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Chatham-Kent—Essex (federal electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| province | Ontario |
| image | Chatham-Kent-Essex.png |
| caption | Chatham-Kent—Essex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts |
| fed-status | defunct |
| fed-district-number | 35013 |
| fed-created | 1996 |
| fed-abolished | 2013 |
| fed-election-first | 1997 |
| fed-election-last | 2011 |
| demo-pop-ref | |
| demo-area-ref | |
| demo-census-date | 2011 |
| demo-pop | 105579 |
| demo-electors | 74973 |
| demo-electors-date | 2011 |
| demo-area | 1795.47 |
| demo-cd | Chatham-Kent, Essex |
| demo-csd | Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Moravian 47 |
| fed-status = defunct | fed-district-number = 35013 | fed-created = 1996 | fed-abolished = 2013 | fed-election-first = 1997 | fed-election-last = 2011 | fed-rep = | fed-rep-link = | fed-rep-party = | fed-rep-party-link = | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = 2011 | demo-pop = 105579 | demo-electors = 74973 | demo-electors-date = 2011 | demo-area = 1795.47 | demo-cd = Chatham-Kent, Essex | demo-csd = Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Moravian 47
Chatham-Kent—Essex (formerly known as Kent—Essex) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.
Federal riding
The federal riding was created in 1996 as "Kent—Essex" from Essex—Kent and Kent ridings. Its name was changed to the present name in 1998.
The riding includes the Municipality of Chatham-Kent located south of the Thames River, the former City of Chatham, the Town of Leamington, and the Indian reserve of Moravian 47. The population in 2001 was 106,144 and the area is 1,924 km2.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the members of Parliament:
| Assembly# = 36 | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 37 | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 38 | Assembly# = 39 | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 40 | Assembly# = 41
Politics
The riding is evenly divided between urban and rural voters, so both manufacturing and agricultural issues sway the results.
Jerry Pickard retired just before the 2006 election campaign, and the federal Conservatives won this riding in the January 23, 2006 election on the back of a promise to help farmers by scrapping the CAIS program. Area farmers believe this promise has not been kept, but the Conservatives held on to the riding in 2008 and 2011.
Federal election results
Chatham-Kent—Essex
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Kent—Essex
References
References
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]
- Boughner. (2008). "Liberal leader Stephane Dion to visit Monday". Chatham Daily News.
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