Chatham-Kent—Leamington (provincial electoral district)

Chatham-Kent—Leamington
Ontario electoral district
	Chatham-Kent—Leamington in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Rick Nicholls; Ontario Party
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2016)	109,619
Electors (2007)	72,708
Area (km²)	1,924
Pop. density (per km²)	57
Census division(s)	Chatham-Kent, Essex County,
Census subdivision(s)	Chatham-Kent, Lakeshore Leamington

Chatham-Kent-Essex 2003 to 2018

Chatham-Kent—Leamington (formerly Chatham-Kent—Essex and Chatham—Kent Essex) is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Essex—Kent, Chatham-Kent and Essex South.

When the riding was created, it included all of Kent County south of the Thames River, the city of Chatham, the town of Leamington and the Township of Mersea Township.

In 2007, the boundaries did not change.

As a result of the 2012 federal boundary redistricting, the name of the district was changed to Chatham-Kent—Leamington.

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

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

Assembly	Years		Party
Chatham-Kent—Essex Riding created from Essex—Kent, Chatham—Kent and Essex South
37th	1999–2003	Pat Hoy	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
Chatham-Kent—Leamington
42nd	2018–2021	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
	2021–2021		Independent
	2021–present		Ontario Party

Election results[]

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	24,078	51.92	+14.09
	New Democratic	Jordan McGrail	16,558	35.71	+4.60
	Liberal	Margaret Schleier Stahl	3,736	8.06	-16.37
	Green	Mark Vercouteren	1,643	3.54	-1.72
	Independent	Drew Barry John Simpson	358	0.77	N/A
Total valid votes			46,373	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	14,183	37.83	-3.95
	New Democratic	Dan Gelinas	11,664	31.11	+7.86
	Liberal	Terry Johnson	9,158	24.43	-7.71
	Green	Ken Bell	1,971	5.26	+2.42
	Libertarian	Douglas McLarty	514	1.37	–
Total valid votes			37,490	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.90
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	15,121	41.78	+13.08
	Liberal	Paul Watson	11,631	32.14	-19.85
	New Democratic	Aleksandra Navarro	8,415	23.25	+10.52
	Green	Holly Sullivan	1,027	2.84	-2.85
Total valid votes			36,194	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			233	0.64
Turnout			36,427	49.41
Eligible voters			73,727
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.47
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	18,782	51.98	-6.93
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Jackson	10,367	28.69	-0.60
	New Democratic	Murray Gaudreau	4,601	12.73	+5.04
	Green	Ken Bell	2,054	5.69	*
	Family Coalition	Mark Morin	326	0.90
Total valid votes			36,130	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.16

^ Change based on redistributed results

2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	23,022	59.26	+3.22
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Wilkinson	11,586	29.82	-7.72
	New Democratic	Derry McKeever	2,893	7.45	+2.10
	Green	Jim Burgess	1,069	2.75	+1.68
	Freedom	David Rodman	281	0.72
Total valid votes			38,851	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	24,239	56.04
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Carroll	16,238	37.54
	New Democratic	Brian Sharp	2,316	5.35
	Green	Greg Zolad	462	1.07
Total valid votes			43,255	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,235	69.3
	Mixed member proportional	10,734	30.7
	Total valid votes	34,969	100.0

Sources[]

^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 014 Chatham-Kent-Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Chatham-Kent—Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

Coordinates: 42°17′N 82°17′W / 42.28°N 82.29°W / 42.28; -82.29

[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 014 Chatham-Kent-Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Chatham-Kent—Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

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