Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Lambton—Kent—Middlesex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 105,919 | ||
Electors (2015) | 80,027 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 5,278 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 20.1 | ||
Census divisions | Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Middlesex | ||
Census subdivisions | Chatham-Kent, Strathroy-Caradoc, Middlesex Centre, Lambton Shores, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex, Lucan Biddulph, Warwick, Adelaide Metcalfe, Brooke-Alvinston |
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (formerly known as Middlesex—Kent—Lambton) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
The district includes all of Middlesex County except the City of London and Thames Centre Township, all of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent north of the Thames River, and excluding the former City of Chatham, and the Municipalities of Lambton Shores, Brooke-Alvinston Township, Dawn Euphemia Township, Warwick Township and the Indian reserves of Kettle Point and Walpole Island in the County of Lambton. The population in 2001 was 105,291, and the area is 5,277 km².
History
It was created in 1996 from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex. It was renamed "Middlesex—Kent—Lambton" briefly in 2003 to 2004. While it is located in an area that was traditionally a swing area between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, it has always had a social conservative bent. The retirement of longtime MP Rose-Marie Ur in 2006 allowed Bev Shipley, her Conservative opponent in 2004, to seize the riding by a large margin. Shipley has held it ever since.
This riding lost a fraction of territory to Chatham-Kent—Leamington and gained a fraction from Chatham-Kent—Essex during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Riding created from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex |
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36th | 1997–2000 | Rose-Marie Ur | Liberal | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
Middlesex—Kent—Lambton | ||||
38th | 2004–2006 | Rose-Marie Ur | Liberal | |
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | ||||
39th | 2006–2008 | Bev Shipley | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–Present |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Bev Shipley | 28,300 | 50.21 | -7.54 | – | |||
Liberal | Ken Filson | 16,529 | 29.44 | +15.29 | – | |||
New Democratic | Rex Isaac | 9,598 | 17.03 | -6.92 | – | |||
Green | Jim Johnston | 1,873 | 3.32 | -0.01 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,363 | 100.00 | $215,509.88 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 224 | 0.40 | – | |||||
Turnout | 56,587 | 70.15 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 80,666 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.41 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 29,322 | 57.75 | |
New Democratic | 12,163 | 23.95 | |
Liberal | 7,186 | 14.15 | |
Green | 1,693 | 3.33 | |
Others | 413 | 0.81 |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Bev Shipley | 29,546 | 57.7 | +6.4 | – | |||
New Democratic | Joe Hill | 12,299 | 24.0 | +8.5 | – | |||
Liberal | Gayle Stucke | 7,264 | 14.2 | -10.5 | – | |||
Green | Jim Johnston | 1,701 | 3.3 | -3.8 | – | |||
Christian Heritage | Mike Janssens | 413 | 0.8 | -0.6 | – | |||
Total valid votes | 51,223 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 229 | 0.45 | +0.05 | |||||
Turnout | 51,452 | 65.23 | +4.13 | |||||
Eligible voters | 78,820 | – | – |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Bev Shipley | 24,516 | 51.28 | +5.0 | $72,430 | |||
Liberal | Jeff Wesley | 11,812 | 24.70 | -6.5 | $53,100 | |||
New Democratic | Joe Hill | 7,427 | 15.53 | -1.6 | $6,696 | |||
Green | Jim Johnston | 3,386 | 7.08 | +3.0 | $2,161 | |||
Christian Heritage | Mike Janssens | 663 | 1.38 | -0.1 | $1,599 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,804 | 100.00 | $84,909 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 193 | 0.40 | ||||||
Turnout | 47,997 | 61.10 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Conservative | Bev Shipley | 25,170 | 46.3 | +6.9 | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Wesley | 16,935 | 31.2 | -8.5 | ||||
New Democratic | Kevin Blake | 9,286 | 17.1 | +2.0 | ||||
Green | Jim Johnston | 2,156 | 4.0 | +0.3 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Mike Janssens | 799 | 1.5 | -0.6 | ||||
Total valid votes | 54,346 | 100.0 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Rose-Marie Ur | 19,452 | 39.7 | -9.1 | ||||
Conservative | Bev Shipley | 19,288 | 39.4 | -5.0 | ||||
New Democratic | Kevin Blake | 7,376 | 15.1 | +10.7 | ||||
Green | Allan McKeown | 1,834 | 3.7 | +3.0 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Allan James | 1,015 | 2.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 48,965 | 100.0 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Rose-Marie Ur | 21,124 | 48.8 | +2.6 | ||||
Alliance | Ron Young | 13,302 | 30.7 | +3.2 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Phair | 5,918 | 13.7 | -2.2 | ||||
New Democratic | Joyce Jolliffe | 1,871 | 4.3 | -1.0 | ||||
Independent | Roger James | 365 | 0.8 | |||||
Green | Dan Valkos | 341 | 0.8 | +0.2 | ||||
Canadian Action | Eva Cryderman | 341 | 0.8 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,262 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Rose-Marie Ur | 21,155 | 46.2 | |||||
Reform | Brian Richardson | 12,602 | 27.5 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Victor Alderson | 7,256 | 15.9 | |||||
New Democratic | Bela Trebics | 2,440 | 5.3 | |||||
Christian Heritage | Ken Willis | 1,785 | 3.9 | |||||
Independent | Larry Farquharson | 257 | 0.6 | |||||
Green | David Drabbant | 256 | 0.6 | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,751 | 100.0 |
See also
References
- "(Code 35046) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
- Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (1996 - 2003)
- Middlesex—Lambton—Kent (2003 - 2004)
- Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (2004 - 2008)
- Lambton—Kent—Middlesex 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
Coordinates: 42°54′N 81°54′W / 42.9°N 81.9°W