Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Ontario electoral district
	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Alex Ruff; Conservative
;
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	106,475
Electors (2015)	81,389
Area (km²)[2]	6,447
Pop. density (per km²)	16.5
Census division(s)	Bruce County, Grey County
Census subdivision(s)	Cities: ; Owen Sound ; Towns: ; Hanover ; Townships: ; Arran-Elderslie, Chatsworth, Georgian Bluffs, Grey Highlands, Meaford, Northern Bruce Peninsula, South Bruce Peninsula, Southgate, West Grey ; First Nations reserves: ; Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29

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 has had a reputation of being a swing riding, but it has become more conservative in the last 10 years. It has produced many close results over the 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Bruce Riding created from Bruce North and Bruce South
18th	1935–1940	William Rae Tomlinson	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	William Rae Tomlinson	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Donald Buchanan Blue	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	John Loney
27th	1965–1968	John Loney
28th	1968–1972	Ross Whicher	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Ross Whicher
30th	1974–1979	Crawford Douglas
Bruce—Grey
31st	1979–1980	Gary Gurbin	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Gus Mitges
35th	1993–1997	Ovid Jackson	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound
38th	2004–2006	Larry Miller	Conservative
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
39th	2006–2008	Larry Miller	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021	Alex Ruff
44th	2021–present	Alex Ruff

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canada Census[3]

Ethnic groups: 91.1% White, 5.0% Indigenous, 1.2% Black

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)

Election results

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)