Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)

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

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	2014
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, Southgate, Grey Highlands

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

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	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
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	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.26
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
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

Ontario general election, 2007
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

Ontario general election, 2003
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

Ontario general election, 1999
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

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