Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)

Huron—Bruce is a provincial electoral district

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in Ontario

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, Canada

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, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

since 1987.

It was known as Huron from 1987 to 1999.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years		Party
34th 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 10, 1987 until July 30, 1990, just prior to the 1990 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by David Peterson.- External links :*...	1987–1990	John Riddell John Riddell John Riddell may refer to:Jack Riddell , Canadian politicianJohn Riddell , news anchor for Seven News Adelaide*John Riddell , Marxist writer and former leader of the Revolutionary Workers League in Canada...	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
35th 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 35th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from September 6, 1990 until April 28, 1995, just prior to the 1995 general election. The majority party was the Ontario New Democratic Party led by Bob Rae....	1990–1995	Paul Klopp	New Democratic Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
36th 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 36th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most-populous province, was in session from June 8, 1995 until May 5, 1999, just prior to the Ontario general election. Majority was held by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Mike Harris....	1995–1999	Helen Johns Helen Johns Helen Johns is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was born in Toronto, Ontario She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.Johns has a Bachelor of Arts degree...	Progressive Conservative
37th 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario The 37th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was in session from June 8, 1999 until May 5, 2003, just prior to the Ontario general election...	1999–2003		Progressive Conservative
38th Ontario general election, 2003 The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....	2003–2007	Carol Mitchell Carol Mitchell Carol Mitchell is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in the cabinet of Dalton McGuinty and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Huron—Bruce. She is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.Mitchell was born in...	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
39th Ontario general election, 2007 The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...	2007–present

Before 1987, there were two districts: Huron—Bruce and Huron—Middlesex:

Huron—Bruce

Charles Robertson, Liberal (1934–1940)
John William Hanna
John William Hanna
John William Hanna was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Huron—Bruce in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1962 as a Progressive Conservative member....

, Progressive Conservative (1943–1962)
Murray Gaunt, Liberal (1962–1981)
Murray Elston
Murray Elston
Murray John Elston is an executive and former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1994, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson...

, Liberal (1981–1987)

Huron—Middlesex

Huron—Middlesex was known as Huron before 1975.

James Simpson Ballantyne, Liberal (1934–1943)
Robert Hobbes Taylor, Progressive Conservative (1943–1947)
Thomas Pryde, Progressive Conservative (1948–1958)
Charles McNaughton, Progressive Conservative (1958–1973)
John Riddell, Liberal (1973–1987)

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, in an attempt to establish a mixed member proportional representation system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,831	71.5
	Mixed member proportional	12,312	28.5
	Total valid votes	43,143	100.0

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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