Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

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.

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

Alex Ruff
Conservative

District created

1933

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

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

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
Bruce Riding created from Bruce North and Bruce South
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
27th	1965–1968		John Loney
28th	1968–1972		Ross Whicher	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Ross Whicher
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

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[3][4]

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[5][6]

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	–	–

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	–

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

"(Code 35026) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

Notes

Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
"Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

2001 Results from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Federal ridings in Central Ontario
Conservative	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Liberal	Newmarket—Aurora Peterborough—Kawartha

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby
Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest
Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West
Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington
City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

Midwestern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

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