Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (provincial electoral district)

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Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Ontario electoral district
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created2006
District abolished2018
First contested2007
Last contested2014
Demographics
Population (2011)119,617
Electors (2006)88,185
Area (km²)9,639
Census division(s)Frontenac, Lanark, Lennox and Addington
Census subdivision(s)Addington Highlands, Beckwith, Carleton Place, Central Frontenac, Drummond/North Elmsley, Greater Napanee, Lanark Highlands, Loyalist, Montague, North Frontenac, Perth, Smiths Falls, South Frontenac, Stone Mills, Tay Valley

Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2018. The new riding was created in 2003 from parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark—Carleton ridings.

In the 2007 provincial election, the MPPs representing the two predecessor ridings of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark—Carleton chose to run, respectively, in the newly created ridings of Prince Edward—Hastings to the west of the new riding, and Carleton—Mississippi Mills to its east. As a result, the riding had no incumbent, and was contested by candidates who had never previously held office. Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC) candidate Randy Hillier won by a narrow margin of less than one thousand votes, one of only three victories for a PC candidate in a non-incumbent-held riding.

Hillier would go on to win two additional victories in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington; he was the only MPP to represent the district during its eleven-year existence.

The district was abolished at the time of the 2018 general election; the Lanark County and Frontenac components of the riding were redistributed to the new district of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, while Lennox and Addington County was redistributed to the new district of Hastings—Lennox and Addington.

Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
and Lanark—Carleton
39th  2007–2011     Randy Hillier Progressive Conservative
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
Riding dissolved into Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
and Hastings—Lennox and Addington

Election results[edit]

2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Randy Hillier 21,966 43.52 −6.60
Liberal Bill MacDonald 15,037 29.79 +1.91
New Democratic David Parkhill 10,184 20.18 +2.09
Green Cam Mather 3,283 6.50 +2.59
Total valid votes 50,470 100.0   +12.48
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −4.26
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records – 041, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Randy Hillier 22,457 50.12 +9.54 $ 65,499.77
Liberal Bill MacDonald 12,490 27.88 −10.88 18,494.07
New Democratic David Parkhill 8,104 18.09 +5.56 12,232.90
Green Nancy Matte 1,754 3.91 −3.19 8,407.12
Total valid votes / expense limit 44,805 100.0   −0.16 $ 106,088.50
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 157 0.35 −0.25
Turnout 44,962 50.43 −1.65
Eligible voters 89,150   +2.85
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.21
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Randy Hillier 18,213 40.58 $ 63,966.57
Liberal Ian Wilson 17,393 38.76 58,029.71
New Democratic Ross Sutherland 5,623 12.53 13,994.38
Green Rolly Montpellier 3,186 7.10 5,548.28
Family Coalition Stella Postma 462 1.03 180.41
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,877 100.0   $ 93,616.56
Total rejected ballots 271 0.60
Turnout 45,148 52.08
Eligible voters 86,682  

2007 electoral reform referendum[edit]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 29,290 66.7
Mixed member proportional 14,656 33.3
Total valid votes 43,946 100.0

References[edit]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontariovotes2011/#/41

External links[edit]

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