Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district)

Chatham-Kent—Essex (formerly Chatham—Kent Essex) is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Essex—Kent, Chatham-Kent and Essex South.

When the riding was created, it included all of Kent County south of the Thames River, the city of Chatham, the town of Leamington and the Township of Mersea Township.

In 2007, the boundaries did not change.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Chatham-Kent—Essex
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Essex—Kent, Chatham—Kent and Essex South
37th	1999–2003		Pat Hoy	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	14,183	37.83	-3.95
	New Democratic	Dan Gelinas	11,664	31.11	+7.86
	Liberal	Terry Johnson	9,158	24.43	-7.71
	Green	Ken Bell	1,971	5.26	+2.42
	Libertarian	Douglas McLarty	514	1.37	–
Total valid votes			37,490	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.90
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	15,121	41.78	+13.08
	Liberal	Paul Watson	11,631	32.14	-19.85
	New Democratic	Aleksandra Navarro	8,415	23.25	+10.52
	Green	Holly Sullivan	1,027	2.84	-2.85
Total valid votes			36,194	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			233	0.64
Turnout			36,427	49.41
Eligible voters			73,727
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.47
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	18,782	51.98	-6.93
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Jackson	10,367	28.69	-0.60
	New Democratic	Murray Gaudreau	4,601	12.73	+5.04
	Green	Ken Bell	2,054	5.69	*
	Family Coalition	Mark Morin	326	0.90
Total valid votes			36,130	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.16

^ Change based on redistributed results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	23,022	59.26	+3.22
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Wilkinson	11,586	29.82	-7.72
	New Democratic	Derry McKeever	2,893	7.45	+2.10
	Green	Jim Burgess	1,069	2.75	+1.68
	Freedom	David Rodman	281	0.72
Total valid votes			38,851	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	24,239	56.04
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Carroll	16,238	37.54
	New Democratic	Brian Sharp	2,316	5.35
	Green	Greg Zolad	462	1.07
Total valid votes			43,255	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,235	69.3
	Mixed member proportional	10,734	30.7
	Total valid votes	34,969	100.0

Sources

↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 014 Chatham-Kent-Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Chatham-Kent—Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 42°17′N 82°17′W / 42.28°N 82.29°W / 42.28; -82.29

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