Chatham-Kent—Leamington

Chatham-Kent—Leamington is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Chatham-Kent—Essex and Essex and Lambton—Kent—Middlesex.[3]

Chatham-Kent—Leamington
Ontario electoral district
Map of southwestern Ontario showing the location of Chatham-Kent—Leamington
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Dave Epp
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]109,619
Electors (2015)78,803
Area (km²)[2]2,183
Pop. density (per km²)50.2
Census division(s)Chatham-Kent, Essex
Census subdivision(s)Chatham-Kent, Lakeshore, Leamington

Chatham-Kent—Leamington 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.[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Chatham-Kent—Leamington
Riding created from Chatham-Kent—Essex, Essex,
and Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
42nd  2015–2019     Dave Van Kesteren Conservative
43rd  2019–present Dave Epp

Election results

Graph of election results in Chatham-Kent—Leamington (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDave Epp25,35946.9+5.19$112,325.66
LiberalKatie Omstead16,89931.2-6.03none listed
New DemocraticTony Walsh8,22915.2-3.17$3,959.54
GreenMark Vercouteren2,2334.1+1.42$372.30
People'sJohn Balagtas1,0612.0-$1,212.06
MarijuanaPaul Coulbeck3070.6-$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 54,088100.0  
Total rejected ballots 450
Turnout 54,53863.3
Eligible voters 86,165
Conservative hold Swing +5.61
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDave Van Kesteren21,67741.71-11.49$119,230.26
LiberalKatie Omstead19,35137.23+20.95$64,239.01
New DemocraticTony Walsh9,54918.37-8.79$12,638.15
GreenMark Vercouleren1,3942.68-0.66$1,379.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,971100.00 $213,665.70
Total rejected ballots 2630.50
Turnout 52,23465.99
Eligible voters 79,160
Conservative notional hold Swing -16.22
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Conservative24,67253.20
  New Democratic12,59527.16
  Liberal7,55316.29
  Green1,5513.34
  Others40.01

Demographics


According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 82.2% English, 2.6% French, 1.5% Spanish, 1.3% Portuguese, 0.9% Italian, 0.8% Arabic.[10]


References

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