Brant (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Brant
province = Ontario


caption = Brant in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Dave Levac
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 125136
demo-electors = 89992
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 1204
demo-cd = Brant County, Haldimand County
demo-csd = 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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

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

#Dave Levac, Liberal (1999-present)

Election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Dave Levac
align="right"|23,483
align="right"|49.2
align="right"
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Dan McCreary
align="right"|13,790
align="right"|28.9
align="right"
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Brian van Tilborg
align="right"|6,527
align="right"|13.7
align="right"
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Ted Shelegy
align="right"|3,272
align="right"|6.9
align="right"|
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Rob Ferguson
align="right"|403
align="right"|0.8
align="right"|
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John Turmel
align="right"|272
align="right"|0.6
align="right"|

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Dave Levac
align="right"|24,236
align="right"|54.55
align="right"|+7.57
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Alayne Sokoloski
align="right"|13,618
align="right"|30.65
align="right"|-14.21
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David Noonan
align="right"|5,262
align="right"|11.84
align="right"|+5.43
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Mike Clancy
align="right"|1,014
align="right"|2.28
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John Turmel
align="right"|295
align="right"|0.66

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Dave Levac
align="right"|21,166
align="right"|46.98
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Alayne Sokoloski
align="right"|20,210
align="right"|44.86
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David Sharpe
align="right"|2,889
align="right"|6.41
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Graham Mcrae
align="right"|495
align="right"|1.1
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Eleanor T. Hyodo
align="right"|294
align="right"|0.65