Chatham-Kent—Leamington (provincial electoral district)

Chatham-Kent—Leamington
Ontario electoral district
	Chatham-Kent—Leamington in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Trevor Jones; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	109,620
Electors (2018)	82,799
Area (km²)	3,036
Pop. density (per km²)	36.1
Census division(s)	Chatham-Kent, Essex County,
Census subdivision(s)	Chatham-Kent, Lakeshore Leamington

Chatham-Kent—Leamington (formerly Chatham-Kent—Essex and Chatham—Kent Essex) is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Essex—Kent, Chatham-Kent and Essex South.

When the riding was created, it included all of Kent County south of the Thames River, the city of Chatham, the town of Leamington and the Township of Mersea Township.

In 2007, the boundaries did not change.

As a result of the 2012 federal boundary redistricting, the name of the district was changed to Chatham-Kent—Leamington.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly	Years		Party
Chatham-Kent—Essex Riding created from Essex—Kent, Chatham—Kent and Essex South
37th	1999–2003	Pat Hoy	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
Chatham-Kent—Leamington
42nd	2018–2021	Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
	2021–2021		Independent
	2021–2022		Ontario Party
43rd	2022–present	Trevor Jones	Progressive Conservative

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Jones	17,522	47.52	−4.40	$69,271
	New Democratic	Brock McGregor	11,163	30.28	−5.43	$54,449
	Ontario Party	Rick Nicholls	5,478	14.86		$15,238
	New Blue	Rhonda Jubenville	1,463	3.97		$18,963
	Green	Jennifer Surerus	1,244	3.37	−0.17	$381
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,870	94.70	-3.92	$121,477
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			2,064	5.30	+3.92
Turnout			38,934	44.87	-11.92
Eligible voters			85,468
	Progressive Conservative gain from Ontario Party		Swing		+0.52
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	24,078	51.92	+14.09
	New Democratic	Jordan McGrail	16,558	35.71	+4.60
	Liberal	Margaret Schleier Stahl	3,736	8.06	-16.37
	Green	Mark Vercouteren	1,643	3.54	-1.72
	Independent	Drew Barry John Simpson	358	0.77	N/A
Total valid votes			46,373	98.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			647	1.38
Turnout			47,020	56.79	+5.46
Eligible voters			82,799
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]^[2]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	14,183	37.83	-3.95
	New Democratic	Dan Gelinas	11,664	31.11	+7.86
	Liberal	Terry Johnson	9,158	24.43	-7.71
	Green	Ken Bell	1,971	5.26	+2.42
	Libertarian	Douglas McLarty	514	1.37	–
Total valid votes			37,490	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.90
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]^[3] ^{[note 1]}

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	15,121	41.78	+13.08
	Liberal	Paul Watson	11,631	32.14	-19.85
	New Democratic	Aleksandra Navarro	8,415	23.25	+10.52
	Green	Holly Sullivan	1,027	2.84	-2.85
Total valid votes			36,194	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			233	0.64
Turnout			36,427	49.41
Eligible voters			73,727
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.47
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,235	69.3
	Mixed member proportional	10,734	30.7
	Total valid votes	34,969	100.0

^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b Summarized from "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ Summarized from "Graphics and Charts". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Chatham-Kent—Essex" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}