Lambton—Middlesex

Lambton—Middlesex is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, Lambton—Kent, Middlesex—London—Lambton and Sarnia—Lambton ridings.

It was initially defined as consisting of

(a) the County of Lambton, excluding the Townships of Moore and Sarnia and any part of the county west of them, and the Township of Moore, and any part of the county north of it, Indian Reserve No. 46, and (b) the part of the County of Middlesex west of the Townships of Biddulph, London and Westminster.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of

(a) the County of Lambton excluding the City of Sarnia, the Village of Point Edward, the townships of Moore and Sarnia, Sarnia Indian Reserve No. 45 and Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46; and (b) that part of the County of Middlesex west of and including the Townships of McGillivray, Lobo and Delaware.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, London West, Perth—Middlesex, and Sarnia—Lambton ridings.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeSidney Fraleigh 18,770
LiberalJ. Larry Condon 15,335
New DemocraticGrant Reynolds 4,585
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRalph Ferguson 17,081
Progressive ConservativeSidney Fraleigh 16,274
New DemocraticGrant Reynolds 4,617
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeSidney Fraleigh 22,501
LiberalRalph Ferguson 13,888
New DemocraticAllen Wilford 4,826
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRalph Ferguson 17,312
Progressive ConservativeSidney Fraleigh 16,857
New DemocraticLarry Ross Green 5,063
Christian HeritageJohn Koster 2,467
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRose-Marie Ur 20,292
Progressive ConservativeDavid Crone 9,369
ReformRandy Dayman 8,049
Christian HeritageKen Willis 1,599
New DemocraticJamie Hamilton 1,491
NationalLarry Farquharson 447
IndependentAlex E. Gubbels 247
Natural LawTravis Callender 165

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