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Leeds—Grenville

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Ontario electoral district
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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 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 99,306
Electors (2015) 78,225
Area (km²) 3,383.93
Pop. density (per km²) 29.3
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—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (French: Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands et Rideau Lakes) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons since 1979. Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as Leeds—Grenville.

The riding consists of the entirety of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

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.

With the 2012 electoral redistribution, this district lost a small portion of territory to Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, and renamed Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

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

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

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


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