Bruce Stanton

Ronald Bruce Stanton MP (born December 20, 1957) is a Canadian politician and the current Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe North. He ran as a member of the Conservative Party in the 2006 federal election and won with 40.44% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2008 beating Liberal Steve Clarke by 11,658 votes. He won again in 2011 with 54.44% of the vote. He was re-elected again on October 19, 2015. He was named the 49th Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons on December 4, 2015, and subsequently appointed Deputy Speaker for the 43rd Canadian Parliament. The Deputy Speaker is vested with the powers of the Speaker when he or she is absent from the House of Commons.

Bruce Stanton MP
Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office December 4, 2015
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	David Johnston Julie Payette
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Joe Comartin
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Simcoe North
Incumbent
Assumed office January 23, 2006
Preceded by	Paul Devillers
Chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
In office 3 February 2009 – 22 June 2011
Minister	Chuck Strahl John Duncan
Preceded by	Barry Devolin
Succeeded by	Chris Warkentin
Personal details
Born	Ronald Bruce Stanton (1957-12-20) December 20, 1957 Orillia, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Heather Stanton
Residence	Port Stanton, Ontario
Profession	tourism professional

Born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Stanton ran a family tourism business on Sparrow Lake that had been founded in 1884. He served as a board member of Resorts Ontario, Tourism Ontario, the Board of the Tourism Association of Canada, and the Huronia Tourist Association. For four years, he was a member of the Severn Township municipal council.

On June 25, 2020, Stanton announced he would not seek re-election for a sixth term as Simcoe North's Member of Parliament in the next Canadian federal election.[1]

Electoral history

2019 Canadian federal election: Simcoe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	27,241	43.4	-0.12
	Liberal	Gerry Hawes	19,310	30.8	-9.01
	New Democratic	Angelique Belcourt	8,850	14.1	+3.52
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,882	9.4	+4.94
	People's	Stephen Makk	1,154	1.8	–
	Christian Heritage	Chris Brown	341	0.5	-0.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,778	100.0
Total rejected ballots			358
Turnout			63,136	65.0
Eligible voters			97,148
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.45
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	24,836	43.52	-10.36	$91,741.02
	Liberal	Liz Riley	22,718	39.81	+20.56	$74,044.17
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,037	10.58	-9.85	$3,879.75
	Green	Peter Stubbins	2,543	4.46	-1.4	$11,996.03
	No affiliation^1	Jacob Kearey-Moreland	618	1.08	–	$2,744.47
	Christian Heritage	Scott Whittaker	319	0.56	-0.02	$2,753.34
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,071	100.0		$224,845.90
Total rejected ballots			189	–	–
Turnout			57,260	–	–
Eligible voters			86,859
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.46
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] ^1 Cooperative Interdependent

2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,796	53.88
	New Democratic	10,540	20.43
	Liberal	9,932	19.25
	Green	3,021	5.86
	Christian Heritage	301	0.58

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	31,581	54.5	+4.8	–
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	11,515	19.9	+8.2	–
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	11,090	19.1	-8.6	–
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,489	6.0	-5.0	–
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	322	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,997	100.0
Total rejected ballots			161	0.3	–
Turnout			58,158	64.9	–
Eligible voters			89,588	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	26,328	49.7	+9.3	$84,616
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	14,670	27.7	-10.7	$87,766
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,207	11.7	-2.4	$6,265
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,820	11.0	+5.0	$26,424
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,025	100.0	$90,754

Note: Results are preliminary as of 18 October 2008.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	23,266	40.4	+2.7
	Liberal	Karen Graham	22,078	38.4	-5.0
	New Democratic	Jen Hill	8,132	14.1	+2.8
	Green	Sandy Agnew	3,451	6.0	-0.4
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	617	1.1	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,544	100.0

References

1. "Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton won't seek re-election". Orillia Matters. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
2. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
3. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
4. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Simcoe North, 30 September 2015
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Bruce Stanton – Parliament of Canada biography
• 2006 election results from the CBC
• Bruce Stanton's biography at his campaign website