Huron—Bruce

Huron—Bruce
Ontario electoral district
	Huron—Bruce in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ben Lobb; Conservative
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District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	104,842
Electors (2015)	79,533
Area (km²)	5,896
Pop. density (per km²)	17.8
Census division(s)	Bruce, Huron
Census subdivision(s)	Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Bluewater, Brockton, Central Huron, Howick, Huron East, Goderich, Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, Morris-Turnberry, North Huron, Saugeen Shores, South Bruce, South Huron

Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.

History[]

The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Huron North and Huron—Perth ridings. It consisted of the township of Hibbert in the county of Perth, and the townships of Hullett, McKillop, Stanley, Tuckersmith, Hay, Stephen, Usborne, Grey, Morris, Colborne, Goderich, Ashfield, East Wawanosh and West Wawanosh in the county of Huron.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the County of Huron excluding the Village of Lucknow, and the Village of Ailsa Craig and the Townships of Biddulph and McGillivray in the County of Middlesex.

It was known as "Huron" until 1974. It was known as "Huron—Middlesex" from 1974 to 1976.

In 1976, it was renamed "Huron—Bruce", and defined to consist of the County of Huron and the Townships of Carrick, Culross, Huron and Kinloss in the County of Bruce.

In 1987, the Bruce County portion was redefined as the part of the County of Bruce lying west of and excluding the townships of Carrick, Brant and Elderslie, west of and including the Village of Paisley, west of and excluding the Townships of Elderslie and Arran, and west of and including the Township of Saugeen and the Town of Southampton.

In 2003, the Bruce County portion was redefined as the part of the County of Bruce lying southwest of and excluding the Township of Arran-Elderslie, and west of and including the Town of Saugeen Shores.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics[]

hideCanada census – Huron-Bruce community profile
	2016	2011
Population:	106,570 (1.6% from 2011)	104,842 (0.5% from 2006)
Land area:	5,601.68 km² (2,162.82 sq mi)	5,601.94 km² (2,162.92 sq mi)
Population density:	19.1/km² (49/sq mi)	18.7/km² (48/sq mi)
Median age:	46.5 (M: 45.4, F: 47.6)	45.6 (M: 44.6, F: 46.5)
Total private dwellings:	52,577	51,450
Median household income:	$71,410
Notes: NHS Profile, Statistics Canada – References: 2016^[3] 2011^[4] earlier^[5]

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals^[6]
Group	2016 Census		2011 Census
Group	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
Aboriginal	1,770	1.7	N/A
Visible Minority	2,360	2.3
All other	100,025	96.0
Total	104,155	100.0

Population by mother tongue^[7]
Group	2016 Census		2011 Census
Group	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
English	95,540	91.0	94,325	91.1
French	855	0.8	950	0.9
English and French	145	0.1	120	0.1
All other	8,440	8.1	8,105	7.9
Total	104,980	100.0	103,500	100.0

Mobility over previous five years
Group	2016 Census		2011 Census
Group	Population	% of total	Population	% of total
At the same address	69,020	70.4	N/A
In the same constituency	12,470	12.7
In the same province	15,110	15.4
From another province	750	0.8
From another country	680	0.7
Total aged 5 or over	98,030	100.0

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Huron Riding created from Huron North and Huron—Perth
22nd	1953–1957	Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968	Robert McKinley
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
Huron—Middlesex
30th	1974–1979	Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Bruce
31st	1979–1980	Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	Murray Cardiff
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Paul Steckle	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Ben Lobb	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–present

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Huron—Bruce (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Huron—Bruce (1976–present)[]

hide2021 Canadian federal election
The 2021 general election will be held on September 20.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jan Johnstone
	Conservative	Ben Lobb
	Liberal	James Rice
	Independent	Justin L. Smith
	People's	Jack Stecho
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada^[8]

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	29,512	48.5	+3.56	none listed
	Liberal	Allan Thompson	20,167	33.1	-6.61	$82,810.20
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	7,421	12.2	-0.75	$25,745.80
	Green	Nicholas Wendler	2,665	4.4	+2.00	$0.00
	People's	Kevin M. Klerks	1,102	1.8		$2,074.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,867	100.0
Total rejected ballots			398
Turnout			61,265	71.1
Eligible voters			86,147
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.09
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	26,174	44.94	-10.01	$148,259.85
	Liberal	Allan Thompson	23,129	39.71	+23.21	$65,446.81
	New Democratic	Gerard Creces	7,544	12.95	-12.39	$53,256.52
	Green	Jutta Splettstoesser	1,398	2.40	-0.33	$3,499.97
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,245	100.00		$215,527.47
Total rejected ballots			232	0.40
Turnout			58,477	72.77
Eligible voters			80,355
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.61
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	29,255	54.95	+10.1	–
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	13,493	25.34	+10.3	–
	Liberal	Charlie Bagnato	8,784	16.50	-16.5	–
	Green	Eric Shelley	1,455	2.73	-2.6	–
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	254	0.48	0.0	–
Total valid votes			53,241	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			247	0.5	–
Turnout			53,488	68.8	–
Eligible voters			77,743	–	–

hide2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	22,202	44.8	+6.8	$59,966
	Liberal	Greg McClinchey	16,346	33.0	-5.0	$74,928
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	7,426	15.0	-1.3	$37,499
	Green	Glen Smith	2,617	5.3	+1.9
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	747	1.5	-0.4	$5,359
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	242	0.5	0.0	$3,622
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,580	100.0	$83,704

hide2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,260	39.8	-10.0
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	20,289	38.0	+6.9
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	8,696	16.3	3.2
	Green	Victoria Serda	1,829	3.4	+0.4
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	1,019	1.9	0.0
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	270	0.5
Total valid votes			53,363	100.0

hide2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	25,538	49.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Barb Fisher	15,930	31.1	-11.7
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	6,707	13.1	+6.9
	Green	Dave Vasey	1,518	3.0
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	958	1.9	+1.3
	Marijuana	Glen Smith	638	1.2
Total valid votes			51,289	100.0

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

hide2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,547	49.9	-1.4
	Alliance	Mark Beaven	10,343	24.0	+2.9
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kelly	8,138	18.9	-0.7
	New Democratic	Christine Kemp	2,669	6.2	-0.3
	Independent	Dave Joslin	249	0.6	-1.1
	Canadian Action	Philip Holley	225	0.5
Total valid votes			43,171	100.0

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

hide1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	24,240	51.3	+7.6
	Reform	Doug Fines	9,925	21.0	+0.1
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Schenk	9,223	19.5	-8.2
	New Democratic	Jan Johnstone	3,037	6.4	+2.2
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	781	1.7	-0.3
Total valid votes			47,206	100.0

hide1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,629	43.8	+8.4
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	13,714	27.8	-14.8
	Reform	Len Lobb	10,357	21.0
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	2,093	4.2	-12.2
	Christian Heritage	Henry Zekveld	953	1.9	-3.7
	Libertarian	Allan Dettweiler	404	0.8
	Natural Law	Rick Alexander	242	0.5
Total valid votes			49,392	100.0

hide1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	20,042	42.6	-22.2
	Liberal	Ken Dunlop	16,629	35.3	+11.6
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	7,746	16.5	+5.5
	Christian Heritage	Tom Clark	2,633	5.6
Total valid votes			47,050	100.0

hide1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	23,969	64.8	+17.2
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	8,802	23.8	-17.6
	New Democratic	Valerie Bolton	4,075	11.0	-0.1
	Libertarian	Joe Yundt	158	0.4
Total valid votes			37,004	100.0

hide1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	16,520	47.5	-11.7
	Liberal	Graeme Craig	14,364	41.3	+8.2
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	3,864	11.1	+3.5
Total valid votes			34,748	100.0

hide1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	21,122	59.2	0.0
	Liberal	Graeme Craig	11,818	33.1	-1.7
	New Democratic	Moira Couper	2,729	7.7	+1.7
Total valid votes			35,669	100.0

Huron—Middlesex (1974–1976)[]

hide1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	17,186	59.2	+4.6
	Liberal	John Lyndon	10,103	34.8	-6.1
	New Democratic	Shirley Weary	1,752	6.0	+1.5
Total valid votes			29,041	100.0

Huron (1952–1974)[]

hide1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	18,921	64.3	+9.7
	Liberal	Charles H. Thomas	8,570	+29.1	-16.3
	New Democratic	Shirley Weary	1,852	+6.3
	Independent	T. Edward Bain	85	0.3
Total valid votes			29,428	100.0

hide1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	14,652	54.6	-9.7
	Liberal	Maitland E. Edgar	10,960	40.9	+11.7
	New Democratic	Shirley M. Weary	1,212	4.5	-1.8
Total valid votes			26,824	100.0

hide1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	10,670	49.6	-2.1
	Liberal	Mait Edgar	9,537	44.3	+3.3
	New Democratic	J. Carl Hemingway	1,311	6.1	+1.0
Total valid votes			21,518	100.0

hide1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	12,224	54.6	+5.0
	Liberal	Gordon McGavin	10,169	45.4	+1.1
Total valid votes			22,393	100.0

hide1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	11,562	51.7	-13.4
	Liberal	Ernie Fisher	9,177	41.1	+6.2
	New Democratic	J. Carl Hemingway	1,148	+5.1
	Social Credit	Earl Dougals	466	2.1
Total valid votes			22,353	100.0

hide1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	14,108	65.1	+7.0
	Liberal	William G.Cochrane	7,550	34.9	-7.0
Total valid votes			21,658	100.0

hide1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	12,323	58.2	+5.9
	Liberal	Andrew Y. McLean	8,860	41.8	-5.9
Total valid votes			21,183	100.0

hide1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	11,045	52.3
	Liberal	Andrew Y. McLean	10,092	47.7
Total valid votes			21,137	100.0

References[]

"(Code 35034) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament

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Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
^ in private households
^ excluding institutional residents
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Huron—Bruce, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 44°00′N 81°24′W / 44.0°N 81.4°W / 44.0; -81.4

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[cp2016-3] "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

[cp2011-4] "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

[cp2001-5] "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.

[6] rivate households

[7] xcluding institutional residents

[8] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[9] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[10] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[11] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Huron—Bruce, 30 September 2015

[12] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

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