Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
 Ontario electoral district
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Lambton—Kent—Middlesex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative |
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| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 105,919 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 80,027 | ||
| Area (km²) | 5,278 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 20.1 | ||
| Census divisions | Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Middlesex | ||
| Census subdivisions | Chatham-Kent, Strathroy-Caradoc, Middlesex Centre, Lambton Shores, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex, Lucan Biddulph, Warwick, Adelaide Metcalfe, Brooke-Alvinston | ||
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (formerly known as Middlesex—Kent—Lambton) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
The district includes all of Middlesex County except the City of London and Thames Centre Township, all of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent north of the Thames River, and excluding the former City of Chatham, and the Municipalities of Lambton Shores, Brooke-Alvinston Township, Dawn Euphemia Township, Warwick Township and the Indian reserves of Kettle Point and Walpole Island in the County of Lambton. The population in 2001 was 105,291, and the area is 5,277 km².
It was created in 1996 from Kent and Lambton—Middlesex. It was renamed "Middlesex—Kent—Lambton" briefly in 2003 to 2004. While it is located in an area that was traditionally a swing area between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, it has always had a social conservative bent. The retirement of longtime MP Rose-Marie Ur in 2006 allowed Bev Shipley, her Conservative opponent in 2004, to seize the riding by a large margin. Shipley has held it ever since.
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