			47,968	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,633	41.5	-2.7
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Bosanac	14,084	29.7	-11.7
	Liberal	David J. Carll	11,461	24.2	+10.3
	Christian Heritage	Geraldine de Vries	1,786	3.8
	Green	Jamie Legacey	258	0.5
	Libertarian	Helmut Kermis	95	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	Barnabas Simon	34	0.1
Total valid votes			47,351	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	23,103	44.2	+3.1
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Sterne	21,679	41.5	+10.2
	Liberal	Peter Hexamer	7,286	13.9	-13.3
	Social Credit	Charlie Harris	207	0.4	+0.2
Total valid votes			52,275	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,194	41.1	-1.1
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Sterne	14,614	31.3	+0.2
	Liberal	Jo Brennan	12,725	27.2	+0.7
	Social Credit	Winnifred M. Moyer	103	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Malkit Randhawa	93	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			46,729	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	20,908	42.2	+0.1
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Tobey	15,422	31.1	+11.2
	Liberal	Jack Bawcutt	13,154	26.5	-11.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Malkit Randhawa	93	0.2
Total valid votes			49,577	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,453	42.1	-1.0
	Liberal	Vern Young	17,410	37.6	+5.9
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Keresturi	9,228	20.0	-5.3
	Communist	Paul F. Jarbeau	158	0.3
Total valid votes			46,249	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	20,002	43.1	0.0
	Liberal	Dick Mundy	14,730	31.7	-0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Keresturi	11,711	25.2	+1.3
Total valid votes			46,443	100.0

By-election on May 31, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	17,147	43.1	+12.4
	Liberal	Bob McIntosh	12,831	32.2	-7.6
	Progressive Conservative	Emory Knill	9,517	23.9	-5.7
	Social Credit	A.J. Sid Hamelin	322	0.8
Total valid votes			39,817	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James E. Brown	16,029	39.8
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	12,333	30.6
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Styles	11,901	29.6
Total valid votes			40,263	100.0

Brant, 1904–1949

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	John Alpheus Charlton	5,005	45.3	-3.9
	Liberal	George Ernest Wood	4,800	43.5	-7.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles William Ward	1,235	11.2
Total valid votes			11,040	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Ernest Wood	4,657	50.8	+6.3
	National Government	Charles Joseph Sylva Apps	4,519	49.2	+12.1
Total valid votes			9,176	100.0

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

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	George Ernest Wood	4,294	44.5	-1.7
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	3,587	37.2	-16.7
	Reconstruction	Cuthbert Mainwaring Burt	1,277	13.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William James Anderson	494	5.1
Total valid votes			9,652	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	5,094	53.8	+2.9
	Liberal	John Harold	4,372	46.2	-2.9
Total valid votes			9,466	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	4,218	50.9	-5.8
	Liberal–Progressive	Thomas Scott Davidson	4,065	49.1	+5.8
Total valid votes			8,283	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	4,151	56.7	+17.8
	Progressive	Edgar Howard Standing	3,173	43.3	+2.5
Total valid votes			7,324	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive	William Charles Good	3,309	40.8	+2.0
	Conservative	William Harper Reid	3,150	38.9	+0.1
	Liberal	Robert John Atkin	1,645	20.3	-3.6
Total valid votes			8,104	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Government (Unionist)	John Harold	2,106	38.8	-13.1
	Independent	Henry Cockshutt	2,023	37.3
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Blackwell Lawrence Doran	1,299	23.9	-24.2
Total valid votes			5,428	100.0

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election.

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	John Henry Fisher	1,795	51.9	+5.5
	Liberal	William Paterson	1,666	48.1	-5.5
Total valid votes			3,461	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	William Paterson	1,799	53.7	-4.8
	Conservative	John Patrick Noonan	1,554	46.3
Total valid votes			3,353	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Paterson	1,628	58.4
	Unknown	Adam George Ludlow	1,158	41.6
Total valid votes			2,786	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 35009) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01. 

Notes

External links

• Federal riding history 1904-1949 from the Library of Parliament
• Federal riding history 1968-2008 from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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