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Bruce Stanton

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = |

| honorific-suffix =

| term_start1 = January 23, 2006

| term_end1 = September 20, 2021

| predecessor1 = Paul Devillers

| successor1 = Adam Chambers

| birth_name = Ronald Bruce Stanton

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1957|12|20}}

| birth_place = Orillia, Ontario, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| profession = tourism professional

| office = Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons

| term_start = December 4, 2015

| term_end = September 20, 2021

| monarch = Elizabeth II

| governor_general = {{plainlist|

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| primeminister = Justin Trudeau

| predecessor = Joe Comartin

| successor = Chris d'Entremont

| parliament1 = Canadian

| party = Conservative

| residence = Port Stanton, Ontario, Canada

| riding1 = Simcoe North

| footnotes =

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| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| office3 = Chair of the Standing Committee on
Aboriginal Affairs

| minister3 = Chuck Strahl
John Duncan

| term_start3 = 3 February 2009

| term_end3 = 22 June 2011

| predecessor3 = Barry Devolin

| successor3 = Chris Warkentin

| spouse = Heather Stanton

| religion =

}}

Ronald Bruce Stanton (born December 20, 1957) is a retired Canadian politician who served as Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe North from 2006 to 2021. Stanton first ran as a member of the Conservative Party in the 2006 federal election and won with 40.44% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2008, obtaining 49.7% of the vote. He won again in 2011 with 54.44% of the vote. He was re-elected again in the 2015 federal election. He was named the 49th Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons on December 4, 2015, serving in this position in the 42nd Canadian Parliament and 43rd Canadian Parliament. When the speaker is absent from the House of Commons, the Deputy Speaker is vested with the powers of the Speaker.

Born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Stanton ran a family tourism business on Sparrow Lake that had been founded in 1884. He served as a board member of Resorts Ontario, Tourism Ontario, the Board of the Tourism Association of Canada, and the Huronia Tourist Association. For four years, he was a member of the Severn Township municipal council.

On June 25, 2020, Stanton announced that he would not seek re-election for a sixth term as Simcoe North's Member of Parliament in the 2021 Canadian federal election. He was succeeded by Adam Chambers of the Conservative Party.{{cite web|title=Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton won't seek re-election|url=http://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/simcoe-north-mp-bruce-stanton-wont-seek-re-election-2517866|publisher=Orillia Matters|access-date=June 25, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Canada election results: Simcoe North {{!}} Globalnews.ca|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7926354/canada-election-simcoe-north-2021/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=Global News|language=en-US}}

Electoral history

{{2019 Canadian federal election/Simcoe North}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bruce Stanton|24,836|43.52|-10.36|$91,741.02}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Liz Riley|22,718|39.81|+20.56|$74,044.17}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Richard Banigan|6,037|10.58|-9.85|$3,879.75}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Peter Stubbins|2,543|4.46|-1.4|$11,996.03}}

{{CANelec|CA|No affiliation1|Jacob Kearey-Moreland|618|1.08|–|$2,744.47}}

{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Scott Whittaker|319|0.56|-0.02|$2,753.34}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|57,071|100.0| |$224,845.90}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|189|–|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|57,260|–|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|86,859}}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|-15.46}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35100&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Simcoe North, 30 September 2015][http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates]
1 Cooperative Interdependent}}

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class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results[http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2046 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} |  

| Conservative

align=right| 27,796align=right| 53.88
{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right| 10,540align=right| 20.43
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right| 9,932align=right| 19.25
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right| 3,021align=right| 5.86
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Christian Heritage|background}} |  

| Christian Heritage

align=right| 301align=right| 0.58

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bruce Stanton |31,581 |54.5 | +4.8|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Richard Banigan |11,515 |19.9 | +8.2|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Steve Clarke|11,090 |19.1 | -8.6|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Valerie Powell |3,489|6.0 | -5.0|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Adrian Kooger |322|0.6 |–|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 57,997 |100.0|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 161| 0.3|–| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 58,158 |64.9 |–| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 89,588 |–|–| }}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bruce Stanton |26,328|49.7 | +9.3|$84,616}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Steve Clarke |14,670|27.7| -10.7|$87,766}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Richard Banigan |6,207|11.7| -2.4|$6,265}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green| Valerie Powell|5,820|11.0| +5.0|$26,424}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|53,025|100.0|$90,754 }}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bruce Stanton |23,266|40.4| +2.7}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Graham|22,078|38.4|-5.0 }}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jen Hill |8,132|14.1| +2.8}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Sandy Agnew |3,451|6.0|-0.4 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Adrian Kooger |617|1.1|+0.1 }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|57,544 |100.0 }}

{{end}}

References

External links

  • {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11535}}
  • [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/193/ 2006 election results from the CBC]
  • [http://www.simcoenorthconservatives.ca/Bio.htm Bruce Stanton's biography at his campaign website]

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Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario

Category:People from Orillia

Category:Living people

Category:1957 births

Category:Businesspeople in tourism

Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

Category:Ontario municipal councillors