Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (formerly known as Middlesex—Kent—Lambton) is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1997. The district includes all of Middlesex County except the City of

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and Thames Centre Township, all of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent north of the

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, and excluding the former City of Chatham, and the Municipalities of

Lambton Shores Lambton Shores is a municipality in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, that is on the southern shores of Lake Huron. History Lambton Shores was formed in 2001 when the Township of Bosanquet was amalgamated with the town of Forest, and the villages ...

, Brooke-Alvinston Township, Dawn Euphemia Township, Warwick Township and the Indian reserves of

Kettle Point Kettle & Stony Point First Nation ( oj, Wiiwkwedong Anishinaabek, meaning: "in/at the bay") comprises the Kettle Point reserve and Stony Point Reserve (which is under remedial cleanup after over 50 years of occupation by the Canadian Armed Forces), ...

and

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in the County of Lambton. The population in 2001 was 105,291, and the area is 5,277 km².

History

It was created in 1996 from

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

and

Lambton—Middlesex Lambton—Middlesex is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. This riding was crea ...

. It was renamed "Middlesex—Kent—Lambton" briefly in 2003 to 2004. The retirement of longtime MP

Rose-Marie Ur Rose-Marie Margaret Ur (born July 28, 1946 in Glencoe, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until 2005 and, in her final term in office, represented the riding of Middlesex—Kent— ...

in 2006 allowed

Bev Shipley Beverly "Bev" Shipley (born June 22, 1947 in Middlesex Centre, Ontario) is a retired farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex from 2006 to 2019 as a member of t ...

, her

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opponent in 2004, to seize the riding. The Tories have held the riding without serious difficulty ever since, including in 2015 during the Liberal surge that swept through Ontario. This riding lost a fraction of territory to

Chatham-Kent—Leamington Chatham-Kent—Leamington is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Chatham-Kent—Essex and Essex and Lambton—Kent—Middlesex. Chatham-Kent—Leaming ...

and gained a fraction from

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during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

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.

References

* Riding history from the

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Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (1996 - 2003)Middlesex—Lambton—Kent (2003 - 2004)Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (2004 - 2008)Lambton—Kent—Middlesex 2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

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History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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