Brantford-Brant (Ontario) 37/338

Brantford-Brant (Ontario)

Today we’re in Southern Ontario with Brantford-Brant!

Brantford-Brant has existed in some form since the 2012 redistribution. The population centers are Brantford (97,496 in 2016) and Paris (12,310 in 2016). The riding also contains Six Nations of the Grand River indigenous reserve, which is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada.

Politically, the riding has kind of gone in a reverse trend from the rest of the country. Pre-1971 it flipped between the Liberals and Conservatives, until the NDP took the riding and held it for 22 years, when the Liberals took it in 1993 and kept it until 2008, when the Conservatives took the riding and have held it to this day. The riding is currently held by Conservative MP Phil McColeman.

Oddly enough, all three parties just listed won polls in the city of Brantford, which is a testament to how moderate non-Toronto cities are. This riding provincially is reliably Liberal, except for in 1995 and 2018 when the Conservatives came from behind and won a majority, an election after the Liberals won a large majority federally. In 2019, the riding was 32/121 in Ontario and 92/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating: 

Name: 8.4/10 - Brantford does have the majority of the population and I guess Ontario does have counties for some reason.

Shape: 7.3/10 - I actually really like it, there's minimal corners for the shape if that makes sense.

Individuality: 8.8/10 - It's really cool how the city has stayed moderate but the riding itself has gone to the right recently.

Total: 24.5/30 (81.7%)

See you tomorrow in Brome-Missiquoi!