On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Brant.
Candidates
Liberals: Dave Levac*
Progressive Conservatives: Phil Gillies
NDP: Alex Felsky
Green: Ken Burns
Geography
History
Liberal Dave Levac has held this riding since it was created in 1999, with much of his vote coming from Brantford’s suburban neighbourhoods. He’s won two of his elections by more than 20% over the PCs, and two of them by less than 5%. Prior to 1999, the area had two seats – one for Brantford (which tended to vote for the ruling party), and one for the surrounding county, which voted for Liberal MPP (and former leader) Robert Nixon from 1962-1991 and his father Harry for 40 years before that.
By the numbers
The 2011 census reported a population of 137,102, the largest for any riding in Ontario not connected to a large metropolitan area.
Riding in a tweet
Liberal incumbent Levac is looking for his fifth straight victory here – but all three parties have a serious chance of taking the seat.
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