Essex—Kent

Essex—Kent was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997.

Essex—Kent

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1996
First contested	1979
Last contested	1993

It was created in 1976 from parts of Essex—Windsor, Kent—Essex and Lambton—Kent ridings, and initially consisted of the Townships of Colchester South, Gosfield North, Gosfield South, Mersea and Pelee, in the County of Essex, but excluding the Town of Essex, and Townships of Harwich, Raleigh, Romney and Tilbury East, including the Town of Tilbury, in the County of Kent.

In 1987, Essex—Kent was re-defined to consist of the towns of Harrow, Kingsville and Leamington and the townships of Colchester North, Colchester South, Gosfield North, Gosfield South, Mersea and Pelee in the County of Essex, and the towns of Blenheim and Tilbury and the villages of Erieau, Erie Beach and Wheatley in the County of Kent.

The electoral district was redistributed in 1996 in to Essex and Kent—Essex ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kent—Essex, Essex—Windsor and Lambton—Kent
31st	1979–1980		Robert Daudlin	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		James Eber Caldwell	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Jerry Pickard	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Essex and Kent—Essex

Electoral history

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Daudlin	14,457
	Progressive Conservative	David Conklin	13,181
	New Democratic	Ralph Wensley	4,759

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Daudlin	16,898
	Progressive Conservative	Hank Vanderpol	9,930
	New Democratic	David Wurfel	5,083

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Eber Caldwell	18,661
	Liberal	Hugo Tiessen	9,268
	New Democratic	Peter Toye	4,234

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	18,634
	Progressive Conservative	James Eber Caldwell	12,181
	New Democratic	John Coggans	6,935

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jerry Pickard	21,865
	Reform	Wayne Abbott	6,411
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Charles Flood	4,742
	New Democratic	Mike Darnell	2,005
	Natural Law	Lester Newby	226

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada