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Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (formerly known as Bruce, Bruce—Grey and Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935.
The riding once had a reputation of being a swing riding, but it has become more conservative in the last 20 years. It produced many close results over its early years.
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History
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The district was created in 1933 from Bruce North and Bruce South and was known as "Bruce" riding. Its name was changed in 1975 to "Bruce—Grey", to "Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound" in 2000, to "Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound" in 2003, and to Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in 2004.
This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution and 2022 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
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Demographics
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According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 90.7% English, 2.1% German, 1.5% Pennsylvania German
Religions: 55.9% Christian (12.7% Catholic, 11.2% United Church, 4.7% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 3.3% Lutheran, 2.9% Anabaptist, 2.3% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 13.8% Other), 41.9% None
Median income: $38,000 (2020)
Average income: $48,760 (2020)
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Riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
Party | Association name | CEO' | HQ city | |
Conservative | Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Conservative Association | Adam R. Vaughan | Owen Sound | |
Green | Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Green Party of Canada | Dave Meslin | Grey Highlands | |
Liberal | Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Federal Liberal Association | Anne Marie Watson | West Grey | |
New Democratic | Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Federal NDP Riding Association | Christopher Stephen Neudorf | Owen Sound |
Election results
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Graph of election results in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Bruce—Grey
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Bruce
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
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