Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (provincial electoral district)

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Ontario electoral district
	Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Paul Vickers; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	107,675
Electors (2018)	85,044
Area (km²)	9,901
Pop. density (per km²)	10.9
Census division(s)	Bruce County, Ontario, Grey County, Ontario
Census subdivision(s)	West Grey, Hanover, Chatsworth, Meaford, Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29, Southgate, Grey Highlands

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Paul Vickers
Progressive Conservative

District created1999

First contested1999

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It was created in 1999 from parts of Bruce and Grey when ridings in Ontario were redistributed to match their federal counterparts.

The riding from 1999 to 2007 included the municipalities of West Grey, Hanover, Chatsworth, Meaford, Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, South Bruce Peninsula, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Neyaashiinigmiing, Saugeen 29, plus the eastern half of Brockton and South Bruce plus the northern third of Grey Highlands.

In 2007, the riding gained the municipality of Southgate, 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 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.

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from Bruce and Grey*
37th	1999–2003		Bill Murdoch	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Bill Walker
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–2025		Rick Byers
44th	2025–present		Paul Vickers

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Vickers	20,158	44.14	–4.42
	Liberal	Selwyn Hicks	13,445	29.44	+9.11
	Green	Joel Loughead	5,693	12.46	+3.61
	New Democratic	James Harris	3,611	7.91	–6.01
	Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	Ann Gillies	1,006	2.20	–
	New Blue	Vincent Grimaldi	930	2.04	–0.67
	Libertarian	Michael Butt	681	1.49	–
	Ontario Alliance	Matt Fritz	148	0.32	–
Total valid votes			45,672	99.04
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			443	0.96	+0.09
Turnout			46,115	49.97	+2.95
Eligible voters			92,278
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.77
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]^[2]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Byers	20,304	48.56	–6.14
	Liberal	Selwyn J. Hicks	8,499	20.33	+8.03
	New Democratic	Karen Gventer	5,817	13.91	–10.18
	Green	Danielle Valiquette	3,702	8.85	+2.90
	Ontario Party	Suzanne Coles	1,680	4.02	–
	New Blue	Vince Grimaldi	1,130	2.70	–
	Populist	Joseph Westover	248	0.59	–
	None of the Above	Joel Loughead	230	0.55	–
	Independent	Reima Kaikkonen	201	0.48	–
Total valid votes			41,811	99.13
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			369	0.87	–0.19
Turnout			42,180	47.02	–11.37
Eligible voters			89,703
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.09
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]^[4]^[5]

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Walker	26,874	54.70	+7.15
	New Democratic	Karen Gventer	11,837	24.09	+8.24
	Liberal	Francesca Dobbyn	6,041	12.30	–14.76
	Green	Don B. Marshall	2,927	5.96	–2.67
	Trillium	Elizabeth (Liz) Marshall	552	1.12	–
	Alliance	Enos Martin	442	0.90	–
	Consensus Ontario	Janice Kaikkonen	261	0.53	–
	Libertarian	Jay Miller	194	0.39	–0.04
Total valid votes			49,128	98.94
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			527	1.06	–0.50
Turnout			49,655	58.39	+4.45
Eligible voters			85,044
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.55
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]^[7]^[8]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Walker	20,359	47.55	+0.18
	Liberal	Ellen Anderson	11,586	27.06	+0.70
	New Democratic	Karen Gventer	6,787	15.85	+1.00
	Green	Jenny Parsons	3,696	8.63	+2.21
	Freedom	Jamie D. Spence	200	0.47	–
	Libertarian	Caleb Voskamp	188	0.44	–0.16
Total valid votes			42,816	98.44
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			680	1.56	+1.17
Turnout			43,496	53.93	–0.77
Eligible voters			80,646
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.26
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]^[10]

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27,617	63.0
	Mixed member proportional	16,199	37.0
	Total valid votes	43,816	100.0

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Murdoch	21,156	46.61	–5.46
	Green	Shane Jolley	15,039	33.14	+31.42
	Liberal	Selwyn Hicks	6,774	14.93	–18.28
	New Democratic	Paul Johnstone	1,721	3.79	–5.49
	Family Coalition	Irma Nicolette DeVries	550	1.21	–1.21
	Reform	William (Bill) Cook	145	0.32	–0.99
Total valid votes			45,385	99.47
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			243	0.53	+0.05
Turnout			45,628	59.96	–2.94
Eligible voters			76,102
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–18.44
Source: Elections Ontario^[13]^[14]

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Murdoch	23,338	52.07	–2.40
	Liberal	Dave Hocking	14,881	33.20	–2.08
	New Democratic	Colleen Anne Purdon	4,159	9.28	+3.21
	Family Coalition	Linda Freiburger	1,086	2.42	–0.94
	Green	Martin Donald	769	1.72	+0.90
	Independent	William (Bill) Cook	586	1.31	–
Total valid votes			44,819	99.51
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			219	0.49	+0.01
Turnout			45,038	62.90	+0.90
Eligible voters			71,606
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.16
Source: Elections Ontario^[15]^[16]^[17]