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 (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River (Ontario), Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by County of Brant, Brant County, but is politically separate with ...

and part of Brant—Haldimand. 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 County of Brant (2021 population 39,474) is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains the word "county" in its name, the municipality is a single-tier municipal government and has no upper tier. The ...

. 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 m ...

. For the 2018 election, the riding was renamed Brantford-Brant. The riding also existed from 1926 to 1975; It was known as Brant County until 1934.

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

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Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

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