Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wiarton sends Alex Ruff (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
From Ontario come 122 MPs, 71 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada. Wiarton is in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, whose current MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) no open source we can use records yet. Locally, Wiarton is governed as part of South Bruce Peninsula, a town. This page names no head of council for Wiarton, as no open list of councils exists in Ontario.
Three governments, and who does what
Wiarton, a town in Ontario, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Spends most on social services and child care, then public health and paramedics (2024 return).
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
ola.org ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Above South Bruce Peninsula’s council sits Bruce County, the upper tier, which runs services across all its municipalities.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Wiarton, from the most recent elections.
- 1South Bruce Peninsula councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of OntarioBruce—Grey—Owen Sound
- 3House of CommonsBruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Wiarton votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| South Bruce Peninsula council | 26 October 2026 | 28 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 27 February 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. After the 26 October 2026 election, South Bruce Peninsula council next goes to the polls on 28 October 2030. The Municipal Elections Act, 1996 sets the day: the fourth Monday in October every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 27 February 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Wiarton votes in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MPP.
MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗By law (the Representation Act, 2015), southern Ontario’s provincial ridings follow the 2013 federal boundaries, so each place is located from those. For the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Wiarton votes in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, which has one MPP.
Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada
Alex Ruff represents Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Mapped onto today’s Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, the 2021 vote gives the Conservative Party of Canada 49%; in 2025 Alex Ruff kept the seat in the same hands. The current Parliament is Alex Ruff’s 3rd, counting from a first win in 2019.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound re-elected Alex Ruff of the Conservative Party of Canada
Counts for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
Back in 2019, Alex Ruff took the riding on 46%. Alex Ruff (Conservative Party of Canada) took Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in 2021 with 49% of the vote, 13,989 votes ahead of Anne Marie Watson (Liberal Party of Canada). Turnout in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound reached 64% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
All 6 candidates in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ruff | Conservative Party of Canada | 28,727 | 49.2% |
| Anne Marie Watson | Liberal Party of Canada | 14,738 | 25.2% |
| Christopher Neudorf | New Democratic Party | 7,939 | 13.6% |
| Anna-Marie Fosbrooke | People's Party of Canada | 4,697 | 8.0% |
| Ashley Michelle Lawrence | Green Party of Canada | 1,789 | 3.1% |
| Reima Kaikkonen | Independent | 524 | 0.9% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
South Bruce Peninsula council spends more per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
South Bruce Peninsula council spent $2,700 per resident in 2024, against a median of $1,901 among Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities. Bruce County, the upper tier, spent another $2,014 per resident of its whole area, most of it on social services and child care. It employs the equivalent of 47 full-time positions, or 5.1 for each thousand people. Water, sewers and waste takes the biggest share, 23%, or $620 per resident. Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 47% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 42%. South Bruce Peninsula council carried $2.5M of long-term debt, $276 per resident against a typical $440.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $5.7M | $620 | 23% |
| General government | $5.3M | $580 | 21% |
| Roads and transit | $5M | $547 | 20% |
| Police, fire and protection | $4.4M | $484 | 18% |
| Recreation and culture | $3.2M | $351 | 13% |
| Planning and development | $572K | $63 | 2% |
| Social services and child care | $404K | $44 | 2% |
| Public health and paramedics | $110K | $12 | 0% |
Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Having a say in how Wiarton is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.on.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
- Council money. Per resident means the 2024 Financial Information Return’s totals over the population it reports. Since a county or region spends in its lower tiers too, those are compared only with each other.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
Questions about how Wiarton is run
Who is the MP for Wiarton?
Alex Ruff of the Conservative Party of Canada is the MP for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, which includes Wiarton.
Which party won Wiarton in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Alex Ruff (Conservative Party of Canada), who represents Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound still.
Who is the MPP for Wiarton?
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is the riding; its sitting MPP is on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s own list of members for Wiarton and its neighbours.
Who heads the council in Wiarton?
Wiarton, a town, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
How much does South Bruce Peninsula council spend?
In 2024, South Bruce Peninsula council spent $24.7M in all, for some 9,137 residents, of which $5.7M went on water, sewers and waste, the biggest line.
Which regional body is South Bruce Peninsula part of?
South Bruce Peninsula is part of Bruce County, whose council, drawn from its municipalities’ councils, runs county-wide services.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada · Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).