Chatham-Kent—Essex (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Chatham-Kent—Essex (provincial electoral district).

Chatham-Kent—Essex

Ontario electoral district
Chatham-Kent—Essex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2013
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	105,579
Electors (2011)	74,973
Area (km²)	1,795.47
Census division(s)	Chatham-Kent, Essex
Census subdivision(s)	Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Moravian 47

Chatham-Kent—Essex (formerly known as Kent—Essex) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, 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 Kent ridings. Its name was changed to the present name in 1998.

The riding includes the Municipality of Chatham-Kent located south of the Thames River, the former City of Chatham, the Town of Leamington, and the Indian reserve 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 members of the members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kent—Essex Riding created from Essex—Kent and Kent
36th	1997–2000		Jerry Pickard	Liberal
Chatham-Kent—Essex
37th	2000–2004		Jerry Pickard	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Dave Van Kesteren	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Chatham-Kent—Leamington

Politics

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

Jerry Pickard 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

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	23,360	53.8	+5.9	–
	New Democratic	Ron Franko	11,449	26.3	+9.8	–
	Liberal	Matt Daudlin	7,172	16.5	-12.6	–
	Green	Rob Hodgson	1,470	3.4	+0.5	–
Total valid votes			43,451	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			221	0.05
Turnout			43,672	59.43
Total eligible voters			73,484

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	19,960	47.9	+5.1	$70,361
	Liberal	Matt Daudlin	12,127	29.1	-2.2	$46,213
	New Democratic	Ron Cadotte	6,850	16.5	-5.9	$6,134
	Green	Alina Abbott	2,712	6.5	+2.9	$1,214
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,649	100.0	$82,648
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			–

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	20,820	42.8	+5.1
	Liberal	Jim Comiskey	15,204	31.3	-8.3
	New Democratic	Kathleen Kevany	10,875	22.4	+5.3
	Green	Ken Bell	1,737	3.6	-0.6
Total valid votes			48,636	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	17,435	39.6	-10.1
	Conservative	Dave Van Kesteren	17,028	38.7	-3.7
	New Democratic	Kathleen Kevany	7,538	17.1	+11.6
	Green	Rod Hetherington	1,845	4.2	+2.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Mondaca	150	0.3
Total valid votes			43,996	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	20,085	49.7	-0.5
	Alliance	Sean Smart	12,957	32.1	+11.1
	Progressive Conservative	Ryan Bailey	4,156	10.3	-5.2
	New Democratic	Susan MacKay	2,209	5.5	-4.7
	Green	Bobby Clarke	715	1.8	+1.1
	Canadian Action	Dudley Smith	213	0.5	-0.6
	Independent	Louis Duke	73	0.2
Total valid votes			40,408	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Kent—Essex

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	21,451	50.2
	Reform	Don R. Clarke	8,941	20.9
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawryluk	6,634	15.5
	New Democratic	Derry McKeever	4,323	10.1
	Christian Heritage	Roger James	621	1.5
	Canadian Action	Victor Knight	470	1.1
	Green	Greg Zolad	291	0.7
Total valid votes			42,731	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Chatham-Kent—Essex (federal electoral district) (Code 35013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

External links

• Federal riding history for Kent—Essex from the Library of Parliament
• Federal riding history for Chatham-Kent—Essex from the Library of Parliament
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada