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]
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![]() Map of southwestern Ontario showing the location of Chatham-Kent—Leamington | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, 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]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Chatham-Kent—Leamington Riding created from Chatham-Kent—Essex, Essex, and Lambton—Kent—Middlesex |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Dave Van Kesteren | Conservative | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | Dave Epp | ||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dave Epp | 22,435 | 40.9 | -6.0 | ||||
Liberal | Greg Hetherington | 15,683 | 28.6 | -2.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Dan Gelinas | 8,007 | 14.6 | -0.6 | ||||
People's | Liz Vallee | 7,892 | 14.4 | +12.4 | ||||
Green | Mark Vercouteren | 837 | 1.5 | -2.6 | ||||
Total valid votes | 54,854 | 99.3 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 400 | 0.7 | ||||||
Turnout | 55,254 | 63.8 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 86,615 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dave Epp | 25,359 | 46.9 | +5.19 | $112,325.66 | |||
Liberal | Katie Omstead | 16,899 | 31.2 | -6.03 | none listed | |||
New Democratic | Tony Walsh | 8,229 | 15.2 | -3.17 | $3,959.54 | |||
Green | Mark Vercouteren | 2,233 | 4.1 | +1.42 | $372.30 | |||
People's | John Balagtas | 1,061 | 2.0 | - | $1,212.06 | |||
Marijuana | Paul Coulbeck | 307 | 0.6 | - | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,088 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 450 | |||||||
Turnout | 54,538 | 63.3 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 86,165 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.61 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 21,677 | 41.71 | -11.49 | $119,230.26 | |||
Liberal | Katie Omstead | 19,351 | 37.23 | +20.95 | $64,239.01 | |||
New Democratic | Tony Walsh | 9,549 | 18.37 | -8.79 | $12,638.15 | |||
Green | Mark Vercouteren | 1,394 | 2.68 | -0.66 | $1,379.30 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,971 | 100.00 | $213,665.70 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 263 | 0.50 | – | |||||
Turnout | 52,234 | 65.99 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 79,160 | |||||||
Conservative notional hold | Swing | -16.22 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 24,672 | 53.20 | |
New Democratic | 12,595 | 27.16 | |
Liberal | 7,553 | 16.29 | |
Green | 1,551 | 3.34 | |
Others | 4 | 0.01 |
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