Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Chatham-Kent—Leamington is a federalelectoral district inOntario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts ofChatham-Kent—Essex andEssex andLambton—Kent—Middlesex.[2]
Chatham-Kent—Leamington was created by the2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]This riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament:
Graph of election results in Chatham-Kent—Leamington (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Canadian federal election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
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| Conservative | Dave Epp | 22,435 | 40.9 | -6.0 | $77,018.86 |
| Liberal | Greg Hetherington | 15,683 | 28.6 | -2.6 | $82,487.05 |
| New Democratic | Dan Gelinas | 8,007 | 14.6 | -0.6 | $4,338.12 |
| People's | Liz Vallee | 7,892 | 14.4 | +12.4 | $17,320.60 |
| Green | Mark Vercouteren | 837 | 1.5 | -2.6 | $0.75 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,854 | 99.3 | – | $115,717.06 |
| Total rejected ballots | 400 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | 55,254 | 63.8 |
| Eligible voters | 86,615 |
| Conservativehold | Swing | -1.7 |
| Source:Elections Canada[6] |
| 2019 Canadian federal election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
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| Conservative | Dave Epp | 25,359 | 46.9 | +5.19 | $112,325.66 |
| Liberal | Katie Omstead | 16,899 | 31.2 | -6.03 | none listed |
| New Democratic | Tony Walsh | 8,229 | 15.2 | -3.17 | $3,959.54 |
| Green | Mark Vercouteren | 2,233 | 4.1 | +1.42 | $372.30 |
| People's | John Balagtas | 1,061 | 2.0 | - | $1,212.06 |
| Marijuana | Paul Coulbeck | 307 | 0.6 | - | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,088 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | 450 |
| Turnout | 54,538 | 63.3 |
| Eligible voters | 86,165 |
| Conservativehold | Swing | +5.61 |
| Source:Elections Canada[8][9] |
| 2015 Canadian federal election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
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| Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 21,677 | 41.71 | -11.49 | $119,230.26 |
| Liberal | Katie Omstead | 19,351 | 37.23 | +20.95 | $64,239.01 |
| New Democratic | Tony Walsh | 9,549 | 18.37 | -8.79 | $12,638.15 |
| Green | Mark Vercouteren | 1,394 | 2.68 | -0.66 | $1,379.30 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,971 | 100.00 | | $213,665.70 |
| Total rejected ballots | 263 | 0.50 | – |
| Turnout | 52,234 | 65.99 | – |
| Eligible voters | 79,160 |
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | -16.22 |
| Source:Elections Canada[10][11] |
- According to the2021 Canadian census[13]
- Languages:80.6% English, 3.6% German, 2.2% French, 1.6% Plautdietsch, 1.6% Spanish, 1.1% Portuguese, 1.0% Arabic
- Religions: 67.8% Christian (29.4% Catholic, 7.2% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 3.0% Anabaptist, 2.6% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.8% Presbyterian, 18.0% other), 1.3% Muslim, 29.2% none
- Median income: $38,400 (2020)
- Average income: $47,480 (2020)
Panethnic groups in Chatham-Kent—Leamington (2011−2021)| Panethnic group | 2021[14] | 2016[15] | 2011[16] |
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
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| European[a] | 95,120 | 86.05% | 95,740 | 90.35% | 99,730 | 91.91% |
| Indigenous | 3,760 | 3.4% | 3,265 | 3.08% | 2,595 | 2.39% |
| African | 3,075 | 2.78% | 2,185 | 2.06% | 1,760 | 1.62% |
| Latin American | 2,520 | 2.28% | 1,035 | 0.98% | 935 | 0.86% |
| Southeast Asian[b] | 1,770 | 1.6% | 1,295 | 1.22% | 760 | 0.7% |
| Middle Eastern[c] | 1,610 | 1.46% | 955 | 0.9% | 1,155 | 1.06% |
| South Asian | 1,420 | 1.28% | 650 | 0.61% | 635 | 0.59% |
| East Asian[d] | 645 | 0.58% | 620 | 0.59% | 710 | 0.65% |
| Other/multiracial[e] | 605 | 0.55% | 220 | 0.21% | 225 | 0.21% |
| Total responses | 110,535 | 97.26% | 105,965 | 96.67% | 108,505 | 97% |
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| Total population | 113,654 | 100% | 109,619 | 100% | 111,866 | 100% |
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Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
- ^Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority,n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
- ^abStatistics Canada: 2011
- ^Final Report – Ontario
- ^Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^"Canada Votes 2025".CBC. RetrievedNovember 25, 2025.
- ^"Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. RetrievedNovember 25, 2025.
- ^"List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election".Elections Canada. RetrievedSeptember 2, 2021.
- ^"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".Elections Canada. RetrievedApril 9, 2024.
- ^"List of confirmed candidates".Elections Canada. RetrievedOctober 4, 2019.
- ^"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. RetrievedOctober 30, 2019.
- ^Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Chatham-Kent—Leamington, 30 September 2015
- ^Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for CandidatesArchived August 15, 2015, at theWayback Machine
- ^Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022)."Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Chatham-Kent--Leamington [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario".www12.statcan.gc.ca. RetrievedMarch 10, 2023.
- ^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022)."Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".www12.statcan.gc.ca. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2024.
- ^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021)."Census Profile, 2016 Census".www12.statcan.gc.ca. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2024.
- ^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015)."NHS Profile".www12.statcan.gc.ca. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2024.
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