Chatham-Kent—Leamington (federal electoral district)
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 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 109,619 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 78,803 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 2,183 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 50.2 | ||
| Census division(s) | Chatham-Kent, Essex | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Moravian, Pelee | ||
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Chatham-Kent—Leamington is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Chatham-Kent—Essex and Essex and Lambton—Kent—Middlesex.[2]
Chatham-Kent—Leamington was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[3]
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham-Kent—Leamington Riding created from Chatham-Kent—Essex, Essex, and Lambton—Kent—Middlesex |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Dave Van Kesteren | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Dave Epp | ||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
Graph of election results in Chatham-Kent—Leamington (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dave Epp | 41,612 | 57.5 | +15.08 | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Pickard | 25,978 | 35.9 | +9.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Seamus McInnis Fleming | 2,943 | 4.1 | –10.54 | ||||
| People's | Trevor Lee | 1,061 | 1.5 | –13.24 | ||||
| Green | James Plunkett | 757 | 1.0 | –0.47 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 72,351 | 99.4 | +0.1 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 444 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 72,795 | 68.5 | +4.7 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 106,351 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.96 | ||||||
| Source: CBC[4], Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| 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 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 27,528 | 42.43 | |
| Liberal | 17,345 | 26.74 | |
| People's | 9,544 | 14.71 | |
| New Democratic | 9,477 | 14.61 | |
| Green | 983 | 1.52 | |
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| 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 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.61 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| 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 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | -16.22 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 24,672 | 53.20 | |
| New Democratic | 12,595 | 27.16 | |
| Liberal | 7,553 | 16.29 | |
| Green | 1,551 | 3.34 | |
| Others | 4 | 0.01 | |
Demographics
- According to the 2021 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 group | 2021[14] | 2016[15] | 2011[16] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| 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% | ||||||||
| Total population | 113,654 | 100% | 109,619 | 100% | 111,866 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||