Northumberland—Quinte West (provincial Electoral District)
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Northumberland—Quinte West was a provincial
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in
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,
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, that was represented in the
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between the 2007 provincial election and the 2018 provincial election. Its population in 2001 was 118,906.


Geography

The district includes the
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of
Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on ...
and the City of
Quinte West Quinte West is a city, geographically located in but administratively separated from Hastings County, in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the western end of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario. The Lake Ontario terminus of the Trent–Sev ...
.


History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 86.1% of the riding came from
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riding and 13.9% from
Prince Edward—Hastings Prince Edward—Hastings was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that existed in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 113,227. It was redistributed between Bay of Quinte electoral district an ...
riding. In 2018, the riding was dissolved into
Northumberland—Peterborough South Northumberland—Peterborough South (french: Northumberland—Peterborough-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. Northumberland—Peterborough South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legall ...
and
Bay of Quinte The Bay of Quinte () is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of ...
.


Members of Provincial Parliament


Election results

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2007 electoral reform referendum


Sources


Elections Ontario 2011 Candidates Northumberland--Quinte West
{{DEFAULTSORT:Northumberland-Quinte West (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario Cobourg Quinte West