Brant (provincial electoral district)
For the federal electoral district, see Brant (electoral district).
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Brant in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
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District created | 1999 | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 125,136 | ||
Electors (2007) | 89,992 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,204 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 103.9 | ||
Census divisions | Brant County, Haldimand County | ||
Census subdivisions | Brantford, Paris, Brantford Township, South Dumfries, Six Nations 40, New Credit 40A |
Brant is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It 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.
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.
The riding also existed from 1926 to 1975; It was known as Brant County until 1934.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created — Brant County | ||||
17th | 1926–1929 | Harry Nixon | Progressive | |
18th | 1929–1934 | |||
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 | |||
1962–1963 | Robert Nixon | Liberal | ||
27th | 1963–1967 | |||
28th | 1967–1971 | |||
29th | 1971–1975 | |||
Riding dissolved | ||||
Riding created from Brantford and Brant—Haldimand | ||||
37th | 1999–2003 | Dave Levac | Liberal | |
38th | 2003–2007 | |||
39th | 2007–2011 | |||
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–Present |
Election results
Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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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[1] |
Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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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[2] |
Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Dave Levac | 23,483 | 49.18 | -5.37 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dan McCreary | 13,790 | 28.88 | -1.77 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian van Tilborg | 6,527 | 13.67 | +1.83 | ||||
Green | Ted Shelegy | 3,272 | 6.85 | +4.57 | ||||
Family Coalition | Rob Ferguson | 403 | 0.84 | |||||
Independent | John Turmel | 272 | 0.57 | -0.09 | ||||
Total valid votes | 47,747 | 100.00 |
Ontario general election, 2003 | ||||||||
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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 |
Ontario general election, 1999 | ||||||||
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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 |
2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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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
- ↑ Elections Ontario. "Official return from the records, 009 Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
Sources
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