Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Bruce (electoral district).

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Bruce (1934-1967), (1987-1999) Ontario electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created| 1934
District abolished| 1996
First contested| 1934
Last contested| 1995

Bruce was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was merged into Grey-Bruce prior to the 1967 election but was recreated in 1987. It was abolished a second time prior to the 1999 election. It was merged into the riding of Bruce—Grey.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

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Bruce

Assembly | Years | Member | Party
Riding created from Bruce North and Bruce South
19th |  1934–1937 |  | John William Sinclair[nb 1] | Liberal
20th |  1937–1943
21st |  1943–1945 | Thomas Neil Duff
22nd |  1945–1948 |  | John Philemon Johnstone | Progressive Conservative
23rd |  1948–1951 |  | T. Kenzie Foster | Liberal
24th |  1951–1955 |  | John Philemon Johnstone | Progressive Conservative
25th |  1955–1959 |  | Ross Whicher | Liberal
26th |  1959–1963
27th |  1963–1967
Riding dissolved into Grey—Bruce and Huron—Bruce
Riding recreated from Grey—Bruce and Huron—Bruce
34th |  1987–1990 |  | Murray Elston | Liberal
35th |  1990–1994
36th |  1995–1999 |  | Barbara Fisher | Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound and Huron—Bruce

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.

### Citations

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1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
* For John William Sinclair's Legislative Assembly information see "John William Sinclair, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
* For Thomas Neil Duff's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Neil Duff, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
* For John Philemon Johnstone's Legislative Assembly information see "John Philemon Johnstone, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
* For T. Kenzie Foster's Legislative Assembly information see "T. Kenzie Foster, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
* For Ross Whicher's Legislative Assembly information see "Ross MacKenzie Whicher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
* For Murray Elston's Legislative Assembly information see "Murray Elston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
* For Barbara Fisher's Legislative Assembly information see "Barbara Fisher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.

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