Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (federal electoral district)

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	Lianne Rood; Conservative
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District created	1996
District abolished	2023
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	105,331
Electors (2015)	80,027
Area (km²)	5,278
Pop. density (per km²)	20
Census division(s)	Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	Chatham-Kent, Strathroy-Caradoc, Middlesex Centre, Lambton Shores, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex, Lucan Biddulph, Warwick, Adelaide Metcalfe, Brooke-Alvinston

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

History[edit]

It was created in 1996 from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex. It was renamed "Middlesex—Kent—Lambton" briefly in 2003 to 2004. The retirement of longtime MP Rose-Marie Ur in 2006 allowed Bev Shipley, her Conservative opponent in 2004, to seize the riding. The Tories have held the riding without serious difficulty ever since, including in 2015 during the Liberal surge that swept through Ontario.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Chatham-Kent—Leamington and gained a fraction from Chatham-Kent—Essex during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 4.9% Indigenous

Languages: 90.5% English, 1.5% Dutch, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.0% French, 1.0% German

Religions: 63.6% Christian (25.1% Catholic, 10.8% United Church, 5.3% Anglican, 3.2% Presbyterian, 2.6% Baptist, 1.4% Reformed, 1.2% Pentecostal, 14.0% Other), 35.0% None

Median income: $42,400 (2020)

Average income: $52,400 (2020)

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Riding created from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000	Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
38th	2004–2006	Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
39th	2006–2008	Bev Shipley	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021	Lianne Rood
44th	2021–present	Lianne Rood
Riding dissolved into Chatham-Kent—Leamington, Middlesex—London and Sarnia—Lambton

Election results[edit]

Graph of election results in Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lianne Rood	29,431	48.5	-0.5	$82,620.80
	Liberal	Sudit Ranade	12,552	20.7	-4.7	$52,090.97
	New Democratic	Jason Henry	11,107	18.3	+2.3	$24,765.53
	People's	Kevin Mitchell	6,567	10.8	+7.7	none listed
	Green	Jeremy Hull	1,035	1.7	-4.2	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,692	99.3	–	$119,546.07
Total rejected ballots			439	0.7
Turnout			61,131	67.0
Eligible voters			91,287
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.1
Source: Elections Canada^[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lianne Rood	28,651	49.0	-1.21	$54,723.60
	Liberal	Jesse McCormick	14,814	25.4	-4.04	$46,738.25
	New Democratic	Dylan Mclay	9,355	16.0	-1.03	$12,335.66
	Green	Anthony Li	3,463	5.9	+2.61	$4,322.75
	People's	Bria Atkins	1,804	3.1	-	none listed
	Veterans Coalition	Rob Lalande	325	0.6	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,412	100.0
Total rejected ballots			434
Turnout			58,846	66.6
Eligible voters			88,402
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.42
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	28,300	50.21	-7.54	$116,751.48
	Liberal	Ken Filson	16,529	29.44	+15.29	$43,000.46
	New Democratic	Rex Isaac	9,598	17.03	-6.92	$18,556.39
	Green	Jim Johnston	1,873	3.32	-0.01	$8,429.50
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,363	100.00		$216,100.07
Total rejected ballots			224	0.40	–
Turnout			56,587	70.15	–
Eligible voters			80,666
	Conservative hold		Swing		-11.41
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,322	57.75
	New Democratic	12,163	23.95
	Liberal	7,186	14.15
	Green	1,693	3.33
	Christian Heritage	413	0.81

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	29,546	57.7	+6.4	–
	New Democratic	Joe Hill	12,299	24.0	+8.5	–
	Liberal	Gayle Stucke	7,264	14.2	-10.5	–
	Green	Jim Johnston	1,701	3.3	-3.8	–
	Christian Heritage	Mike Janssens	413	0.8	-0.6	–
Total valid votes			51,223	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			229	0.45	+0.05
Turnout			51,452	65.23	+4.13
Eligible voters			78,820	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	24,516	51.28	+5.0	$72,430
	Liberal	Jeff Wesley	11,812	24.70	-6.5	$53,100
	New Democratic	Joe Hill	7,427	15.53	-1.6	$6,696
	Green	Jim Johnston	3,386	7.08	+3.0	$2,161
	Christian Heritage	Mike Janssens	663	1.38	-0.1	$1,599
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,804	100.00	$84,909
Total rejected ballots			193	0.40
Turnout			47,997	61.10

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	25,170	46.3	+6.9
	Liberal	Jeff Wesley	16,935	31.2	-8.5
	New Democratic	Kevin Blake	9,286	17.1	+2.0
	Green	Jim Johnston	2,156	4.0	+0.3
	Christian Heritage	Mike Janssens	799	1.5	-0.6
Total valid votes			54,346	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rose-Marie Ur	19,452	39.7	-9.1
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	19,288	39.4	-5.0
	New Democratic	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.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rose-Marie Ur	21,124	48.8	+2.6
	Alliance	Ron Young	13,302	30.7	+3.2
	Progressive Conservative	John Phair	5,918	13.7	-2.2
	New Democratic	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.

1997 Canadian federal election
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 Democratic	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

References[edit]

"Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (federal electoral district) (Code 35046) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes[edit]

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lambton--Kent--Middlesex [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lambton--Kent--Middlesex [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[4] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[5] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[6] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

[7] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, 30 September 2015

[8] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Liberal	London North Centre London West Windsor—Tecumseh
New Democratic	London—Fanshawe Windsor West