Bruce Centre (provincial electoral district)

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Bruce Centre
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1886
District abolished1914
First contested 1886
Last contested 1911

Bruce Centre was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1886 and was abolished in 1912 before the 1914 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Bruce Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
6th  1886–1890   Walter MacMorris Dack Liberal
7th  1890–1894
8th  1894–1898   John Stevenson McDonald Liberal-Patron
9th  1898–1902   Andrew Malcolm Liberal
10th  1902–1904   Hugh Clark Conservative
11th  1905–1908
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914  William MacDonald Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Bruce West before the 1914 election

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References

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Walter MacMorris Dack's Legislative Assembly information see "Walter MacMorris Dack, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John Stevenson McDonald's Legislative Assembly information see "John Stevenson McDonald, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Andrew Malcolm's Legislative Assembly information see "Andrew Malcolm, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Hugh Clark's Legislative Assembly information see "Hugh Clark, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For William MacDonald's Legislative Assembly information see "William MacDonald, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.