Bouma re-elected as MPP for Brantford-Brant

Will Bouma was re-elected as Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Brantford-Brant after Election Night on Thursday, June 2.

Bouma, the Progressive Conservative candidate, easily secured his seat, defeating his next closest candidate, Harvey Bischof of the NDP, by over 7,000 votes. Bouma received 20,738, equating to 44 per cent of the vote, while Bischof received 13,283 votes. Liberal candidate Ruby Toor received 6,083 and Green Party candidate Karleigh Csordas rounded out the top four with 3,174 votes.

Over 100 constituents, friends, family and supporters gathered at Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #605 in St. George to watch the election results and Bouma’s victory.

Bouma described what he was feeling after being declared the winner.

“I feel tired, but very pleased with the result. I think with everything that’s going on, it’s really good to see the people in Brantford and Brant make a decision for the future, that we need to keep moving forward on so many of our priorities. That’s really exciting. And I heard it so often at the doors, you’re doing a great job, you did a great job. A lot of people who had said that they had never voted Conservative before and had doubts about the Premier four years ago. We’re really, really pleased. It was an extremely difficult situation throughout the pandemic, but to bring us through that, I think, just to have a vision that, we’re on the right path, let’s just keep it going,” said Bouma, shortly after winning the election.

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