Brant is the name of current and former federal and provincial electoral districts in the Canadian province of Ontario. The boundaries have differed slightly or significantly by riding and over time within the same riding.

First federal riding

This riding was created in 1903 from Brant County exclusive of the whole or the bulk of the county seat of Brantford. It has elected the following MPs:

• 1904 William Paterson (Liberal), minister of customs
• 1908 Paterson
• 1911 John Fisher (Conserative)
• 1917 Harold John (Union Government)
• 1921 William Good (Progressive))
• 1925 Franklin Smoke (Conservative)
• 1926 Smoke
• 1930 Smoke
• 1935 George Wood (Liberal)
• 1940 Wood
• 1945 John Charlton (Progessive Conservative)

Second federal riding

This riding was reconstituted in 1966. Although its boundaries have been altered, it has always comprised the bulk of Brant County (now governed by two single-tier municipalities, the City of Brantford and the City of Brant County) and often the Six Nations Indian Reserve No. 40. It has elected the following MPs:

• 1968 James E. Brown (Liberal)
• 1971 (by-election) Derek Blackburn (New Democrat)
• 1972 Blackburn
• 1974 Blackburn
• 1979 Blackburn
• 1980 Blackburn
• 1984 Blackburn
• 1988 Blackburn
• 1993 Jane Stewart (Liberal) cabinet minister and daughter of Bob Nixon
• 1997 Stewart
• 2000 Stewart
• 2003 Lloyd St. Amand (Liberal)

First provincial riding

Created from previous ridings of similar names and succeeded by future ridings of similar names.

• 1926 Harry Nixon (Progressive Party of Ontario|Progressive) (actual riding name: Brant County)
• 1929 H. Nixon
• 1934 H. Nixon (Liberal Progressive) (actual riding name hereafter: Brant)
• 1937 H. Nixon (Liberal)
• 1943 H. Nixon
• 1945 H. Nixon
• 1948 H. Nixon
• 1951 H. Nixon
• 1955 H. Nixon
• 1959 H. Nixon
• 1959 Robert Fletcher "Bob" Nixon (Liberal) (later cabinet minister when representing a riding of a different name)
• 1963 B. Nixon
• 1967 B. Nixon
• 1971 B. Nixon

Second provincial riding

Created with the same name and boundaries as its federal counterpart.

• 1999 Dave Levac (Liberal)
• 2004 Levac

External links

• House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section, first federal riding
• House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section, second federal riding