Kingston and the Islands (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Kingston and the Islands (provincial electoral district).

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	Mark Gerretsen Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	116,996
Electors (2015)	87,460
Area (km²)	434
Pop. density (per km²)	269.6
Census division(s)	Frontenac
Census subdivision(s)	Frontenac Islands, Kingston

Kingston and the Islands (Template:Lang-fr) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

It covers part of the city of Kingston, Ontario and the sparsely populated Frontenac Islands in the St. Lawrence River.

It has been represented since the 2015 federal election by Liberal Mark Gerretsen.

Demographics

• Average family income: $68,494 (2001)
• Median household income: $46,310
• 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%
• Visible Minority: Black 1%, Chinese 1%, South Asian 1%, Others 2%

History

The 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 Amherst 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.

In 2013, the riding's borders were adjusted to remove the area north of Highway 401 from the riding, which will become part of the new district of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston. These new borders came into effect for the 2015 federal election, scheduled for 19 October.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kingston and the Islands Riding created from Kingston, Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward—Lennox
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
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Ted Hsu
42nd	2015–present		Mark Gerretsen

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election: Kingston and the Islands
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Gerretsen	36,421	55.37	+15.35	–
	Conservative	Andy Brooke	14,928	22.70	-11.36	–
	New Democratic	Daniel Beals	11,185	17.01	-4.61	–
	Green	Nathan Townend	2,933	4.46	+0.15	–
	Libertarian	Luke McAllister	305	0.46	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			65,772	100.00		$227,403.43
Total rejected ballots			242	0.37	–
Turnout			66,014	73.36	–
Eligible voters			89,990
	Liberal hold		Swing		+13.36
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,666	40.02
	Conservative	19,289	34.06
	New Democratic	12,243	21.62
	Green	2,438	4.30

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Flora MacDonald	25,997	55.1	+13.3
	Liberal	George Speal	13,087	27.7	-11.5
	New Democratic	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

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

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

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

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

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

See also

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

References

• "Kingston and the Islands (federal electoral district) (Code 35036) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada