Bay of Quinte (electoral district)
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 109,488 | ||
Electors (2015) | 83,427 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 2,000 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 54.7 | ||
Census divisions | Hastings, Prince Edward | ||
Census subdivisions | Belleville, Prince Edward, Quinte West |
Bay of Quinte (French: Baie de Quinte) is a federal electoral district in central Ontario, Canada.
Bay of Quinte was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Prince Edward—Hastings (62%) and Northumberland—Quinte West (38%).[3]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Bay of Quinte Riding created from Northumberland—Quinte West and Prince Edward—Hastings |
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42nd | 2015–Present | Neil Ellis | Liberal |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Neil Ellis | 29,281 | 50.74 | +29.86 | – | |||
Conservative | Jodie Jenkins | 19,781 | 34.27 | −17.53 | – | |||
New Democratic | Terry Cassidy | 7,001 | 12.13 | −10.88 | – | |||
Green | Rachel Nelems | 1,278 | 2.21 | −1.56 | – | |||
Independent | Trueman Tuck | 372 | 0.64 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,713 | 100.00 | $220,948.02 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 211 | 0.36 | – | |||||
Turnout | 57,924 | 68.99 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 83,954 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.69 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 25,906 | 51.81 | |
New Democratic | 11,508 | 23.01 | |
Liberal | 10,441 | 20.88 | |
Green | 1,886 | 3.77 | |
Others | 265 | 0.53 |
References
- 1 2 Stastistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ Final Report – Ontario
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Bay of Quinte, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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