Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

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		Party
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Riding created from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000	Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

References

"(Code 35046) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes

Federal ridings in Southwestern Ontario

Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Sarnia—Lambton

New Democratic	Essex London—Fanshawe Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Liberal	London North Centre London West

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

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Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

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See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Coordinates: 42°54′N 81°54′W / 42.9°N 81.9°W / 42.9; -81.9

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