Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district)
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Ontario electoral district | |||
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Chatham-Kent—Essex in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative |
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District created | 1999 | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 109,484 | ||
Electors (2007) | 72,708 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,924 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 56.9 | ||
Census divisions | Chatham-Kent, Essex County, | ||
Census subdivisions | Chatham-Kent, Leamington |
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.
Contents
Members of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Chatham-Kent—Essex | ||||
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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 |
Election results
Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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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
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