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Legislature House of Commons MP Alex Ruff Conservative District created 1933 First contested 1935 Last contested 2019 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 106,475 Electors (2015)81,389 Area (km²)[2] 6,447 Pop. density (per km²) 16.5 Census division(s) Bruce County , Grey County Census subdivision(s) 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 House of Commons of Canada since 1935.
The riding has had a reputation of being a swing riding, but it has become more conservative in the last 10 years. It has produced many close results over the years.
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.
This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
BruceRiding created from Bruce North and Bruce South
18th
1935–1940 William Rae Tomlinson Liberal
19th
1940–1945
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
27th
1965–1968
28th
1968–1972 Ross Whicher Liberal
29th
1972–1974
30th
1974–1979 Crawford Douglas
Bruce—Grey
31st
1979–1980 Gary Gurbin Progressive Conservative
32nd
1980–1984
33rd
1984–1988
34th
1988–1993 Gus Mitges
35th
1993–1997 Ovid Jackson Liberal
36th
1997–2000
37th
2000–2004
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound
38th
2004–2006 Larry Miller Conservative
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
39th
2006–2008 Larry Miller Conservative
40th
2008–2011
41st
2011–2015
42nd
2015–2019
43rd
2019–present Alex Ruff
Election results [ ]
Graph of election results in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound [ ]
hide 2021 Canadian federal election
The 2021 general election will be held on September 20.
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
People's
Anna-Marie Fosbrooke
Independent
Reima Kaikkonen
Green
Ashley Michelle Lawrence
New Democratic
Christopher Neudorf
Conservative
Alex Ruff
Liberal
Anne Marie Watson
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada [3]
hide 2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Alex Ruff
26,830
46.1
+7.26
$80,258.91
Liberal
Michael Den Tandt
17,485
30.1
-8.74
$85,055.44
New Democratic
Chris Stephen
6,797
11.7
+0.57
$6,077.71
Green
Danielle Valiquette
5,114
8.8
+5.45
none listed
People's
Bill Townsend
1,614
2.8
–
$0.00
Libertarian
Daniel Little
321
0.6
–
$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit
58,161
100.0
Total rejected ballots
303
Turnout
58,464
65.6
Eligible voters
89,114
Conservative hold
Swing
+8.00
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
hide 2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Larry Miller
26,297
46.68
-9.62
$121,344.93
Liberal
Kimberley Love
21,879
38.84
+22.77
$77,135.87
New Democratic
David McLaren
6,270
11.13
-6.51
$28,809.26
Green
Chris Albinati
1,887
3.35
-6.64
$4,346.25
Total valid votes/Expense limit
56,333
100.00
$218,310.52
Total rejected ballots
212
0.37
Turnout
56,545
68.91
Eligible voters
82,056
Conservative hold
Swing
-16.20
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
hide 2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Larry Miller
28,744
56.30
+8.64
–
New Democratic
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
+0.02
Turnout
51,281
65.04
+3.68
Eligible voters
78,848
–
–
hide 2008 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic
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
–
hide 2006 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic
Jill McIllwraith
5,918
11.34
-1.7
$11,210
Total valid votes/Expense limit
52,164
100.00
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound [ ]
hide 2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Larry Miller
22,411
45.0
-6.0
Liberal
Ovid Jackson
17,824
35.8
-8.4
New Democratic
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 [ ]
hide 2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Ovid Jackson
19,822
44.2
+7.4
Alliance
Murray Peer
15,960
35.6
+2.4
Progressive Conservative
Allen Wilford
6,872
15.3
-7.6
New Democratic
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.
hide 1997 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic
Colleen Anne Purdon
3,446
7.1
+2.8
Total valid votes
48,642
100.0
hide 1993 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic
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
hide 1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Gus Mitges
19,748
40.9
-23.9
Liberal
Douglas M. Thompson
18,796
38.9
+15.6
New Democratic
Cathy Hird
9,183
19.0
+7.0
Green
Don Cianci
317
0.7
Commonwealth of Canada
George Bothwell
267
0.6
Total valid votes
48,311
100.0
hide 1984 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Gary M. Gurbin
27,611
64.7
+17.4
Liberal
Ron Oswald
9,931
23.3
-17.3
New Democratic
Norma Peterson
5,112
12.0
+0.7
Total valid votes
42,654
100.0
hide 1980 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic
Malcolm A. Kennett
4,391
11.3
-0.3
Libertarian
Jim Turner
299
0.8
+0.2
Total valid votes
38,751
100.0
hide 1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Gary M. Gurbin
21,219
52.4
+9.9
Liberal
Crawford Douglas
14,314
35.4
-12.2
New Democratic
John Giese
4,723
11.7
+1.7
Libertarian
Norman Helen Watson
223
0.6
Total valid votes
40,479
100.0
Bruce [ ]
hide 1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Crawford Douglas
17,158
47.5
+2.2
Progressive Conservative
John Loney
15,346
42.5
-0.7
New Democratic
Gene Kiviaho
3,586
9.9
-1.5
Total valid votes
36,090
100.0
hide 1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Ross Whicher
12,775
46.7
+7.1
Progressive Conservative
John Loney
11,674
42.7
-7.3
New Democratic
Eric Nelson
2,911
10.6
+0.1
Total valid votes
27,360
100.0
hide 1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
John Loney
6,846
49.9
-1.6
Liberal
Kent Lamont
5,424
39.6
-4.7
New Democratic
Thomas Morris
1,443
10.5
Total valid votes
13,713
100.0
hide 1963 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1962 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1958 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1957 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1953 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1949 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1945 Canadian federal election
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.
hide 1940 Canadian federal election
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.
hide 1935 Canadian federal election
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 [ ]
References [ ]
Notes [ ]
External links [ ]
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