Northumberland—Peterborough South (french: Northumberland—Peterborough-Sud) is a federal

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. Northumberland—Peterborough South 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

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, scheduled for 19 October 2015. 77% of the riding was formed from Northumberland—Quinte West, 13% from

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and 10% from

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

. The riding was originally intended to be named Northumberland—Pine Ridge.

Geography

The riding is located in

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along

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. It contains the entirety of Northumberland County, southern

and the eastern half of the municipality of

Clarington Clarington ( 2021 population 101,427) is a lower-tier municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated in 1973 as the town of Newcastle with the merging of the town of Bowmanville, the Village of Newca ...

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation'' Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 2.5% Aboriginal
Languages: 94.0% English, 1.6% French
Religions: 71.3% Christian (20.1% United Church, 19.4% Catholic, 12.8% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 2.8% Baptist, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.2% Lutheran, 9.5% Other), 27.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $30,350
Average income (2010): $38,693

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Northumberland-Peterborough South Ontario federal electoral districts Clarington Cobourg Politics of Peterborough, Ontario