Brantford—Brant

Brantford—Brant
Ontario electoral district
	Brantford—Brant in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1903
First contested	1904
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	130,296
Electors (2015)	95,616
Area (km²)	828.81
Pop. density (per km²)	157.2
Census divisions	Brant, Haldimand
Census subdivisions	Brantford, Brant, New Credit 40A, Six Nations 40

Brantford—Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.

Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as Brant.^[3]

History[edit]

The federal riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Brant South riding. It consisted of the County of Brant, excluding parts included in the Brantford riding.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Burford, South Dumfries, Onondaga, Tuscarora the part of the township of Brantford lying east of the Grand River, and the part of the city of Brantford not included in the electoral district of Brantford City. In 1933, it was expanded to include the town of Paris.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between Brant—Wentworth and Brantford ridings.

The federal riding was recreated in 1966 from parts of Brant—Haldimand, Brantford and Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant ridings. It consisted initially of the County of Brant, and the Six Nations and New Credit Indian reserves.

In 1976, it was defined as consisting of the County of Brant. In 1987, it was defined as consisting of the City of Brantford, the Town of Paris, and the townships of Brantford and South Dumfries. In 2003, it was redefined as using the 1966 definition.

Brant was largely incorporated into the new riding of Brantford—Brant, with small territories going to Oxford and Cambridge during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics[edit]

According to the Canada 2016 Census;

Ethnic groups: 78.3% European, 13.7% Indigenous, 2.6% South Asian, 1.7% Black
Languages: 89.7% English, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% French, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 64.8% Christian (23.4% Catholic, 10.2% United Church, 9.0% Anglican, 5.1% Baptist, 3.3% Presbyterian, 2.5% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 10.1% Other), 2.% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 30.3% No religion
Median income (2010): $28,981
Average income (2010): $37,101

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Brant Riding created from Brant South
10th	1904–1908	William Paterson	Liberal
11th	1908–1911	William Paterson	Liberal
12th	1911–1917	John Henry Fisher	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	John Harold	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	William Charles Good	Progressive
15th	1925–1926	Franklin Smoke	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	George Wood	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	George Wood	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	John A. Charlton	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Brant—Wentworth and Brantford
Riding re-created from Brant—Haldimand and Brantford
28th	1968–1971	James Elisha Brown	Liberal
28th	1971–1972	Derek Blackburn	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Jane Stewart	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006	Lloyd St. Amand
39th	2006–2008	Lloyd St. Amand
40th	2008–2011	Phil McColeman	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Phil McColeman	Conservative
Brantford—Brant
42nd	2015–2019	Phil McColeman	Conservative
43rd	2019–present	Phil McColeman	Conservative

Election results[edit]

Brantford—Brant, 2015–present[edit]

2019 Canadian federal election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	26,849	40.30	-0.59
	Liberal	Danielle Takacs	20,454	30.70	0.00
	New Democratic	Sabrina Sawyer	13,131	19.70	-5.14
	Green	Bob Jonkman	4,257	6.40	+3.90
	People's	Dave Wrobel	1,320	2.00	–
	Veterans Coalition	Jeffrey Gallagher	394	0.59	–
	Independent	John Turmel	146	0.22	-0.04
	Independent	Leslie Bory	115	0.18	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,666	100.0
Total rejected ballots			497
Turnout			67,163	62.22	-3.77
Eligible voters			107,930
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	25,874	40.89	-7.52	$141,798.50
	Liberal	Danielle Takacs	19,422	30.70	+11.80	$76,160.00
	New Democratic	Marc Laferriere	15,715	24.84	-4.11	$65,824.80
	Green	Kevin Brandt	1,582	2.50	-0.70	$6,475.96
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	515	0.81	–	–
	Independent	John C. Turmel	164	0.26	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,272	100.00		$241,022.79
Total rejected ballots			272	0.43	–
Turnout			63,544	65.99	–
Eligible voters			96,290
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.66
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,668	48.41
	New Democratic	15,946	28.95
	Liberal	10,411	18.90
	Green	1,756	3.20
	Others	295	0.54

Brant, 1968–2015[edit]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	28,045	48.9	+7.0	–
	New Democratic	Marc Laferriere	16,351	28.5	+11.3	–
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	10,780	18.8	-14.2	–
	Green	Nora Fueten	1,858	3.2	-3.8	–
	Independent	Leslie Bory	174	0.3	–	–
	Independent	Martin Sitko	138	0.2	–	–
Total valid votes			57,346	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			243	0.4	–
Turnout			57,589	60.1	–
Eligible voters			94,485	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	22,628	41.9	+5.9	$84,126
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	17,839	33.0	-3.9	$82,233
	New Democratic	Brian Van Tilborg	9,297	17.2	-4.1	$22,079
	Green	Nora Fueten	3,805	7.0	+2.4	$15,692
	Christian Heritage	John Gots	369	0.6	-0.3	$286
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,938	100	$94,138

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	22,077	36.9	-1.1
	Conservative	Phil McColeman	21,495	36.0	+2.9
	New Democratic	Lynn Bowering	12,713	21.3	-0.7
	Green	Adam King	2,729	4.6	-0.5
	Christian Heritage	John H. Wubs	526	0.9	-0.2
	Independent	John Turmel	213	0.4	-0.3
Total valid votes			59,753	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd St. Amand	20,455	38.1	-18.4
	Conservative	Greg Martin	17,792	33.1	-1.0
	New Democratic	Lynn Bowering	11,826	22.0	+14.7
	Green	Helen-Anne Embry	2,738	5.1	+4.0
	Christian Heritage	Barra L. Gots	570	1.1
	Independent	John Turmel	373	0.7
Total valid votes			53,754	100.0

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jane Stewart	24,068	56.4	+3.4
	Alliance	Chris Cattle	10,955	25.7	+2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen W. Kun	3,580	8.4	-4.3
	New Democratic	Dee Chisholm	3,126	7.3	-4.1
	Green	Graeme Dunn	484	1.1
	Canadian Action	Mike Clancy	447	1.0
Total valid votes			42,660	100.0

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

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jane Stewart	24,125	53.0	+1.5
	Reform	Dan Houssar	10,436	22.9	-1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen W. Kun	5,781	12.7	+0.5
	New Democratic	Pat Franklin	5,201	11.4	+4.5
Total valid votes			45,543	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jane Stewart	24,686	51.5	+27.3
	Reform	Ken Edmison	11,863	24.7
	Progressive Conservative	Mabel E. Dougherty	5,830	12.2	-17.6
	New Democratic	Michael C. Smith	3,317	6.9	-34.5
	National	Herman Kruis	1,227	2.6
	Green	Jamie Legacey	482	1.0	+0.5
	Libertarian	Helmut Kermis	260	0.5	+0.3
	Natural Law	Eleanor Toshiko Hyodo	192	0.4
	Independent	Doug Stelpstra	111	0.2
Total valid votes			47,968	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,633	41.5	-2.7
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Bosanac	14,084	29.7	-11.7
	Liberal	David J. Carll	11,461	24.2	+10.3
	Christian Heritage	Geraldine de Vries	1,786	3.8
	Green	Jamie Legacey	258	0.5
	Libertarian	Helmut Kermis	95	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	Barnabas Simon	34	0.1
Total valid votes			47,351	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	23,103	44.2	+3.1
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Sterne	21,679	41.5	+10.2
	Liberal	Peter Hexamer	7,286	13.9	-13.3
	Social Credit	Charlie Harris	207	0.4	+0.2
Total valid votes			52,275	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,194	41.1	-1.1
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Sterne	14,614	31.3	+0.2
	Liberal	Jo Brennan	12,725	27.2	+0.7
	Social Credit	Winnifred M. Moyer	103	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Malkit Randhawa	93	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			46,729	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	20,908	42.2	+0.1
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Tobey	15,422	31.1	+11.2
	Liberal	Jack Bawcutt	13,154	26.5	-11.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Malkit Randhawa	93	0.2
Total valid votes			49,577	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	19,453	42.1	-1.0
	Liberal	Vern Young	17,410	37.6	+5.9
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Keresturi	9,228	20.0	-5.3
	Communist	Paul F. Jarbeau	158	0.3
Total valid votes			46,249	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	20,002	43.1	0.0
	Liberal	Dick Mundy	14,730	31.7	-0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Keresturi	11,711	25.2	+1.3
Total valid votes			46,443	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on May 31, 1971
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	17,147	43.1	+12.4
	Liberal	Bob McIntosh	12,831	32.2	-7.6
	Progressive Conservative	Emory Knill	9,517	23.9	-5.7
	Social Credit	A.J. Sid Hamelin	322	0.8
Total valid votes			39,817	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James E. Brown	16,029	39.8
	New Democratic	Derek Blackburn	12,333	30.6
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Styles	11,901	29.6
Total valid votes			40,263	100.0

Brant, 1904–1949[edit]

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Alpheus Charlton	5,005	45.3	-3.9
	Liberal	George Ernest Wood	4,800	43.5	-7.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles William Ward	1,235	11.2
Total valid votes			11,040	100.0

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Ernest Wood	4,657	50.8	+6.3
	National Government	Charles Joseph Sylva Apps	4,519	49.2	+12.1
Total valid votes			9,176	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Ernest Wood	4,294	44.5	-1.7
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	3,587	37.2	-16.7
	Reconstruction	Cuthbert Mainwaring Burt	1,277	13.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William James Anderson	494	5.1
Total valid votes			9,652	100.0

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	5,094	53.8	+2.9
	Liberal	John Harold	4,372	46.2	-2.9
Total valid votes			9,466	100.0

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	4,218	50.9	-5.8
	Liberal–Progressive	Thomas Scott Davidson	4,065	49.1	+5.8
Total valid votes			8,283	100.0

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Smoke	4,151	56.7	+17.8
	Progressive	Edgar Howard Standing	3,173	43.3	+2.5
Total valid votes			7,324	100.0

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Charles Good	3,309	40.8	+2.0
	Conservative	William Harper Reid	3,150	38.9	+0.1
	Liberal	Robert John Atkin	1,645	20.3	-3.6
Total valid votes			8,104	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	John Harold	2,106	38.8	-13.1
	Independent	Henry Cockshutt	2,023	37.3
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Blackwell Lawrence Doran	1,299	23.9	-24.2
Total valid votes			5,428	100.0

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election.

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Henry Fisher	1,795	51.9	+5.5
	Liberal	William Paterson	1,666	48.1	-5.5
Total valid votes			3,461	100.0

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Paterson	1,799	53.7	-4.8
	Conservative	John Patrick Noonan	1,554	46.3
Total valid votes			3,353	100.0

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Paterson	1,628	58.4
	Unknown	Adam George Ludlow	1,158	41.6
Total valid votes			2,786	100.0

References[edit]

"(Code 35009) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

Notes[edit]

^ Statistics Canada: 2017
^ Statistics Canada: 2017
^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=6654879&File=4
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brantford—Brant, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 43°07′N 80°15′W / 43.12°N 80.25°W / 43.12; -80.25

[1] Statistics Canada: 2017

[2] Statistics Canada: 2017

[3] ttp://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=6654879&File=4

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

[5] "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[6] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brantford—Brant, 30 September 2015

[7] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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v t e Federal ridings in Midwestern Ontario
Liberal	Cambridge Guelph Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Waterloo
Conservative	Brantford—Brant Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

v t e 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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Brantford—Brant, 2015–present[edit]

Brant, 1968–2015[edit]

Brant, 1904–1949[edit]

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References[edit]

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