Kingston and the Islands

Kingston and the Islands
Ontario electoral district
	Kingston and the Islands shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Gerretsen; Liberal
;
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	116,996
Electors (2015)	87,460
Area (km²)	434
Pop. density (per km²)	269.6
Census division(s)	Frontenac
Census subdivision(s)	Frontenac Islands, Kingston

Kingston and the Islands (French: Kingston et les Îles) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

It covers part of the city of Kingston, Ontario and the sparsely populated Frontenac Islands in the St. Lawrence River.

It has been represented since the 2015 federal election by Liberal Mark Gerretsen.

Demographics[]

Average family income: $68,494^[3] (2001)
Median household income: $46,310^[4]
Unemployment: 8.1%
Language, Mother Tongue: English 84%, French 3%, Other 13%
Religion: No Religious Affiliation 30%, Catholic 28%, Protestant 27%, Orthodox Christian 1%, Other Christian 10%, Muslim 2%, Jewish 1%, Other 1%^[5]
Visible Minority: Total visible minority population 9.85% (11,595), Chinese 2.1% (2,495), South Asian 2% (2,395), Black 1.5% (1,775), Arab 0.8% (1,010), Filipino 0.65 (770), Other 2.8%^[6]

History[]

The riding was created in 1966 from Kingston and parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward—Lennox.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the City of Kingston, the Townships of Howe Island, Kingston and Wolfe Island, and the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg, in the County of Frontenac; and the Township of Amherst Island in the County of Lennox and Addington.

In 1996, the Township of Pittsburgh portion of the riding was redefined to consist of the part of the township lying to the south of Highway 401.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Frontenac Islands and the City of Kingston in the County of Frontenac.

In 2013, the riding's borders were adjusted to remove the area north of Highway 401 from the riding, which became part of a new district, Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston. These new borders came into effect for the 2015 federal election.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Kingston and the Islands Riding created from Kingston, and Prince Edward—Lennox
28th	1968–1972	Edgar Benson	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Flora MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Peter Milliken	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Ted Hsu
42nd	2015–2019	Mark Gerretsen
43rd	2019–present	Mark Gerretsen

Election results[]

Graph of election results in Kingston and the Islands (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

hide2021 Canadian federal election
The 2021 general election will be held on September 20.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Gerretsen
	Green	Waji Khan
	Conservative	Gary Oosterhof
	New Democratic	Vic Sahai
	People's	Shelley Sayle-Udall
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada^[7]

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Gerretsen	31,205	45.8	-9.37	$61,590.05
	New Democratic	Barrington Walker	15,856	23.3	+6.39	none listed
	Conservative	Ruslan Yakoviychuk	13,304	19.5	-3.5	none listed
	Green	Candice Christmas	6,059	8.9	+4.19	none listed
	People's	Andy Brooke	1,769	2.6		none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			68,193	100.0
Total rejected ballots			484
Turnout			68,677	70.5
Eligible voters			97,364
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.88
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Gerretsen	36,421	55.37	+15.35	$146,934.43
	Conservative	Andy Brooke	14,928	22.70	-11.36	$97,596.78
	New Democratic	Daniel Beals	11,185	17.01	-4.61	$44,779.89
	Green	Nathan Townend	2,933	4.46	+0.15	$7,750.70
	Libertarian	Luke McAllister	305	0.46	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			65,772	100.00		$230,365.62
Total rejected ballots			242	0.37	–
Turnout			66,014	73.36	–
Eligible voters			89,990
	Liberal hold		Swing		+13.36
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,666	40.02
	Conservative	19,289	34.06
	New Democratic	12,243	21.62
	Green	2,438	4.30

hide v t 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted Hsu	23,842	39.31	+0.16
	Conservative	Alicia Gordon	21,189	34.93	+2.39
	New Democratic	Daniel Beals	13,065	21.54	+4.05
	Green	Eric Walton	2,561	4.22	−6.60
Total valid votes			60,657	100.00
Total rejected ballots			219	0.36	+0.01
Turnout			60,876	63.90	+1.90
Eligible voters			95,265

hide v t 2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	22,734	39.15	−6.8	$58,470
	Conservative	Brian Abrams	18,895	32.54	+6.5	$89,566
	New Democratic	Rick Downes	10,158	17.49	−1.7	$31,946
	Green	Eric Walton	6,282	10.82	+2.8	$28,227
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,069	100.00		$94,357
Total rejected ballots			205	0.35
Turnout			58,274	62.0

hide v t 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	28,548	45.9	−6.5	$51,251
	Conservative	Lou Grimshaw	16,230	26.1	+3.0	$60,915
	New Democratic	Rob Hutchison	11,946	19.2	+2.8	$28,094
	Green	Eric Walton	5,006	8.0	+1.9	$18,532
	Independent	Karl Eric Walker	296	0.5	+0.1	$0
	Canadian Action	Don Rogers	222	0.4	0.0	$6,360
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,248	100.0
Total rejected ballots			240
Turnout			62,488	65.97
Electors on the lists			94,720
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

hide v t 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	28,544	52.3	+0.6	$45,543.70
	Conservative	Blair MacLean	12,582	23.1	−10.4	$83,209.34
	New Democratic	Rob Hutchison	8,964	16.4	+6.8	$18,440.27
	Green	Janina Fisher Balfour	3,339	6.1	+0.9	$14,087.39
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	481	0.9	–	$1,652.04
	Independent	Rosie the Clown Elston	237	0.4	–	$134.54
	Canadian Action	Don Rogers	179	0.3	–	$6,285.00
	Independent	Karl Eric Walker	100	0.4	–	$670.21
Total valid votes			54,563	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175
Turnout			54,601	60.32
Electors on the lists			90,523
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from the 2000 election.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

hide v t 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	26,457	51.7	+2.2	$38,161.64
	Progressive Conservative	Blair MacLean	9,222	18.0	−3.8	$58,975.69
	Alliance	Kevin Goligher	7,904	15.4	+2.4	$28,534.05
	New Democratic	Gary Wilson	4,951	9.7	−2.8	$27,262.77
	Green	Chris Milburn	2,652	5.2	+3.4	$4,200.19
Total valid votes			51,186	100.0
Total rejected ballots			203
Turnout			51,389	58.53
Electors on the lists			87,793
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

hide v t 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	25,632	49.5	−7.2	$39,224
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Cooper	11,296	21.8	+3.0	$44,719
	Reform	Dave Clarke	6,761	13.1	+0.5	$33,384
	New Democratic	Gary Wilson	6,433	12.4	+5.5	$28,694
	Green	Chris Walker	902	1.7	–	$1,748
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	751	1.5	+0.2	$127
Total valid votes			51,775	100.0
Total rejected ballots			239
Turnout			52,014	62.77
Electors on the lists			82,869
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

hide v t 1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	32,372	56.46	$45,912
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Gordon	10,935	19.07	$54,157
	Reform	Sean McAdam	7,175	12.51	$32,259
	New Democratic	Mary Ann Higgs	4,051	7.06	$22,979
	National	Chris Papadopoulos	1,768	3.08	$8,171
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	663	1.16	$1,442
	Natural Law	Chris Wilson	376	0.66	$0
Total valid votes			57,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			369
Turnout			57,709	60.65
Electors on the lists			95,154
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

hide v t 1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	23,121	40.6	+12.9	$38,348
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	20,409	35.9	−19.2	$46,265
	New Democratic	Len Johnson	11,442	20.1	+7.5	$47,572
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	1,646	2.9	–	$15,262
	Libertarian	John Hayes	301	0.5	0.0	$1,295
Total valid votes			56,919	100.0
Turnout			57,188	74.26
Electors on the lists			77,014

hide1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	25,997	55.1	+13.3
	Liberal	George Speal	13,087	27.7	-11.5
	New Democratic	Andrew Currie	5,950	12.6	-5.4
	Independent	Daniel Eardley ("Pro-Life Party")	1,410	3.0
	Green	Ted Bond	478	1.0
	Libertarian	Ian Murray	258	0.5
Total valid votes			47,180	100.0

hide1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	18,146	41.8	-5.9
	Liberal	John Coleman	17,039	39.3	+6.0
	New Democratic	Stephen Foster	7,830	18.0	-0.9
	Rhinoceros	Edward Sharp	373	0.9
Total valid votes			43,388	100.0

hide1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	21,277	47.7	+1.5
	Liberal	Peter Beeman	14,866	33.3	-2.8
	New Democratic	Stephen Foster	8,472	19.0	+1.2
Total valid votes			44,615	100.0

hide1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	17,839	46.2	-7.3
	Liberal	Peter Watson	13,943	36.1	+3.1
	New Democratic	Lars Thompson	6,870	17.8	+4.2
Total valid votes			38,652	100.0

hide1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	22,824	53.4	+17.3
	Liberal	John Hazlett	14,079	33.0	-16.7
	New Democratic	Lars Thompson	5,807	13.6	-0.6
Total valid votes			42,710	100.0

hide1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edgar Benson	16,234	49.7
	Progressive Conservative	Boggart Trumpour	11,799	36.1
	New Democratic	Brendan McConnell	4,636	14.2
Total valid votes			32,669	100.0

References[]

"(Code 35036) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ "143 Kingston and the Islands". Canada Votes. CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ "Election 2006". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
^ "NHS Profile, Kingston and the Islands, Ontario, 2011". 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Kingston [Population centre], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kingston and the Islands, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 44°14′N 76°29′W / 44.23°N 76.48°W / 44.23; -76.48

[1] Statistics Canada: 2011

[2] Statistics Canada: 2011

[3] "143 Kingston and the Islands". Canada Votes. CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[4] "Election 2006". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

[5] "NHS Profile, Kingston and the Islands, Ontario, 2011". 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[6] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Kingston [Population centre], Ontario and Ontario [Province]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-07.

[7] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[8] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[9] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

[10] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kingston and the Islands, 30 September 2015

[11] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

[12] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
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Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
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