Leeds—Grenville

This article is about the electoral district. For the county, see Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario.

For the provincial electoral district, see Leeds—Grenville (provincial electoral district)

Leeds—Grenville

Ontario electoral district
Leeds–Grenville shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Gord Brown Conservative
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	99,206
Electors (2011)	75,075
Area (km²)	3,751
Pop. density (per km²)	26.4
Census divisions	Leeds and Grenville
Census subdivisions	Athens, Augusta, Brockville, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Elizabethtown–Kitley, Front of Yonge, Gananoque, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Merrickville–Wolford, North Grenville, Prescott, Rideau Lakes, Westport

Leeds—Grenville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

It consists of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

History

The federal district was created in 1976 from parts of Grenville–Carleton and Leeds ridings.

It consisted initially of the County of Grenville and the County of Leeds, excluding the Town of Smiths Falls. Since 1987, it has consisted of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Grenville–Carleton and Leeds prior to 1976
31st	1979–1980		Thomas Cossitt	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1982
	1982–1984		Jennifer Cossitt	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Jim Jordan	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000		Joe Jordan	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Gord Brown	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Conservative Party of Canada	Leeds—Grenville Conservative Association	Mark Primeau	54 Salisbury Avenue	Brockville
	Green Party of Canada	Leeds—Grenville Federal Green Party Association	Greg Philliban	PO Box 145	Brockville
	Liberal Party of Canada	Leeds—Grenville Federal Liberal Association	Wendy Chow	21-6 Charlotte Place	Brockville
	New Democratic Party	Leeds—Grenville Federal NDP Riding Association	Matthew Gabriel	PO Box 1553	Brockville

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gordon Brown	29,991	60.81	+2.36	$69,695
	New Democratic	Matthew Gabriel	9,033	18.31	+4.46	$5,092
	Liberal	Marjory Loveys	7,839	15.89	-1.29	$52,628
	Green	Mary Slade	2,460	4.99	-4.63	$17,743
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,323	100.00	$145,158
Total rejected ballots			156	0.32	-0.08
Turnout			49,479	65.10	+3.24	–
Eligible voters			76,001	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gord Brown	27,473	58.44	+3.78	$55,637
	Liberal	Marjory Loveys	8,075	17.18	-7.14	$31,418
	New Democratic	Steve Armstrong	6,511	13.85	-1.41	$6,532
	Green	Jeanie Warnock	4,522	9.62	+3.85	$10,790
	Progressive Canadian	John McCrea	426	0.91	*	$291
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,007	100.00	$104,668
Rejected ballots			186	0.39	–
Turnout			47,193	62.86	-7.65

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gord Brown	28,447	54.66	+4.20	$69,350
	Liberal	Bob Eaton	12,661	24.32	-8.61	$28,806
	New Democratic	Steve Armstrong	7,945	15.26	+3.94	$7,043
	Green	David Lee	3,003	5.77	+0.49	$450
Total valid votes			52,056	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gord Brown	26,002	50.46	-5.81	$69,173
	Liberal	Joe Jordan	16,967	32.93	-6.58	$60,373
	New Democratic	Steve Armstrong	5,834	11.32	+9.22	$10,009
	Green	Chris Bradshaw	2,722	5.28	+3.55	$532
Total valid votes			51,525	100.00

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Louis Jordan	18,594	39.51	+0.04	$52,586
	Alliance	Gord Brown	18,539	39.39	+17.77	$61,645
	Progressive Conservative	John Johnston	7,940	16.87	-15.40	$55,627
	New Democratic	Martin Hanratty	990	2.10	-1.53	$1,764
	Green	Jerry Heath	816	1.73	-0.54	$3,302
	Canadian Action	Jane Pamela Scharf	181	0.38	*	$0
Total valid votes			47,060	100.00

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Louis Jordan	19,123	39.47	-13.02	$48,446
	Progressive Conservative	Sandra Lawn	15,636	32.27	+5.16	$58,733
	Reform	Doug Aldridge	10,476	21.62	+5.72	$18,190
	New Democratic	Jennifer Breakspear	1,757	3.63	+1.64	$3,522
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	1,102	2.27	+1.22	$1,427
	Christian Heritage	Donny F. Platt	241	0.50	*	$544
	Natural Law	Wayne Foster	119	0.25	*	$0
Total valid votes			48,454	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Jordan	26,324	52.49	+9.10	$49,114
	Progressive Conservative	Sandra Lawn	13,595	27.11	-11.78	$53,521
	Reform	Paul West	7,975	15.90	*	$8,164
	New Democratic	Mary Ann Greenwood	999	1.99	-9.09	$6,686
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	527	1.05	*	$0
	National	Holly Baker	481	0.96	*	$490
	Natural Law	Richard Beecroft	196	0.39	*	$0
	Abolitionist	Christine Richardson	56	0.11	*	$200
Total valid votes			50,153	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jim Jordan	20,141	43.39	+20.07
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Cossitt	18,053	38.89	-22.61
	New Democratic	Barry Grills	5,141	11.08	-2.88
	Christian Heritage	David Butcher	1,584	3.41
	Confederation of Regions	Faye Garner	1,497	3.23
Total valid votes			46,416	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Cossitt	26,961	61.50	+4.50
	Liberal	Chuck Anderson	10,222	23.32	+2.59
	New Democratic	Jan Allen	6,121	13.96	+5.44
	Green	Mike Nickerson	348	0.79
	Libertarian	Hans Wienhold	190	0.43	-13.01
Total valid votes			43,842	100.00

By-election on 12 October 1982 Tom Cossitt's death, 15 March 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Cossitt	18,401	57.00	+5.78
	Liberal	Chuck Anderson	6,693	20.73	-10.98
	Libertarian	Neil Reynolds	4,337	13.44
	New Democratic	Milred Smith	2,751	8.52	-8.55
	Independent	Ray Turmel	99	0.31
Total valid votes			32,281	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Cossitt	19,800	51.22	-5.58
	Liberal	Gerry McKee	12,260	31.71	+3.94
	New Democratic	Mildred Smith	6,600	17.07	+1.65
Total valid votes			38,660	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Cossitt	24,127	56.80
	Liberal	Gerry McKee	11,797	27.77
	New Democratic	Mildred Smith	6,551	15.42
Total valid votes			42,475	100.00

See also

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

External links

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Leeds—Grenville profile at CBC News