Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

For the provincial electoral district, see Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (provincial 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	Bev Shipley Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	105,919
Electors (2015)	80,027
Area (km²)	5,278
Pop. density (per km²)	20.1
Census divisions	Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Middlesex
Census subdivisions	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

It was created in 1996 from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex. It was renamed "Middlesex—Kent—Lambton" briefly in 2003 to 2004. While it is located in an area that was traditionally a swing area between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, it has always had a social conservative bent. The retirement of longtime MP Rose-Marie Ur in 2006 allowed Bev Shipley, her Conservative opponent in 2004, to seize the riding by a large margin. Shipley has held it ever since.

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

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Riding created from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000		Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
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–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Filson	16,629	–	–	–
	New Democratic	Rex Isaac	9,598	–	–	–
	Green	Jim Johnston	1,873	–	––	–
	Conservative	Bev Shipley	28,280	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$215,509.88
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			80,027
Source: Elections Canada

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

Canadian federal election, 2011
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	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
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

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 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

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 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.

Canadian federal election, 2000
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.

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 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

See also

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

References

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (1996 - 2003)
• Middlesex—Lambton—Kent (2003 - 2004)
• Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (2004 - 2008)
• Lambton—Kent—Middlesex 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada