Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (federal electoral district)

Template:Short description Template:For multi Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district 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.

History

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:

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

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)

Panethnic groups in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	102,695		98,635		98,745
Indigenous	4,280		4,450		3,580
African	1,285		545		390
South Asian	995		365		435
East AsianTemplate:Efn	580		535		335
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	575		235		125
Latin American	355		70		85
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	320		200		20
Other/multiracialTemplate:Efn	400		170		110
Total responses	111,270		105,190		103,815
Total population	113,348		107,679		106,475
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party

Association name

CEO'

HQ city

Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Conservative Association

Adam R. Vaughan

Owen Sound

Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Green Party of Canada

Dave Meslin

Grey Highlands

Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound Federal Liberal Association

Anne Marie Watson

West Grey

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

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Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound

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Bruce—Grey

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Bruce

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See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• Template:SCref

External links

• 2001 Results from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Bruce (1933–1975)
• Bruce-Grey (1975–2000)
• Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound (2000–2003)
• Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound (2004–)
• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada