Huron—Bruce

For the provincial electoral district, see Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district).

Huron—Bruce

Ontario electoral district
Huron—Bruce in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ben Lobb Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	104,313
Electors (2011)	76,964
Area (km²)	5,896
Pop. density (per km²)	17.7
Census divisions	Bruce, Huron
Census subdivisions	Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Bluewater, Brockton, Central Huron, Howick, Huron East, Goderich, Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, Morris-Turnberry, North Huron, Saugeen Shores, South Bruce, South Huron

Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a federalelectoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.

History

The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Huron North and Huron—Perth ridings. It consisted of the township of Hibbert in the county of Perth, and the townships of Hullett, McKillop, Stanley, Tuckersmith, Hay, Stephen, Usborne, Grey, Morris, Colborne, Goderich, Ashfield, East Wawanosh and West Wawanosh in the county of Huron.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the County of Huron excluding the Village of Lucknow, and the Village of Ailsa Craig and the Townships of Biddulph and McGillivray in the County of Middlesex.

It was known as "Huron" until 1974. It was known as "Huron—Middlesex" from 1974 to 1976.

In 1976, it was renamed "Huron—Bruce", and defined to consist of the County of Huron and the Townships of Carrick, Culross, Huron and Kinloss in the County of Bruce.

In 1987, the Bruce County portion was redefined as the part of the County of Bruce lying west of and excluding the townships of Carrick, Brant and Elderslie, west of and including the Village of Paisley, west of and excluding the Townships of Elderslie and Arran, and west of and including the Township of Saugeen and the Town of Southampton.

In 2003, the Bruce County portion was redefined as the part of the County of Bruce lying southwest of and excluding the Township of Arran-Elderslie, and west of and including the Town of Saugeen Shores.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Huron North and Huron—Perth prior to 1952
Huron
22nd	1953–1957		Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968		Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
Huron—Middlesex
30th	1974–1979		Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Bruce
31st	1979–1980		Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Murray Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Paul Steckle	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Ben Lobb	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Election results

Huron—Bruce (1976 - present)

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	29,255	54.9	+10.1	-
	New Democrat	Grant Robertson	13,493	25.3	+10.3	-
	Liberal	Charlie Bagnato	8,784	16.5	-16.5	-
	Green	Eric Shelley	1,455	2.7	-2.6	-
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	254	0.5	0.0	-
Total valid votes			53,241	100.0	-
Total rejected ballots			247	0.5
Turnout			53,488	68.8
Eligible voters			77,743

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	22,202	44.8	+6.8	$59,966
	Liberal	Greg McClinchey	16,346	33.0	-5.0	$74,928
	New Democrat	Tony McQuail	7,426	15.0	-1.3	$37,499
	Green	Glen Smith	2,617	5.3	+1.9
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	747	1.5	-0.4	$5,359
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	242	0.5	0.0	$3,622
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,580	100.0		$83,704

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,260	39.8	-10.0
	Conservative	Ben Lobb	20,289	38.0	+6.9
	New Democrat	Grant Robertson	8,696	16.3	3.2
	Green	Victoria Serda	1,829	3.4	+0.4
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	1,019	1.9	0.0
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	270	0.5
Total valid votes			53,363	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	25,538	49.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Barb Fisher	15,930	31.1	-11.7
	New Democrat	Grant Robertson	6,707	13.1	+6.9
	Green	Dave Vasey	1,518	3.0
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	958	1.9	+1.3
	Marijuana	Glen Smith	638	1.2
Total valid votes			51,289	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,547	49.9	-1.4
	Canadian Alliance	Mark Beaven	10,343	24.0	+2.9
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kelly	8,138	18.9	-0.7
	New Democrat	Christine Kemp	2,669	6.2	-0.3
	Not affiliated	Dave Joslin	249	0.6	-1.1
	Canadian Action	Philip Holley	225	0.5
Total valid votes			43,171	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	24,240	51.3	+7.6
	Reform	Doug Fines	9,925	21.0	+0.1
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Schenk	9,223	19.5	-8.2
	New Democrat	Jan Johnstone	3,037	6.4	+2.2
	Christian Heritage	Dave Joslin	781	1.7	-0.3
Total valid votes			47,206	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Steckle	21,629	43.8	+8.4
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	13,714	27.8	-14.8
	Reform	Len Lobb	10,357	21.0
	New Democrat	Tony McQuail	2,093	4.2	-12.2
	Christian Heritage	Henry Zekveld	953	1.9	-3.7
	Libertarian	Allan Dettweiler	404	0.8
	Natural Law	Rick Alexander	242	0.5
Total valid votes			49,392	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	20,042	42.6	-22.2
	Liberal	Ken Dunlop	16,629	35.3	+11.6
	New Democrat	Tony McQuail	7,746	16.5	+5.5
	Christian Heritage	Tom Clark	2,633	5.6
Total valid votes			47,050	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	23,969	64.8	+17.2
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	8,802	23.8	-17.6
	New Democrat	Valerie Bolton	4,075	11.0	-0.1
	Libertarian	Joe Yundt	158	0.4
Total valid votes			37,004	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Cardiff	16,520	47.5	-11.7
	Liberal	Graeme Craig	14,364	41.3	+8.2
	New Democrat	Tony McQuail	3,864	11.1	+3.5
Total valid votes			34,748	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	21,122	59.2	0.0
	Liberal	Graeme Craig	11,818	33.1	-1.7
	New Democrat	Moira Couper	2,729	7.7	+1.7
Total valid votes			35,669	100.0

Huron—Middlesex (1974 - 1976)

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	17,186	59.2	+4.6
	Liberal	John Lydon	10,103	34.8	-6.1
	New Democrat	Shirley Weary	1,752	6.0	+1.5
Total valid votes			29,041	100.0

Huron (1952 - 1974)

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	18,921	64.3	+9.7
	Liberal	Charles H. Thomas	8,570	+29.1	-16.3
	New Democrat	Shirley Weary	1,852	+6.3
	Independent	T. Edward Bain	85	0.3
Total valid votes			29,428	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	14,652	54.6	-9.7
	Liberal	Maitland E. Edgar	10,960	40.9	+11.7
	New Democrat	Shirley M. Weary	1,212	4.5	-1.8
Total valid votes			26,824	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert E. McKinley	10,670	49.6	-2.1
	Liberal	Mait Edgar	9,537	44.3	+3.3
	New Democrat	J. Carl Hemingway	1,311	6.1	+1.0
Total valid votes			21,518	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	12,224	54.6	+5.0
	Liberal	Gordon McGavin	10,169	45.4	+1.1
Total valid votes			22,393	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	11,562	51.7	-13.4
	Liberal	Ernie Fisher	9,177	41.1	+6.2
	New Democrat	J. Carl Hemingway	1,148	+5.1
	Social Credit	Earl Dougals	466	2.1
Total valid votes			22,353	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	14,108	65.1	+7.0
	Liberal	William G.Cochrane	7,550	34.9	-7.0
Total valid votes			21,658	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	12,323	58.2	+5.9
	Liberal	Andrew Y. McLean	8,860	41.8	-5.9
Total valid votes			21,183	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Elston Cardiff	11,045	52.3
	Liberal	Andrew Y. McLean	10,092	47.7
Total valid votes			21,137	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament

results]

• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada