Brantford—Brant (formerly just Brant) is a provincial

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in southwestern,

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. The district elects one member to the

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. It was created in 1999 from all of

Brantford Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully indep ...

and part of

Brant—Haldimand Brant—Haldimand could refer to: * Brant—Haldimand (federal electoral district) * Brant—Haldimand (provincial electoral district) {{Disambiguation ...

. When the riding was created, it included the city of

, the town of

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plus the townships of

and South Dumfries. The riding existed from 1867 to 1926 as Brant North. It was then merged with

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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

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, plus that part of the Indian Reserves of Six Nations 40 and New Credit 40A located in

Haldimand County Haldimand County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. Despite its name, it is no longer a county by definition, as all mu ...

. For the 2018 election, the riding was renamed Brantford-Brant.

Boundaries

In 1987 the new riding of Brant-Haldimand was created to include

(except the city of

), the township of

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(excluding the part that extended east of

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), and the municipalities of Haldimand, and

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. In 1996, the riding was abolished into

, Brant,

Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Elgin—Norfolk and Haldimand—Norfolk ...

and Erie—Lincoln.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

Brantford—Brant (2018–present)

Brant (1999–2014)

Brant North (1867–1923)

2007 electoral reform referendum

References

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election ResultsMap of Brantford-Brant riding for 2018 election
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brantford-Brant (provincial electoral district) Politics of Brantford Ontario provincial electoral districts