Chatham-Kent—Essex

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Chatham-Kent—Essex

Ontario electoral district

Chatham-Kent—Essex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Dave Van Kesteren
Conservative

District created

1996

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

105,579

Electors (2011)

74,973

Area (km²)^[2]

1,795.47

Pop. density (per km²)

58.8

Census divisions

Chatham-Kent, Essex

Census subdivisions

Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Moravian 47

For the provincial electoral district, see Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district).

Chatham-Kent—Essex (formerly known as Kent—Essex) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

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 member of the Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
36th	1997–2000		Jerry Pickard	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Dave Van Kesteren	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

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,^[3] but the Conservatives held on to the riding in 2008 and 2011.

Federal election results

Chatham-Kent—Essex

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	23,360	53.8	+5.9	–
	New Democratic	Ron Franko	11,449	26.3	+9.8	–
	Liberal	Matt Daudlin	7,172	16.5	-12.6	–
	Green	Rob Hodgson	1,470	3.4	+0.5	–
Total valid votes			43,451	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			221	0.05
Turnout			43,672	59.43
Total eligible voters			73,484

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	19,960	47.9	+5.1	$70,361
	Liberal	Matt Daudlin	12,127	29.1	-2.2	$46,213
	New Democratic	Ron Cadotte	6,850	16.5	-5.9	$6,134
	Green	Alina Abbott	2,712	6.5	+2.9	$1,214
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,649	100.0	$82,648
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			–

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	20,820	42.8	+5.1
	Liberal	Jim Comiskey	15,204	31.3	-8.3
	New Democratic	Kathleen Kevany	10,875	22.4	+5.3
	Green	Ken Bell	1,737	3.6	-0.6
Total valid votes			48,636	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	17,435	39.6	-10.1
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	17,028	38.7	-3.7
	New Democratic	Kathleen Kevany	7,538	17.1	+11.6
	Green	Rod Hetherington	1,845	4.2	+2.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Mondaca	150	0.3
Total valid votes			43,996	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	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	20,085	49.7	-0.5
	Alliance	Sean Smart	12,957	32.1	+11.1
	Progressive Conservative	Ryan Bailey	4,156	10.3	-5.2
	New Democratic	Susan MacKay	2,209	5.5	-4.7
	Green	Bobby Clarke	715	1.8	+1.1
	Canadian Action	Dudley Smith	213	0.5	-0.6
	Independent	Louis Duke	73	0.2
Total valid votes			40,408	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Kent—Essex

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	21,451	50.2
	Reform	Don R. Clarke	8,941	20.9
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawryluk	6,634	15.5
	New Democratic	Derry McKeever	4,323	10.1
	Christian Heritage	Roger James	621	1.5
	Canadian Action	Victor Knight	470	1.1
	Green	Greg Zolad	291	0.7
Total valid votes			42,731	100.0

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

"(Code 35013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada
↑ Statistics Canada
↑ Boughner (2008). "Liberal leader Stephane Dion to visit Monday". Chatham Daily News. Retrieved 6 April 2011.

External links

v t e Federal ridings in Southwestern Ontario

Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton

New Democratic	London—Fanshawe Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

v t e Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering Beaches—East York Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Markham—Unionville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Parkdale—High Park Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill St. Paul's Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest Thornhill Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook Oakville St. Catharines Welland

Midwestern Ontario	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Kenora Nickel Belt Nipissing—Timiskaming Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North Timmins—James Bay

Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

Coordinates: 42°16′37″N 82°17′17″W / 42.277°N 82.288°W / 42.277; -82.288

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