Chatham-Kent—Essex (formerly known as Kent—Essex) was a federal electoral district in

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, 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

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ridings. Its name was changed to the present name in 1998. The riding includes the Municipality of Chatham-Kent located south of the

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, the former City of Chatham, the Town of Leamington, and the

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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

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Politics

The riding is evenly divided between urban and rural voters, so both manufacturing and agricultural issues sway the results.

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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

Notes

External links

Federal riding history for Kent—Essex from the

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Federal riding history for Chatham-Kent—Essex from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatham-Kent-Essex Former federal electoral districts of Ontario Chatham-Kent Leamington, Ontario