Chatham-Kent—Leamington_(provincial_electoral_district)

Chatham-Kent—Leamington (provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

For the federal electoral district, see Chatham-Kent—Leamington.

Chatham-Kent—Leamington (formerly Chatham-Kent—Essex and Chatham—Kent Essex) is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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Chatham-Kent—Leamington

Ontario electoral district

Chatham-Kent—Leamington in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Trevor Jones
Progressive Conservative

District created

1999

First contested

1999

Last contested

2022

Demographics

Population (2016)

109,620

Electors (2018)

82,799

Area (km²)

3,036

Pop. density (per km²)

36.1

Census division(s)

Chatham-Kent, Essex County,

Census subdivision(s)

Chatham-Kent, Lakeshore Leamington

Chatham-Kent-Essex 2003 to 2018

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.

As a result of the 2012 federal boundary redistricting, the name of the district was changed to Chatham-Kent—Leamington.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

More information Assembly, Years ...

Assembly	Years		Party
Chatham-Kent—Essex 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	2014–2018	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
Chatham-Kent—Leamington
42nd	2018–2021	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
	2021–2021		Independent
	2021–2022		Ontario Party
43rd	2022–present	Trevor Jones	Progressive Conservative

Election results

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v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Jones	17,522	47.52	−4.40	$69,271
	New Democratic	Brock McGregor	11,163	30.28	−5.43	$54,449
	Ontario Party	Rick Nicholls	5,478	14.86		$15,238
	New Blue	Rhonda Jubenville	1,463	3.97		$18,963
	Green	Jennifer Surerus	1,244	3.37	−0.17	$381
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,870	94.70	-3.92	$121,477
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			2,064	5.30	+3.92
Turnout			38,934	44.87	-11.92
Eligible voters			85,468
	Progressive Conservative gain from Ontario Party		Swing		+0.52
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

More information 2018 Ontario general election, Party ...

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	24,078	51.92	+14.09
	New Democratic	Jordan McGrail	16,558	35.71	+4.60
	Liberal	Margaret Schleier Stahl	3,736	8.06	-16.37
	Green	Mark Vercouteren	1,643	3.54	-1.72
	Independent	Drew Barry John Simpson	358	0.77	N/A
Total valid votes			46,373	98.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			647	1.38
Turnout			47,020	56.79	+5.46
Eligible voters			82,799
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]^[2]

More information 2014 Ontario general election, Party ...

2014 Ontario general election
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^[2]^[3] ^{[note 1]}

More information 2011 Ontario general election, Party ...

2011 Ontario general election
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^[4]

More information 2007 Ontario general election, Party ...

2007 Ontario general election
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

More information 2003 Ontario general election, Party ...

2003 Ontario general election
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

More information 1999 Ontario general election, Party ...

1999 Ontario general election
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

More information 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Side ...

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,235	69.3
	Mixed member proportional	10,734	30.7
	Total valid votes	34,969	100.0

Notes

[N 1]
Riding of Chatham-Kent-Essex.

References

[1]
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
[2]
Summarized from "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
[3]
Summarized from "Graphics and Charts". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
[4]
Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Chatham-Kent—Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Elections Ontario Past Election Results
Map of riding for 2018 election

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