Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

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Lambton—Kent—Middlesex in relation to southern Ontario ridings

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (formerly known as Middlesex—Kent—Lambton) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

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.

1 Federal electoral district
- 1.1 Members of Parliament
2 Provincial electoral district
- 2.1 Members of Provincial Parliament
3 Federal election results
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Rose-Marie Ur, Liberal (1997-2006)
Bev Shipley, Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

Marcel Beaubien, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
Maria Van Bommel, Liberal (2003-present)

Considered a bellwether or swing riding, the area tends to attract frequent visits by party leaders during elections. The political instability of the riding is largely attributed to the diversity of political and religious opinion within its borders. A rural riding by nature, the issues of gun control and abortion arise frequently during town-hall meetings and elections. At the same time the largely Liberal areas of Strathroy and Petrolia tend to balance the more conservative rural regions. The New Democratic Party of Ontario (NDP) also has pockets of support in Wallaceburg.

During the 1999 election, the riding attracted controversy as it included Ipperwash Provincial Park - the sight of the 1995 stand-off between the Ontario Provincial Police and native land protesters. Political events in the riding became frequent targets for further protests by natives unhappy with the Conservative Government's handling of the Ipperwash Affair and the associated shooting death of protester Dudley George. Despite the controversy, Progressive Conservative MPP Marcel Beaubien was re-elected to the Ontario Legislature, despite a strong campaign by Liberal and municipal polician Larry O'Neil and an aggressive campaign by New Democrat Jim Lee, then-President of UAW Local 251[1] [2].

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	25,170	46.3
	Liberal	Jeff Wesley	16,935	31.2
	New Democratic Party	Kevin Blake	9,286	17.1
	Green	Jim Johnston	2,156	4.0
	Christian Heritage	Michael Adrian Janssens	799	1.5

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rose-Marie Ur	19,452
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	19,288
	New Democrat	Kevin Blake	7,376
	Green	Allan McKeown	1,834
	Christian Heritage	Allan James	1,015

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rose-Marie Ur	21,124
	Canadian Alliance	Ron Young	13,302
	Progressive Conservative	John Phair	5,918
	New Democrat	Joyce Jolliffe	1,871
	Independent	Roger James	365
	Green	Dan Valkos	341
	Canadian Action	Eva Cryderman	341

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rose-Marie Ur	21,155
	Reform	Brian Richardson	12,602
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Alderson	7,256
	New Democrat	Bela Trebics	2,440
	Christian Heritage	Ken Willis	1,785
	Independent	Larry Farquharson	257
	Green	David Drabbant	256

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (1996 - 2003)
[http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1353&Include= Middlesex—Lambton—Kent (2003 - 2004)
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (2004 - )

Federal Ridings in Southwestern Ontario
Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Essex \| Elgin—Middlesex—London \| Essex \| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex \| Sarnia—Lambton
New Democratic	London—Fanshawe \| Windsor—Tecumseh \| Windsor West
Liberal	London North Centre \| London West

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie \| Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound \| Dufferin—Caledon \| Durham \| Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock \| Newmarket—Aurora \| Northumberland—Quinte West \| Peterborough \| Simcoe—Grey \| Simcoe North \| York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell \| Kingston and the Islands \| Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington \| Leeds—Grenville \| Prince Edward—Hastings \| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke \| Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering \| Beaches—East York \| Bramalea—Gore—Malton \| Brampton—Springdale \| Brampton West \| Davenport \| Don Valley East \| Don Valley West \| Eglinton—Lawrence \| Etobicoke Centre \| Etobicoke—Lakeshore \| Etobicoke North \| Markham—Unionville \| Mississauga—Brampton South \| Mississauga East—Cooksville \| Mississauga—Erindale \| Mississauga South \| Mississauga—Streetsville \| Oak Ridges—Markham \| Oshawa \| Parkdale—High Park \| Pickering—Scarborough East \| Richmond Hill \| St. Paul's \| Scarborough—Agincourt \| Scarborough Centre \| Scarborough—Guildwood \| Scarborough—Rouge River \| Scarborough Southwest \| Thornhill \| Toronto Centre \| Toronto—Danforth \| Trinity—Spadina \| Vaughan \| Whitby—Oshawa \| Willowdale \| York Centre \| York South—Weston \| York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale \| Burlington \| Halton \| Hamilton Centre \| Hamilton East—Stoney Creek \| Hamilton Mountain \| Niagara Falls \| Niagara West—Glanbrook \| Oakville \| St. Catharines \| Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant \| Cambridge \| Guelph \| Haldimand—Norfolk \| Huron—Bruce \| Kitchener Centre \| Kitchener—Conestoga \| Kitchener—Waterloo \| Oxford \| Perth—Wellington \| Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing \| Kenora \| Nickel Belt \| Nipissing—Timiskaming \| Parry Sound—Muskoka \| Sault Ste. Marie \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay—Rainy River \| Thunder Bay—Superior North \| Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex \| Elgin—Middlesex—London \| Essex \| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex \| London—Fanshawe \| London North Centre \| London West \| Sarnia—Lambton \| Windsor—Tecumseh \| Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills \| Nepean—Carleton \| Ottawa Centre \| Ottawa—Orléans \| Ottawa South \| Ottawa—Vanier \| Ottawa West—Nepean