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 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound.
Candidates
Liberals: Ellen Anderson
Progressive Conservatives: Bill Walker*
NDP: Karen Gventer
Green: Jenny Parsons
Geography
History
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Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Walker handily took this seat in 2011 by over 20%. He replaced retiring MPP Bill Murdoch, who had served in the region for the PCs since 1990. The provincial Green party had their best ever result here in 2007, with Shane Jolley finishing in second place to Murdoch with 33.1% of the vote.
By the numbers
The median age of 45.3 is the second-oldest in southern Ontario. It’s also a heavily English-speaking riding, with 92.4% of people listing it as their mother tongue in the 2011 census.
Riding in a tweet
An area of PC strength for 20 years, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound is likely to stay in the party’s control on election night.
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