Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district)
This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Bruce (electoral district).
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1934 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1934 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
Bruce was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was merged into Grey-Bruce prior to the 1967 election but was recreated in 1987. It was abolished a second time prior to the 1999 election. It was merged into the riding of Bruce—Grey.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Bruce | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created in 1934 from Bruce North and Bruce South | ||||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | John William Sinclair[nb 1] | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | |||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Thomas Neil Duff | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | John Philemon Johnstone | Progressive Conservative | |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | T. Kenzie Foster | Liberal | |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | John Philemon Johnstone | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Ross Whicher | Liberal | |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| Riding merged into Grey-Bruce before the 1967 election | ||||
| Riding recreated before the 1987 election | ||||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Murray Elston | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1994 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Barbara Fisher | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Bruce—Grey before the 1999 election | ||||
References
Notes
- ↑ In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.
Citations
- ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John William Sinclair's Legislative Assembly information see "John William Sinclair, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Thomas Neil Duff's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Neil Duff, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Philemon Johnstone's Legislative Assembly information see "John Philemon Johnstone, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For T. Kenzie Foster's Legislative Assembly information see "T. Kenzie Foster, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Ross Whicher's Legislative Assembly information see "Ross MacKenzie Whicher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Murray Elston's Legislative Assembly information see "Murray Elston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Barbara Fisher's Legislative Assembly information see "Barbara Fisher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
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