Northumberland—Peterborough South

Northumberland—Peterborough South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. 77% of the riding was formed from Northumberland—Quinte West, 13% from Durham and 10% from Peterborough.

The riding was originally intended to be named Northumberland—Pine Ridge.^[3]

Geography

The riding is located in Central Ontario along Lake Ontario. It contains the entirety of Northumberland County, southern Peterborough and the eastern half of the municipality of Clarington.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[4]^[5]

Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 2.5% Aboriginal
Languages: 94.0% English, 1.6% French
Religions: 71.3% Christian (20.1% United Church, 19.4% Catholic, 12.8% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 2.8% Baptist, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.2% Lutheran, 9.5% Other), 27.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $30,350
Average income (2010): $38,693

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Northumberland—Peterborough South Riding created from Durham, Northumberland—Quinte West and Peterborough
42nd	2015–Present		Kim Rudd	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kim Rudd	27,043	42.51	+21.42	–
	Conservative	Adam Moulton	25,165	39.56	-13.80	–
	New Democratic	Russ Christianson	9,411	14.80	-5.79	–
	Green	Patricia Sinnott	1,990	3.13	-1.55	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,609	100.00		$228,703.78
Total rejected ballots			267	0.42	–
Turnout			63,876	71.67	–
Eligible voters			89,128
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+17.61
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,377	53.37
	Liberal	11,611	21.09
	New Democratic	11,331	20.58
	Green	2,576	4.68
	Others	154	0.28

References

Federal ridings in Central Ontario

Conservative	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Liberal	Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha

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

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
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

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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