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Time to talk election

September 10, 2007

A good deal of my morning has been election oriented and as such I though I would kick off our election coverage with some plain dry facts. For starters I took a trip over to the Elections Ontario website. I started out by looking for some details on our electoral district (Ontario is divided into 107 electoral districts).

It is highly likely that if you are a regular reader at theOwen your electoral district will be BRUCE–GREY–OWEN SOUND

A few more facts according to Elections Ontario

Population: 102,487

Consisting of:

(a) that part of the County of Bruce lying northeasterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of said county with the southerly limit of the Township of Arran-Elderslie; thence westerly along the southerly limit of said township to its southwesterly corner; thence generally northerly along the westerly limit of said township and the easterly limit of the Town of Saugeen Shores to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America; and

(b) the County of Grey, excepting the Town of Blue Mountains.

If you would like an 8.5 x 11 pdf of our district you can grab it here

Some more thoughts from the CBC

Although there is some light industry in Owen Sound, agriculture remains a major industry. The 1999 redistribution formed the new riding of Bruce-Grey by combining 45 per cent of the former Bruce riding and 80 per cent of Grey-Owen Sound.

The riding’s name has been changed twice in recent years: to Bruce-Grey prior to the 1999 election, then to Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound in 2000.

More elections information will be along shortly including candidate profiles and a discussion of the Ontario Electoral Reform Referendum which will also take place October 10th. If you are looking for more details in the meantime drop by YourBigDecision.ca

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under The Area, Election2007, Community, Politics, Participation, theOwen 

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One Response to “Time to talk election”

  1. Dave Yaeger Says:
    October 8th, 2007 at 7:58 am

    I need to know who elects the list members and how.?

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