Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Ontario electoral district
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Bill Walker Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	105,947
Electors (2007)	68,722
Area (km²)	6,447
Pop. density (per km²)	16.4
Census divisions	Bruce County, Ontario, Grey County, Ontario
Census subdivisions	West Grey, Hanover, Chatsworth, Meaford, Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29, Brockton, South Bruce, Grey Highlands

For the federal electoral district, see Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound.

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

Members

Assembly	Years	Member and margin of victory			Party
37th	1999–2003	19.2%		Bill Murdoch	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007	18.9%
39th	2007–2011	13.5%
40th	2011-	20.9%		Bill Walker	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Walker	19,150	47.3	+0.7
	Liberal	Kevin Eccles	10,882	26.4	+11.5
	New Democratic	Paul Johnstone	6,124	14.8	+11.1
	Green	Don Marshall	2,653	6.4	-27.7
	Independent	Shane Jolley	1,508	3.5	–
	Family Coalition	Joel Kidd	345	0.8	-0.4
	Libertarian	Jay Miller	246	0.6	–
Total valid votes			41,628	100.00

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Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
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

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results