Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Huron—Bruce.

Huron—Bruce

Ontario electoral district
Huron—Bruce in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lisa Thompson Progressive Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	104,313
Electors (2011)	76,964
Area (km²)	5,896
Pop. density (per km²)	17.7
Census divisions	Bruce, Huron
Census subdivisions	Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Bluewater, Brockton, Central Huron, Howick, Huron East, Goderich, Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, Morris-Turnberry, North Huron, Saugeen Shores, South Bruce, South Huron

Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.

It was known as Huron from 1987 to 1999.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Huron—Bruce
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
19th	1934–1937		Charles Robertson	Liberal
20th	1937–1940
21st	1943–1945		John William Hanna	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1962
	1962–1963		Murray Gaunt	Liberal
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985		Murray Elston	Liberal
33rd	1985–1987
Riding renamed — Huron
34th	1987–1990		John Riddell	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Paul Klopp	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Helen Johns	Progressive Conservative
Riding renamed — Huron—Bruce
37th	1999–2003		Helen Johns	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Carol Mitchell	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Lisa Thompson	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present

Before 1987, there were two districts: Huron—Bruce and Huron—Middlesex:

Huron—Middlesex

Huron—Middlesex was known as Huron before 1975.

1. James Simpson Ballantyne, Liberal (1934–1943)
2. Robert Hobbes Taylor, Progressive Conservative (1943–1947)
3. Thomas Pryde, Progressive Conservative (1948–1958)
4. Charles MacNaughton, Progressive Conservative (1958–1973)
5. John Riddell, Liberal (1973–1987)

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	18,512	39.01	−3.72
	Liberal	Colleen Schenk	14,647	30.86	−1.89
	New Democratic	Jan Johnstone	10,843	22.85	+2.00
	Green	Adam Werstine	1,651	3.48	+1.76
	Family Coalition	Andrew Zettel	1,353	2.85	+1.38
	Libertarian	Max Maister	323	0.68
	Equal Parenting	Dennis Valenta	128	0.27
Total valid votes			47,457	100.00	+ 1.20
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			765	1.59	+1.31
Turnout			48,222	59.96	+0.73
Eligible voters			80,428		+5.85
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−0.92
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	19,138	42.76	+12.22	$ 81,890.60
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	14,659	32.75	−13.20	79,935.51
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	9,329	20.85	+7.53	32,102.53
	Green	Patrick Main	772	1.72	−4.81	881.40
	Family Coalition	Christine Schnurr	656	1.47	−0.85	14,592.60
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	200	0.45	−0.44	0.00
Total valid votes / Expense limit			44,754	100.0	+0.46	$ 90,268.64
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			172	0.38	−0.09
Turnout			44,926	59.23	−0.57
Eligible voters			75,853		+1.35
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.71
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	20,469	45.95	+0.16	$ 49,205.00
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Morley	13,606	30.54	−7.69	72,311.76
	New Democratic	Paul Klopp	5,932	13.32	+1.86	20,183.39
	Green	Victoria Serda	2,911	6.53	+4.38	7,787.36
	Family Coalition	Dave Joslin	1,035	2.32	+0.24	8,064.77
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	393	0.88		9,887.73
	Independent	Ronald John Stephens	202	0.45		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,548	100.0	+2.62	$ 80,832.60
Total rejected ballots			209	0.47	−0.02
Turnout			44,757	59.80	−6.66
Eligible voters			74,845		+14.03
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	19,879	45.79	+3.96	$ 43,587.07
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Johns	16,594	38.23	−7.53	68,667.03
	New Democratic	Grant I. Robertson	4,973	11.46	+2.33	18,246.88
	Green	Shelley Hannah	934	2.15		3,146.98
	Family Coalition	Dave Joslin	902	2.08	−1.21	7,273.45
	Freedom	Robert Sabharwal	127	0.29		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,409	100.0	−4.39	$ 63,013.44
Total rejected ballots			212	0.49	−0.80
Turnout			43,621	66.46	−0.32
Eligible voters			65,639		−4.70
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Johns	20,772	45.75	$ 60,434.00
	Liberal	Ross Lamont	18,993	41.83	36,010.47
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	4,142	9.12	19,753.75
	Family Coalition	Linda Freiburger	1,494	3.29	6,769.68
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,401	100.0	$ 66,118.08
Total rejected ballots			591	1.29
Turnout			45,992	66.78
Eligible voters			68,873
Source(s)

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,831	71.5
	Mixed member proportional	12,312	28.5
	Total valid votes	43,143	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results