Bruce Stanton

Bruce Stanton
Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
In office December 4, 2015 – September 20, 2021
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	David Johnston Julie Payette
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Joe Comartin
Succeeded by	Chris d'Entremont
Member of Parliament for Simcoe North
In office January 23, 2006 – September 20, 2021
Preceded by	Paul Devillers
Succeeded by	Adam Chambers
Chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
In office 3 February 2009 – 22 June 2011
Minister	Chuck Strahl John Duncan
Preceded by	Barry Devolin
Succeeded by	Chris Warkentin
Personal details
Born	Ronald Bruce Stanton (1957-12-20) December 20, 1957 Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Heather Stanton
Residence(s)	Port Stanton, Ontario, Canada
Profession	tourism professional

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.

Electoral history

2019 Canadian federal election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	27,241	43.4	-0.12	$100,103.63
	Liberal	Gerry Hawes	19,310	30.8	-9.01	$83,974.59
	New Democratic	Angelique Belcourt	8,850	14.1	+3.52	$4,832.36
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,882	9.4	+4.94	$6,203.63
	People's	Stephen Makk	1,154	1.8	–	$4,480.03
	Christian Heritage	Chris Brown	341	0.5	-0.06	$2,923.18
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,778	100.0
Total rejected ballots			358
Turnout			63,136	65.0
Eligible voters			97,148
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.45
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	24,836	43.52	-10.36	$91,741.02
	Liberal	Liz Riley	22,718	39.81	+20.56	$74,044.17
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,037	10.58	-9.85	$3,879.75
	Green	Peter Stubbins	2,543	4.46	-1.4	$11,996.03
	No affiliation1	Jacob Kearey-Moreland	618	1.08	–	$2,744.47
	Christian Heritage	Scott Whittaker	319	0.56	-0.02	$2,753.34
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,071	100.0		$224,845.90
Total rejected ballots			189	–	–
Turnout			57,260	–	–
Eligible voters			86,859
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.46
Source: Elections Canada 1 Cooperative Interdependent

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,796	53.88
	New Democratic	10,540	20.43
	Liberal	9,932	19.25
	Green	3,021	5.86
	Christian Heritage	301	0.58

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	31,581	54.5	+4.8	–
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	11,515	19.9	+8.2	–
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	11,090	19.1	-8.6	–
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,489	6.0	-5.0	–
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	322	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,997	100.0
Total rejected ballots			161	0.3	–
Turnout			58,158	64.9	–
Eligible voters			89,588	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	26,328	49.7	+9.3	$84,616
	Liberal	Steve Clarke	14,670	27.7	-10.7	$87,766
	New Democratic	Richard Banigan	6,207	11.7	-2.4	$6,265
	Green	Valerie Powell	5,820	11.0	+5.0	$26,424
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,025	100.0	$90,754

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Stanton	23,266	40.4	+2.7
	Liberal	Karen Graham	22,078	38.4	-5.0
	New Democratic	Jen Hill	8,132	14.1	+2.8
	Green	Sandy Agnew	3,451	6.0	-0.4
	Christian Heritage	Adrian Kooger	617	1.1	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,544	100.0

External links

• Bruce Stanton – Parliament of Canada biography
• 2006 election results from the CBC
• Bruce Stanton's biography at his campaign website