Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)

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

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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	Rick Byers Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	107,675
Electors (2018)	85,044
Area (km²)	9,901
Pop. density (per km²)	10.9
Census division(s)	Bruce County, Ontario, Grey County, Ontario
Census subdivision(s)	West Grey, Hanover, Chatsworth, Meaford, Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29, Southgate, Grey Highlands

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, one of largest shares 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
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present		Rick Byers

Election results

Graph of election results in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (minor parties that do not run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Byers	20,304	48.56	−6.14
	Liberal	Selwyn J. Hicks	8,499	20.33	+8.03
	New Democratic	Karen Gventer	5,817	13.91	−10.18
	Green	Danielle Valiquette	3,702	8.85	+2.90
	Ontario Party	Suzanne Coles	1,680	4.02
	New Blue	Vince Grimaldi	1,130	2.70
	Populist	Joseph Westover	248	0.59
	None of the Above	Joel Loughead	230	0.55
	Independent	Reima Kaikkonen	201	0.48
Total valid votes			41,811	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			369
Turnout			42,180	47.02
Eligible voters			90,457
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−7.09
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Walker	26,874	54.70	+7.15
	New Democratic	Karen Gventer	11,837	24.09	+8.24
	Liberal	Francesca Dobbyn	6,041	12.30	-14.76
	Green	Don Marshall	2,927	5.96	-2.67
	Trillium	Liz Marshall	552	1.12
	Alliance	Enos Martin	442	0.90
	Consensus Ontario	Janice Kaikkonen	261	0.53
	Libertarian	Jay Miller	194	0.39	-0.04
Total valid votes			49,128	98.94
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			527	1.06	-0.50
Turnout			49,655	58.39	+4.45
Eligible voters			85,044
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.55
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

2014 Ontario general election
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	98.44
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			680	1.56
Turnout			43,496	53.93
Eligible voters			80,646
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.26
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2011 Ontario general election
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^[3]

2007 Ontario general election
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

2003 Ontario general election
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

1999 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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

1. Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 010 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 010 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

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