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Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial Electoral District)
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 counterparts.

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, one of largest shares of the popular vote the party has ever received in a single riding.

Members

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Bruce and Grey
37th  1999–2003     Bill Murdoch Progressive Conservative
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014 Bill Walker
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–present Rick Byers

Election results


2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rick Byers 20,304 48.56 −6.14
Liberal Selwyn J. Hicks 8,499 20.33 +8.03
New Democratic Karen Gventer 5,817 13.91 −10.18
Green Danielle Valiquette 3,702 8.85 +2.90
Ontario Party Suzanne Coles 1,680 4.02  
New Blue Vince Grimaldi 1,130 2.70  
Populist Joseph Westover 248 0.59  
None of the Above Joel Loughead 230 0.55  
Independent Reima Kaikkonen 201 0.48  
Total valid votes 41,811 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 369
Turnout 42,180 47.02
Eligible voters 90,457
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −7.09
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Walker 26,874 54.70 +7.15
New Democratic Karen Gventer 11,837 24.09 +8.24
Liberal Francesca Dobbyn 6,041 12.30 -14.76
Green Don Marshall 2,927 5.96 -2.67
Trillium Liz Marshall 552 1.12
Alliance Enos Martin 442 0.90
Consensus Ontario Janice Kaikkonen 261 0.53
Libertarian Jay Miller 194 0.39 -0.04
Total valid votes 49,128 98.94
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 527 1.06 -0.50
Turnout 49,655 58.39 +4.45
Eligible voters 85,044
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.55
Source: Elections Ontario
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Walker 20,359 47.55 +0.18
Liberal Ellen Anderson 11,586 27.06 +0.70
New Democratic Karen Gventer 6,787 15.85 +1.00
Green Jenny Parsons 3,696 8.63 +2.20
Freedom Jamie D. Spence 200 0.47 –
Libertarian Caleb Voskamp 188 0.44 -0.16
Total valid votes 42,816 98.44
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 680 1.56
Turnout 43,496 53.93
Eligible voters 80,646
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.26
Source: Elections Ontario
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Walker 19,567 47.37 +0.76
Liberal Kevin Eccles 10,889 26.36 +11.43
New Democratic Paul Johnstone 6,133 14.85 +11.06
Green Don Marshall 2,654 6.43 -26.71
Independent Shane Jolley 1,478 3.58 -29.56
Family Coalition Joel Kidd 339 0.82 -0.39
Libertarian Jay Miller 246 0.60  
Total valid votes 41,306 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 164 0.40
Turnout 41,470 54.70
Eligible voters 75,809
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.34
Source: Elections Ontario
2007 Ontario general election
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 Democratic Paul Johnstone 1,721 3.79 -5.49
Family Coalition Irma de Vries 550 1.21 -1.21
Reform William Cook 145 0.32
Total valid votes 45,385 100.00
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bill Murdoch 23,338 52.07 -2.40
Liberal Dave Hocking 14,881 33.20 -2.08
New Democratic 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
Total valid votes 44,819 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Bill Murdoch 24,915 54.47
Liberal Ruth Lovell 16,139 35.28
New Democratic Colleen Purdon 2,776 6.07
Family Coalition John Clark 1,540 3.37
Green Grant Pattullo 373 0.82
Total valid votes 45,743 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 27,617 63.0
Mixed member proportional 16,199 37.0
Total valid votes 43,816 100.0

Sources

  1. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 010 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 010 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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