Brant (provincial electoral district)

In 2007, the boundaries were altered to include all of Brant County, plus that part of the Indian Reserves of Six Nations 40 and New Credit 40A located in Haldimand County.

The riding also existed from 1926 to 1975; It was known as Brant County until 1934.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created — Brant County
17th	1926–1929	Harry Nixon	Progressive
18th	1929–1934	Harry Nixon	Progressive
Riding renamed to — Brant
19th	1934–1937	Harry Nixon	Liberal–Progressive
20th	1937–1943		Liberal
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1961
26th	1962–1963	Robert Nixon	Liberal
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
Riding dissolved
Riding created from Brantford and Brant—Haldimand
37th	1999–2003	Dave Levac	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	19,396	37.63	+0.55
	Progressive Conservative	Phil Gillies	15,447	29.97	-4.68
	New Democratic	Alex Felsky	13,992	27.15	+2.95
	Green	Ken Burns	2,095	4.06	+1.96
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	374	0.73	+0.31
	Freedom	Brittni Mitchell	180	0.35	+0.05
	Pauper	John Turmel	60	0.12	-0.07
Total valid votes			51,544	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.62
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	16,867	37.08	-12.10
	Progressive Conservative	Michael St. Amant	15,761	34.65	+5.77
	New Democratic	Brian Van Tilborg	11,006	24.20	+10.53
	Green	Ken Burns	957	2.10	-2.47
	Independent	Martin Sitko	244	0.54
	Family Coalition	Daniel Hockley	237	0.52	-0.32
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	190	0.42
	Freedom	Dustin Jenner	136	0.30
	Independent	John Turmel	86	0.19	-0.38
Total valid votes			45,484	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			195	0.43
Turnout			45,679	48.23
Eligible voters			94,717
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.94
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	23,483	49.18	-5.37
	Progressive Conservative	Dan McCreary	13,790	28.88	-1.77
	New Democratic	Brian van Tilborg	6,527	13.67	+1.83
	Green	Ted Shelegy	3,272	6.85	+4.57
	Family Coalition	Rob Ferguson	403	0.84
	Independent	John Turmel	272	0.57	-0.09
Total valid votes			47,747	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	24,236	54.55	+7.57
	Progressive Conservative	Alayne Sokoloski	13,618	30.65	-14.21
	New Democratic	David Noonan	5,262	11.84	+5.43
	Green	Mike Clancy	1,014	2.28
	Independent	John Turmel	295	0.66
Total valid votes			44,425	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	21,166	46.98
	Progressive Conservative	Alayne Sokoloski	20,210	44.86
	New Democratic	David Sharpe	2,889	6.41
	Independent	Graham Mcrae	495	1.10
	Natural Law	Eleanor T. Hyodo	294	0.65
Total valid votes			45,054	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,237	65.1
	Mixed member proportional	16,194	34.9
	Total valid votes	46,431	100.0

References

↑ Elections Ontario. "Official return from the records, 009 Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Brant" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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