Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)

Huron—Bruce
Ontario electoral district
	Huron—Bruce in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lisa Thompson; Progressive Conservative
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First contested	1934
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	106,570
Electors (2018)	84,157
Area (km²)	6,001
Pop. density (per km²)	17.8
Census division(s)	Bruce, Huron
Census subdivision(s)	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 is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1987, and again since 1999.

First contested1934

Last contested2025

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Huron—Bruce
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Upon Huron North and Bruce South being replaced by Huron and Huron-Brunce
19th	1934–1937		Charles Robertson	Liberal
20th	1937–1940		Charles Robertson	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		John William Hanna	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1962
26th	1962–1963		Murray Gaunt	Liberal
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985		Murray Elston	Liberal
33rd	1985–1987		Murray Elston	Liberal
Distributed to Huron & Bruce
Re-constituted from Huron & Bruce Huron—Bruce
37th	1999–2003		Helen Johns	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Carol Mitchell	Liberal
39th	2007–2011		Carol Mitchell	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Lisa Thompson	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present

2025 Ontario general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	24,461	50.0	–2.0
	Liberal	Ian Burbidge	13,703	28.0	+9.3
	New Democratic	Nick McGregor	5,749	11.8	–4.6
	Green	Matthew Van Ankum	2,727	5.6	+1.5
	New Blue	Zack Weiler	2,065	4.2	–3.0
	Ontario Alliance	Bruce Eisen	206	0.4	+0.1
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout				55.7	+1.5
Eligible voters			87,884
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–5.7
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	24,369	51.97	−0.39	$68,075
	Liberal	Shelley Blackmore	8,775	18.71	+4.78	$32,861
	New Democratic	Laurie Hazzard	7,679	16.38	−12.65	$42,759
	New Blue	Matt Kennedy	3,384	7.22		$19,069
	Green	Matthew Van Ankum	1,922	4.10	+0.68	$3,276
	Ontario Party	Gerrie Huenemoerder	474	1.01		$680
	Independent	Ronald Stephens	212	0.45		$0
	Ontario Alliance	Bruce Eisen	77	0.16	−0.35	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,892	99.41	+0.62	$121,926
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			277	0.59	-0.62
Turnout			47,169	54.16	-9.35
Eligible voters			86,559
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−2.59
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	27,646	52.36
	New Democratic	Jan Johnstone	15,326	29.03
	Liberal	Don Matheson	7,356	13.93
	Green	Nicholas Wendler	1,804	3.42
	Libertarian	Ron Stephens	399	0.76
	Alliance	Gerrie Huenemoerder	271	0.51
Total valid votes			52,802	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	18,512	39.01	−3.72
	Liberal	Colleen Schenk	14,647	30.86	−1.89
	New Democratic	Jan Johnstone	10,843	22.85	+2.00
	Green	Adam Werstine	1,651	3.48	+1.76
	Family Coalition	Andrew Zettel	1,353	2.85	+1.38
	Libertarian	Max Maister	323	0.68
	Equal Parenting	Dennis Valenta	128	0.27
Total valid votes			47,457	100.00	+ 1.20
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			765	1.59	+1.31
Turnout			48,222	59.96	+0.73
Eligible voters			80,428		+5.85
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−0.92
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 034 Huron-Bruce" (PDF). Retrieved March 18, 2015.

Members of Provincial Parliament

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,831	71.5
	Mixed member proportional	12,312	28.5
	Total valid votes	43,143	100.0

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Thompson	19,138	42.76	+12.22	$ 81,890.60
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	14,659	32.75	−13.20	79,935.51
	New Democratic	Grant Robertson	9,329	20.85	+7.53	32,102.53
	Green	Patrick Main	772	1.72	−4.81	881.40
	Family Coalition	Christine Schnurr	656	1.47	−0.85	14,592.60
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	200	0.45	−0.44	0.00
Total valid votes / expense limit			44,754	100.0	+0.46	$ 90,268.64
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			172	0.38	−0.09
Turnout			44,926	59.23	−0.57
Eligible voters			75,853		+1.35
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.71
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Huron—Bruce – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 13, 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	20,469	45.95	+0.16	$ 49,205.00
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Morley	13,606	30.54	−7.69	72,311.76
	New Democratic	Paul Klopp	5,932	13.32	+1.86	20,183.39
	Green	Victoria Serda	2,911	6.53	+4.38	7,787.36
	Family Coalition	Dave Joslin	1,035	2.32	+0.24	8,064.77
	Independent	Dennis Valenta	393	0.88		9,887.73
	Independent	Ronald John Stephens	202	0.45		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,548	100.0	+2.62	$ 80,832.60
Total rejected ballots			209	0.47	−0.02
Turnout			44,757	59.80	−6.66
Eligible voters			74,845		+14.03
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved June 13, 2014.

v t e 2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	19,879	45.79	+3.96	$ 43,587.07
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Johns	16,594	38.23	−7.53	68,667.03
	New Democratic	Grant I. Robertson	4,973	11.46	+2.33	18,246.88
	Green	Shelley Hannah	934	2.15		3,146.98
	Family Coalition	Dave Joslin	902	2.08	−1.21	7,273.45
	Freedom	Robert Sabharwal	127	0.29		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,409	100.0	−4.39	$ 63,013.44
Total rejected ballots			212	0.49	−0.80
Turnout			43,621	66.46	−0.32
Eligible voters			65,639		−4.70
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 — Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 — Statistical Summary". Retrieved June 13, 2014. "2003 Election and Annual Returns - Candidate and Constituency Association Returns".

v t e 1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Johns	20,772	45.75	$ 60,434.00
	Liberal	Ross Lamont	18,993	41.83	36,010.47
	New Democratic	Tony McQuail	4,142	9.12	19,753.75
	Family Coalition	Linda Freiburger	1,494	3.29	6,769.68
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,401	100.0	$ 66,118.08
Total rejected ballots			591	1.29
Turnout			45,992	66.78
Eligible voters			68,873
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 — Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of June 3 1999 — Statistical Summary". Retrieved June 13, 2014. "1999 Election and Annual Returns - Candidate and Constituency Association Returns".