Northumberland—Peterborough South

Northumberland—Peterborough South
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Kim Rudd
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 107,840
Electors (2015) 88,276
Area (km²)[1] 3,001
Pop. density (per km²) 35.9
Census divisions Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough County
Census subdivisions Alnwick/Haldimand, Brighton, Clarington, Cobourg, Cramahe, Hamilton Township, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Peterborough, Port Hope, Trent Hills

Northumberland—Peterborough South (French: Northumberland—Peterborough-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Ontario.[2]

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
LiberalKim Rudd 27,043 42.51 +21.42
ConservativeAdam Moulton 25,165 39.56 -13.80
New DemocraticRuss Christianson 9,411 14.80 -5.79
GreenPatricia Sinnott 1,990 3.13 -1.55
Total valid votes/Expense limit 63,609100.00 $228,703.78
Total rejected ballots 2670.42
Turnout 63,87671.67
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

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