Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
For the provincial electoral district, see Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district). For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district).
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Ontario electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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 |
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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.