Brantford—Brant (provincial electoral district)

Brantford—Brant
Ontario electoral district
	Brant in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Will Bouma; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	130,300
Electors (2018)	102,861
Area (km²)	844
Pop. density (per km²)	154.4
Census division(s)	Brant County, Haldimand County
Census subdivision(s)	Brantford, Paris, Brantford Township, South Dumfries, Six Nations 40, New Credit 40A

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.

The riding existed from 1867 to 1926 as Brant North. It was then merged with Brant South to create Brant County until 1934. The riding was known as Brant—Oxford—Norfolk from 1975 to 1987 and Brant-Haldimand from 1987 to 1999.

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.

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
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		James Young
6th	1886–1890		William Bruce Wood
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		Daniel Burt
10th	1902–1904		Daniel Burt
11th	1905–1908		John Henry Fisher	Conservative
12th	1908–1911		John Henry Fisher	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		John Wesley Westbrook	Conservative
14th	1914–1919		Thomas Scott Davidson	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		Harry Nixon	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Harry Nixon	United Farmers
*Brant North and Brant South merged to create Brant County*
17th	1926–1929		Harry Nixon	Liberal–Progressive
18th	1929–1934		Harry Nixon	Progressive
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
26th	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		Robert Nixon
35th	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	2018–2022		Will Bouma	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Will Bouma	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Brant North (1867–1923)

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hugh Finlayson	706	53.16
	Conservative	W. Turnbull	622	46.84
Total valid votes			1,328	72.69
Eligible voters			1,827
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Finlayson	740	60.26	+7.10
	Conservative	Mr. la Pierre	488	39.74	−7.10
Turnout			1,228	60.73	−11.96
Eligible voters			2,022
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.10
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Finlayson	747	54.17	−6.09
	Conservative	J.S. Crawford	632	45.83	+6.09
Turnout			1,379	62.54	+1.81
Eligible voters			2,205
	Liberal hold		Swing		−6.09
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Young	990	60.37	+6.20
	Conservative	Mr. Baird	650	39.63	−6.20
Total valid votes			1,640	66.80	+4.26
Eligible voters			2,455
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.20
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Brant (1999–2014)

1999 Ontario general election
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

2003 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario general election
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

2011 Ontario general election
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^[5]

2014 Ontario general election
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^[6]

Brantford—Brant (2018–present)

2018 Ontario general election
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
	Ontario Party	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^[7]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Will Bouma	20,738	44.17	+2.17	$67,092
	New Democratic	Harvey Bischof	13,283	28.29	−12.62	$113,139
	Liberal	Ruby Toor	6,083	12.96	+3.41	$33,966
	Green	Karleigh Csordas	3,174	6.76	+2.05	$20,258
	New Blue	Tad Brudzinski	2,089	4.45		$1,726
	Ontario Party	Allan Wilson	640	1.36	+0.45	$362
	Canadians' Choice	Leslie Bory	490	1.04	+0.60	$0
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	299	0.64	−0.01	$0
	Independent	John Turmel	157	0.33		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,953	99.51	+0.56	$157,086
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			234	0.49	-0.56
Turnout			47,187	42.05	-15.12
Eligible voters			111,276
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.39
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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

^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Elections Ontario. "Official return from the records, 009 Brant" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Sources

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[1] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[2] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

[3] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

[ElectionsOnt1879-4] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

[5] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] Elections Ontario. "Official return from the records, 009 Brant" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[7] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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