Kingston and the Islands (provincial electoral district)

Kingston and the Islands
Ontario electoral district
	Kingston and the Islands shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Ted Hsu; Liberal
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District created	1966
First contested	1967
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)	126,106
Electors (2025)	105,697
Area (km²)	665
Pop. density (per km²)	189.6
Census division	Frontenac
Census subdivision(s)	Frontenac Islands, Kingston

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Ted Hsu
Liberal

District created1966

First contested1967

Kingston and the Islands is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1967.

It covers the city of Kingston and the nearby areas, including the sparsely populated Frontenac Islands in the St. Lawrence River. It has been represented by Ted Hsu since 2022.

Kingston and the Islands
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kingston
28th	1967–1971		Syl Apps	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975		Syl Apps
30th	1975–1977		Keith Norton
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Ken Keyes	Liberal
34th	1987–1990		Ken Keyes	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Gary Wilson	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		John Gerretsen	Liberal
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018		Sophie Kiwala
42nd	2018–2022		Ian Arthur	New Democratic
43rd	2022–2025		Ted Hsu	Liberal
44th	2025–present		Ted Hsu	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[8]

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted Hsu	33,288	61.57	+23.91	$72,496
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Chapelle	12,022	22.24	-2.32	$50,937
	New Democratic	Elliot Ugalde	6,663	12.32	-18.83	$39,682
	Green	Zachary Typhair	1,195	2.21	-1.07	$7,532
	Ontario Party	Allan Wilson	566	1.05	-0.65	N/A
	None of the Above	James McNair	331	0.61		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,065	99.24	–0.25	$176,327
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			412	0.76	+0.25
Turnout			54,477	49.74	+2.90
Eligible voters			109,520
	Liberal hold		Swing		+13.12
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted Hsu	18,360	37.66	+10.14	$75,749
	New Democratic	Mary Rita Holland	15,186	31.15	−8.00	$130,691
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Bennett	11,973	24.56	−1.52	$62,419
	Green	Zachary Typhair	1,601	3.28	−3.14	$15,397
	Ontario Party	Shalea Beckwith	827	1.70		$7,396
	New Blue	Stephen Skyvington	429	0.88		$7,078
	Independent	Shelley Joanne Galloway	130	0.27		$0
	Communist	Sebastian Vaillancourt	123	0.25		$0
	Consensus Ontario	Laurel Claus Johnson	120	0.25		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,749	99.49		$146,496
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			249	0.51	−0.40
Turnout			48,998	46.84	−10.45
Eligible voters			104,601
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.07
Source(s) "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 2025.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election: Kingston and the Islands
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ian Arthur	21,788	39.16	+9.73
	Liberal	Sophie Kiwala	15,312	27.52	−14.54
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Bennett	14,512	26.08	+5.28
	Green	Robert Kiley	3,574	6.42	−0.81
	Libertarian	Heather Cunningham	274	0.49
	Trillium	Andre Imbeault	184	0.33
Total valid votes			55,644	99.09
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			510	0.91
Turnout			56,154	57.29
Eligible voters			98,020
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.14
Source: Elections Ontario^[10]

2014 general election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,698	42.06
	New Democratic	13,781	29.42
	Progressive Conservative	9,744	20.80
	Green	3,388	7.23
	Freedom	224	0.48

Kingston and the Islands (provincial electoral district)

Boundaries

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

See also

References

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,473	54.6
	Mixed member proportional	21,968	45.4
	Total valid votes	48,431	100.0

v t e Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	21,028	48.84	+1.61	$ 71,020.00
	New Democratic	Mary Rita Holland	10,241	23.79	+3.24	34,982.21
	Progressive Conservative	Rodger James	9,610	22.32	–	45,336.00
	Green	Robert Kiley	1,594	3.70	−5.07	15,086.56
	Family Coalition	David Caracciolo	336	0.78	−0.07	2,857.71
	Libertarian	Jamie Shaw	115	0.27		0.00
	Freedom	Paul Busch	71	0.16	−0.12	0.00
	Republican	David Best	56	0.13		0.00
Total valid votes / expense limit			43,051	100.0	−12.65	$ 114,204.30
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			163	0.38	−0.20
Turnout			43,214	45.03	−8.93
Eligible voters			95,966		+4.47
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.82
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kingston and the Islands" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2014. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	23,277	47.23	−13.05	$ 64,512.47
	Progressive Conservative	John Rapin	11,001	22.32	+2.20	69,700.00
	New Democratic	Rick Downes	10,129	20.55	+9.04	56,689.54
	Green	Bridget Doherty	4,321	8.77	+2.22	13,098.54
	Family Coalition	Chris Beneteau	419	0.85	−0.68	0.00
	Freedom	Mark Fournier	137	0.28		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,284	100.0	+2.88	$ 99,207.72
Total rejected ballots			286	0.58	+0.12
Turnout			49,570	53.96	−0.33
Eligible voters			91,859		+3.64
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Election 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

v t e 2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	28,877	60.28	+5.58	$ 57,119.88
	Progressive Conservative	Hans Westenberg	9,640	20.12	−9.94	43,307.95
	New Democratic	Janet C. Collins	5,514	11.51	+0.23	23,161.12
	Green	Eric B. Walton	3,137	6.55	+4.11	19,292.20
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	735	1.53	+0.40	551.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,903	100.0	−0.57	$ 85,086.72
Total rejected ballots			219	0.46	−0.25
Turnout			48,122	54.29	−0.22
Eligible voters			88,634		−0.43
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

v t e 1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	26,355	54.70	+17.80	$ 40,703.00
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Pickering	14,487	30.07	−0.60	65,682.63
	New Democratic	Beth Pater	5,436	11.28	−17.53	26,106.42
	Green	Chris Walker	1,174	2.44		4,848.00
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	546	1.13	−1.94	15.00
	Natural Law	Gerard Morris	182	0.38	−0.17	0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,180	100.0	+72.38	$ 85,460.16
Total rejected ballots			345	0.71	−0.09
Turnout			48,525	54.51	−6.57
Eligible voters			89,021		+93.00
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".