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 Huron-Bruce.
Candidates
Liberals: Colleen Schenk
Progressive Conservatives: Lisa Thompson
NDP: Jan Johnstone
Green: Adam Werstine
Geography
History
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PC candidate Lisa Thompson defeated two-term Liberal MPP Carol Mitchell in this riding last election, winning by a margin of 10 per cent, with the NDP in a respectable third at 20.9 per cent. It was the first time since the riding was created in 1987 that the winning candidate didn’t come from the party that formed government. While the Liberals maintained their strength in the small towns in the riding, the PCs performed much better in the more rural areas.
By the numbers
With just 18.7 people per square kilometre, it’s the 6th most sparsely populated riding in southern Ontario. English is the mother tongue of 91.3 per cent of residents.
Riding in a tweet
Rural Ontario has become increasingly Tory-friendly, which bodes well for the party holding onto Huron-Bruce.
Poll-level results, 2011: Huron-Bruce »
Poll-level results, 2011: Huron-Bruce »
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