Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Ontario electoral district
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Bev Shipley Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	107,635
Electors (2006)	78,907
Area (km²)	5,277
Pop. density (per km²)	20.4
Census divisions	Chatham-Kent, Lambton County, Middlesex County
Census subdivisions	Chatham-Kent, Strathroy-Caradoc, Middlesex Centre, Lambton Shores, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex, Lucan Biddulph, Warwick, Adelaide Metcalfe, Brooke-Alvinston

For the provincial electoral district see Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (provincial electoral district)

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (formerly known as Middlesex—Kent—Lambton) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Federal election results 3 See also 4 External links

Federal electoral district

It was created in 1996 from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex. It was renamed "Middlesex—Kent—Lambton" briefly in 2003 to 2004. The riding as a whole is a swing riding between the Conservatives and the Liberals.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kent and Lambton—Middlesex prior to 1996
36th	1997-2000		Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008		Bev Shipley	Conservative
40th	2008-

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	24,516	51.3%	+5.0%	$72,430
	Liberal	Jeff Wesley	11,812	24.7%	-6.5%	$53,100
	New Democrat	Joe Hill	7,427	15.5%	-1.6%	$6,696
	Green	Jim Johnston	3,366	7.0%	+3.0%	$2,161
	Christian Heritage	Micheal Janssens	683	1.4%	-0.1%	$1,599
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,804	100.0%		$84,909
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%

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 Democrat	Kevin Blake	9,286	17.1%	+2.0%
	Green	Jim Johnston	2,156	4.0%	+0.3%
	Christian Heritage	Michael Adrian 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 Democrat	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%
	Canadian Alliance	Ron Young	13,302	30.7%	+3.2%
	Progressive Conservative	John Phair	5,918	13.7%	-2.2%
	New Democrat	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 Democrat	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%

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (1996 - 2003)
• Middlesex—Lambton—Kent (2003 - 2004)
• Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (2004 - )

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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