Brant (provincial electoral district)

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Brant

Ontario electoral district
Brant in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Dave Levac Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	125,136
Electors (2007)	89,992
Area (km²)	1,204
Pop. density (per km²)	103.9
Census divisions	Brant County, Haldimand County
Census subdivisions	Brantford, Paris, Brantford Township, South Dumfries, Six Nations 40, New Credit 40A

For the federal electoral district of the same name, see Brant (electoral district)

Brant is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from all of Brantford and part of Brant—Haldimand.

When the riding was created, it included the city of Brantford, the town of Paris plus the townships of Brantford and South Dumfries.

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.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

Brant has elected the following representatives to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Harry Nixon, Progressive (1926-1934); Liberal-Progressive (1934-1937); Liberal (1937-1961)
2. Robert Nixon, Liberal (1962-1975)

1. Dave Levac, Liberal (1999-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	23,483	49.2
	Progressive Conservative	Dan McCreary	13,790	28.9
	New Democrat	Brian van Tilborg	6,527	13.7
	Green	Ted Shelegy	3,272	6.9
	Family Coalition	Rob Ferguson	403	0.8
	Independent	John Turmel	272	0.6

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30237	65.1%
	Mixed member proportional	16194	34.9%

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 Democrat	David Noonan	5,262	11.84	+5.43
	Green	Mike Clancy	1,014	2.28
	Independent	John Turmel	295	0.66

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	21,166	46.98
	Progressive Conservative	Alayne Sokoloski	20,210	44.86
	New Democrat	David Sharpe	2,889	6.41
	Independent	Graham Mcrae	495	1.1
	Natural Law	Eleanor T. Hyodo	294	0.65

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