Brantford—Brant (provincial electoral district)
Brantford—Brant (formerly just Brant) is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. The district elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1999 from all of Brantford and part of Brant—Haldimand. When the riding was created, it included the city of Brantford, the town of Paris plus the townships of Brantford and South Dumfries.
Brant in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1999 | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 130,296 | ||
Electors (2007) | 89,992 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,204 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 108.2 | ||
Census divisions | Brant County, Haldimand County | ||
Census subdivisions | Brantford, Paris, Brantford Township, South Dumfries, Six Nations 40, New Credit 40A |
In 2007, the boundaries were altered to include all of Brant County, plus that part of the Indian Reserves of Six Nations 40 and New Credit 40A located in Haldimand County. For the 2018 election, the riding was renamed Brantford-Brant. The riding also existed from 1926 to 1975; It was known as Brant County until 1934.
Boundaries
In 1987 the new riding of Brant-Haldimand was created to include Brant County (except the city of Brantford), the township of North Dumfries (excluding the part that extended east of Cambridge), and the municipalities of Haldimand, and Dunnville. In 1996, the riding was abolished into Cambridge, Brant, Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant and Erie—Lincoln.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Brant | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding established as Brant North (see also Brant South) | ||||
1st | 1867–1871 | Hugh Finlayson | Liberal | |
2nd | 1871–1875 | |||
3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
4th | 1879–1883 | James Young | ||
5th | 1883–1886 | |||
6th | 1886–1890 | William Bruce Wood | ||
7th | 1890–1894 | |||
8th | 1894–1898 | |||
9th | 1898–1902 | Daniel Burt | ||
10th | 1902–1904 | |||
11th | 1905–1908 | John Henry Fisher | Conservative | |
12th | 1908–1911 | |||
13th | 1911–1914 | John Wesley Westbrook | Conservative | |
14th | 1914–1919 | Thomas Scott Davidson | Liberal | |
15th | 1919–1923 | Harry Nixon | United Farmers | |
16th | 1923–1926 | |||
Brant North and Brant South merged to create Brant County | ||||
17th | 1926–1929 | Harry Nixon | Progressive | |
18th | 1929–1934 | |||
Riding renamed to — Brant | ||||
19th | 1934–1937 | Harry Nixon | Liberal–Progressive | |
20th | 1937–1943 | Liberal | ||
21st | 1943–1945 | |||
22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
24th | 1951–1955 | |||
25th | 1955–1959 | |||
26th | 1959–1961 | |||
1962–1963 | Robert Nixon | |||
27th | 1963–1967 | |||
28th | 1967–1971 | |||
29th | 1971–1975 | |||
Riding renamed to Brant-Oxford-Norfolk | ||||
30th | 1975–1977 | Robert Nixon | Liberal | |
31st | 1977–1981 | |||
32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
New riding created - Brant-Haldimand | ||||
34th | 1987–1990 | Robert Nixon | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1991 | |||
1991–1995 | Ronald Eddy | |||
36th | 1995–1999 | Peter Preston | Progressive Conservative | |
Riding created from Brantford and Brant—Haldimand | ||||
37th | 1999–2003 | Dave Levac | Liberal | |
38th | 2003–2007 | |||
39th | 2007–2011 | |||
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–2018 | |||
Riding renamed to Brantford—Brant | ||||
42nd | 2018–Present | Will Bouma | Progressive Conservative |
Election results
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Will Bouma | 24,437 | 42.00 | +12.07 | ||||
New Democratic | Alex Felsky | 23,802 | 40.91 | +13.76 | ||||
Liberal | Ruby Toor | 5,553 | 9.54 | -28.08 | ||||
Green | Ken Burns | 2,741 | 4.71 | +0.65 | ||||
Independent | Dave Wrobel | 534 | 0.92 | |||||
None of the Above | Nicholas Archer | 424 | 0.73 | |||||
Libertarian | Rob Ferguson | 379 | 0.65 | -0.08 | ||||
Canadians' Choice | Leslie Bory | 258 | 0.44 | |||||
Pauper | John Turmel | 60 | 0.10 | -0.02 | ||||
Total valid votes | 58,188 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | - | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[1] |
2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Dave Levac | 19,396 | 37.63 | +0.55 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Phil Gillies | 15,447 | 29.97 | -4.68 | ||||
New Democratic | Alex Felsky | 13,992 | 27.15 | +2.95 | ||||
Green | Ken Burns | 2,095 | 4.06 | +1.96 | ||||
Libertarian | Rob Ferguson | 374 | 0.73 | +0.31 | ||||
Freedom | Brittni Mitchell | 180 | 0.35 | +0.05 | ||||
Pauper | John Turmel | 60 | 0.12 | -0.07 | ||||
Total valid votes | 51,544 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.62 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Dave Levac | 16,867 | 37.08 | -12.10 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael St. Amant | 15,761 | 34.65 | +5.77 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian Van Tilborg | 11,006 | 24.20 | +10.53 | ||||
Green | Ken Burns | 957 | 2.10 | -2.47 | ||||
Independent | Martin Sitko | 244 | 0.54 | |||||
Family Coalition | Daniel Hockley | 237 | 0.52 | -0.32 | ||||
Libertarian | Rob Ferguson | 190 | 0.42 | |||||
Freedom | Dustin Jenner | 136 | 0.30 | |||||
Independent | John Turmel | 86 | 0.19 | -0.38 | ||||
Total valid votes | 45,484 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 195 | 0.43 | ||||||
Turnout | 45,679 | 48.23 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 94,717 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.94 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] |
2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Dave Levac | 23,485 | 49.18 | -5.37 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dan McCreary | 13,787 | 28.88 | -1.77 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian van Tilborg | 6,536 | 13.67 | +1.83 | ||||
Green | Ted Shelegy | 3,272 | 6.85 | +4.57 | ||||
Family Coalition | Rob Ferguson | 403 | 0.84 | |||||
Independent | John Turmel | 289 | 0.57 | -0.09 | ||||
Total valid votes | 47,772 | 100.00 |
2003 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Dave Levac | 24,236 | 54.55 | +7.57 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alayne Sokoloski | 13,618 | 30.65 | -14.21 | ||||
New Democratic | David Noonan | 5,262 | 11.84 | +5.43 | ||||
Green | Mike Clancy | 1,014 | 2.28 | |||||
Independent | John Turmel | 295 | 0.66 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,425 | 100.00 |
1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Dave Levac | 21,166 | 46.98 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Alayne Sokoloski | 20,210 | 44.86 | |||||
New Democratic | David Sharpe | 2,889 | 6.41 | |||||
Independent | Graham Mcrae | 495 | 1.10 | |||||
Natural Law | Eleanor T. Hyodo | 294 | 0.65 | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,054 | 100.00 |
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 30,237 | 65.1 | |
Mixed member proportional | 16,194 | 34.9 | |
Total valid votes | 46,431 | 100.0 |
References
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Elections Ontario. "Official return from the records, 009 Brant" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.