Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a provincial
electoral district in western
Ontario
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, Canada. It elects one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1999 from parts of
Bruce
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and
Grey
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when ridings in Ontario were redistributed to match their federal counterparts.
The riding from 1999 to 2007 included the municipalities of
West Grey
West Grey is a township in the northern area of Southwestern Ontario, Canada, in Grey County spanning across the River Styx, the Rocky Saugeen River, the Beatty Saugeen River, and the South Saugeen River.
The municipality was formed by order o ...
,
Hanover
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,
Chatsworth,
Meaford,
Owen Sound
Owen Sound ( 2021 Census population 21,612) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat of Grey County, it is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi and Sydenham Rivers on an inlet of Georgian Bay.
The primary tourist attractio ...
,
Georgian Bluffs,
Arran-Elderslie,
South Bruce Peninsula :''South Bruce Peninsula is not to be confused with the Municipality of South Bruce, Ontario''
South Bruce Peninsula is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, in Bruce County between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. It was fo ...
,
Northern Bruce Peninsula,
Neyaashiinigmiing,
Saugeen 29, plus the eastern half of
Brockton and
South Bruce plus the northern third of
Grey Highlands
Grey Highlands is a municipality in the southeast corner of Grey County, Ontario, Canada that was formed on January 1, 2001, by the amalgamation of the village of Markdale and the townships of Artemesia, Euphrasia and Osprey, which included the ...
.
In 2007, the riding gained the municipality of
Southgate
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*Southgate, Sylvania
*Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct, an area within Southbank, Victoria
Canada
*Southgate, Ontario, a township in Grey County
* Southgate, Middlesex County, Ontario
Ed ...
, the rest of Grey Highlands, but lost the parts of Brockton and South Bruce in the riding.
The riding is notable for running a
Green Party of Ontario
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candidate who received 33.1% of the popular vote in the
2007 election, one of largest shares of the popular vote the party has ever received in a single riding.
Members
Election results
2007 electoral reform referendum
Sources
Elections Ontario Past Election Results
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Ontario provincial electoral districts
Owen Sound