Kingston and the Islands

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Kingston and the Islands

Ontario electoral district
Kingston and the Islands shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Peter Milliken Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		John Gerretsen Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1967
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	119,069
Electors (2007)	88,584
Area (km²)	676
Pop. density (per km²)	176.1
Census divisions	Frontenac
Census subdivisions	Frontenac Islands, Kingston

Kingston and the Islands is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1967.

It covers the city of Kingston, Ontario and the nearby areas, including the islands in the St. Lawrence River.

It has been represented since the 1988 federal election by Peter Milliken of the Liberal Party, who has been Speaker of the House since 2001.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Next federal election 5 Federal election results 6 Provincial election results 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Demographics

• Average family income: $68,494[1] (2001)
• Median household income: $46,310 [2]
• Unemployment: 7.4%
• Language, Mother Tongue: English 84%, French 3%, Other 13%
• Religion: Protestant 44%, Catholic 33%, Orthodox Christian 1%, Other Christian 2%, Muslim 1%, Jewish 1%, Non Religious Affiliation 18%, Other 1% [3]
• Visible Minority: Black 1%, Chinese 1%, South Asian 1%, Others 2%

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1966 from Kingston and parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward—Lennox.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the City of Kingston, the Townships of Howe Island, Kingston and Wolfe Island, and the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg, in the County of Frontenac; and the Township of Armherst Island in the County of Lennox and Addington.

In 1996, the Township of Pittsburgh portion of the riding was redefined to consist of the part of the township lying to the south of Highway 401.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Frontenac Islands and the City of Kingston in the County of Frontenac.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kingston, Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, and Prince Edward—Lennox prior to 1968
28th	1968-1972		Edgar Benson	Liberal
29th	1972-1974		Flora MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		Peter Milliken	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial riding was created before the 1967 provincial election.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

1. Syl Apps, Progressive Conservative (1967-1975)
2. Keith Norton, Progressive Conservative (1975-1985)
3. Kenneth Keyes, Liberal (1985-1990)
4. Gary Wilson, New Democrat (1990-1995)
5. John Gerretsen, Liberal (1995-present)

[edit] Next federal election

The Conservatives nominated local lawyer and former RCMP officer Brian Abrams as their candidate for a second time, after his strong finish in 2008. The Green Party has nominated Eric Walton to run for them a third consecutive time. The Kingston New Democrats have nominated first-time candidate Daniel Beals.

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	22,734	39.2%	-6.7%	$58,470
	Conservative	Brian Abrams	18,895	32.5%	+6.5%	$89,566
	New Democrat	Rick Downes	10,158	17.5%	-1.7%	$31,946
	Green	Eric Walton	6,282	10.8%	+2.8%	$28,227
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,069	100.0%		$94,357
Total rejected ballots			205
Turnout			58,274	62.0%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	28,548	45.9%	-6.5%	$51,251
	Conservative	Lou Grimshaw	16,230	26.1%	+3.0%	$60,915
	New Democrat	Rob Hutchison	11,946	19.2%	+2.8%	$28,094
	Green	Eric Walton	5,006	8.0%	+1.9%	$18,532
	Independent	Karl Eric Walker	296	0.5%	+0.1%	$0
	Canadian Action	Don Rogers	222	0.4%	0.0%	$6,360
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,248	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	28,544	52.3%	+0.6%
	Conservative	Blair Maclean	12,582	23.1%	-10.4%
	New Democrat	Rob Hutchison	8,964	16.4%	+6.8%
	Green	Janina Fisher Balfour	3,339	6.1%	+0.9%
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	481	0.9%
	Independent	Rosie the Clown Elston	237	0.4%
	Independent	Karl Walker	237	0.4%
	Canadian Action	Don Rogers	179	0.3%
Total valid votes			54,563	100%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	26,457	51.7%	+2.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Blair Maclean	9,222	18.0%	-3.8%
	Canadian Alliance	Kevin Goligher	7,904	15.4%	+2.4%
	New Democrat	Gary Wilson	4,951	9.7%	-2.8%
	Green	Chris Milburn	2,652	5.2%	+3.4%
Total valid votes			51,186	100.0%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	25,632	49.5%	-7.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Cooper	11,296	21.8%	+3.0%
	Reform	Dave Clarke	6,761	13.1%	+0.5%
	New Democrat	Gary Wilson	6,433	12.4%	+5.5%
	Green	Chris Walker	902	1.7%
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	751	1.5%	+0.2%
Total valid votes			51,775	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	30,336	56.7%	+16.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Gordon	10,088	18.9%	-17.0%
	Reform	Sean McAdam	6,740	12.6%
	New Democrat	Mary-Anne Higgs	3,700	6.9%	-13.2%
	National	Chris Papadopoulous	1,643	3.1%
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	645	1.2%	-1.7%
	Natural Law	Chris Wilson	339	0.6%
Total valid votes			53,491	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Milliken	23,121	40.6%	+12.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	20,409	35.9%	-19.2%
	New Democrat	Len Johnson	11,442	20.1%	+7.5%
	Christian Heritage	Terry Marshall	1,646	2.9%
	Libertarian	John Hayes	301	0.5%	0.0%
Total valid votes			56,919	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	25,997	55.1%	+13.3%
	Liberal	George Speal	13,087	27.7%	-11.5%
	New Democrat	Andrew Currie	5,950	12.6%	-5.4%
	Independent	Daniel Eardley ("Pro-Life Party")	1,410	3.0%
	Green	Ted Bond	478	1.0%
	Libertarian	Ian Murray	258	0.5%
Total valid votes			47,180	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	18,146	41.8%	-5.9%
	Liberal	John Coleman	17,039	39.3%	+6.0%
	New Democrat	Stephen Foster	7,830	18.0%	-0.9%
	Rhino	Edward Sharp	373	0.9%
Total valid votes			43,388	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	21,277	47.7%	+1.5%
	Liberal	Peter Beeman	14,866	33.3%	-2.8%
	New Democrat	Stephen Foster	8,472	19.0%	+1.2%
Total valid votes			44,615	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	17,839	46.2%	-7.3%
	Liberal	Peter Watson	13,943	36.1%	+3.1%
	New Democrat	Lars Thompson	6,870	17.8%	+4.2%
Total valid votes			38,652	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	22,824	53.4%	+17.3%
	Liberal	John Hazlett	14,079	33.0%	-16.7%
	New Democrat	Lars Thompson	5,807	13.6%	-0.6%
Total valid votes			42,710	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edgar Benson	16,234	49.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Boggart Trumpour	11,799	36.1%
	New Democrat	Brendan McConnell	4,636	14.2%
Total valid votes			32,669	100.0%

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	23,273	47.2%	-13.1%
	Progressive Conservative	John Rapin	10,994	22.3%	+2.2%
	New Democrat	Rick Downes	10,126	20.6%	+9.1%
	Green	Bridget Doherty	4,321	8.8%	+2.2%
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	418	0.9%	-0.6%
	Freedom	Mark Fournier	137	0.3%

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26473	54.6%
	Mixed member proportional	21968	45.4%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	28,877	60.3%	+5.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Hans Westenberg	9,640	20.1%	-10.0%
	New Democrat	Janet C. Collins	5,514	11.5%	+0.2%
	Green	Eric B. Walton	3,137	6.6%	+4.2%
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	735	1.5%	+0.4%

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	26,355	54.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Pickering	14,487	30.1%
	New Democrat	Beth Pater	5,436	11.3%
	Green	Chris Walker	1,174	2.4%
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	546	1.1%
	Natural Law	Gerard Morris	182	0.4%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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