Essex (federal electoral district)

Essex
Ontario electoral district
	Essex in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Chris Lewis; Conservative
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	125,442
Electors (2015)	90,591
Area (km²)	1,177
Pop. density (per km²)	106.6
Census division(s)	Essex
Census subdivision(s)	Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle

Essex (formerly known as Essex—Windsor) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882 and since 1968.

Geography

The riding includes the Municipalities of LaSalle, Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, and the western/central portion of Lakeshore. See Elections Canada map.^[3]

History

Essex was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of Essex County. It was abolished in 1882 when it was redistributed into Essex North and Essex South ridings.

Essex was re-created in 1966 from Essex East, Essex South and Essex West. The new riding consisted initially of the Town of Essex, the Townships of Anderdon, Colchester North, Colchester South, Malden, Rochester, Sandwich South, Tilbury North and Tilbury West, and the southern parts of the Township of Sandwich West and the City of Windsor, and the southeastern part of the Township of Maidstone. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1972 to "Essex—Windsor".

In 1976, the riding was re-defined to consist of the Townships of Anderdon, Colchester North, Maidstone, Malden, Rochester, Sandwich South, Sandwich West, Tilbury North and Tilbury West, including the Town of Essex, but excluding the Town of Tecumseh and the Village of St. Clair Beach, and the southeast part of the City of Windsor.

In 1987, the riding was re-defined to consist of the southeastern part of the City of Windsor, the towns of Amherstburg, Belle River and Essex, and the townships of Anderdon, Maidstone, Malden, Rochester, Sandwich South, Sandwich West, Tilbury North and Tilbury West.

Essex—Windsor was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between a new "Essex" riding and Windsor West. The new Essex riding was created from parts of Essex—Windsor and Essex—Kent ridings.

It consisted initially of Pelee Island and the County of Essex excluding the City of Windsor, the towns of Leamington and Tecumseh, the Village of St. Clair Beach and the Township of Mersea. In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the County of Essex excluding the City of Windsor and the towns of Leamington and Tecumseh.

This riding lost territory to Chatham-Kent—Leamington during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Namely, Pelee Island and the eastern portion of the Town of Lakeshore.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Essex
1st	1867–1872	John O'Connor	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	John O'Connor	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	William McGregor	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	J.C. Patterson	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Essex North and Essex South
Essex Riding re-created from Essex East, Essex South and Essex West
28th	1968–1972	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
Essex—Windsor
29th	1972–1974	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	Steven W. Langdon	New Democratic
34th	1988–1993	Steven W. Langdon	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Susan Whelan	Liberal
Essex
36th	1997–2000	Susan Whelan	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Susan Whelan	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Jeff Watson	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Tracey Ramsey	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021	Chris Lewis	Conservative
44th	2021–present	Chris Lewis	Conservative

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 82.5% English, 2.4% French, 1.8% Italian, 1.2% Arabic, 1.1% German

Religions: 68.6% Christian (42.7% Catholic, 4.2% Anglican, 3.9% United Church, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 1.0% Lutheran, 11.1% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 1.0% Sikh, 26.6% None

Median income: $46,400 (2020)

Average income: $59,700 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Essex (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[5]		2016^[6]		2011^[7]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	114,600	86.47%	111,800	91.18%	110,360	93.45%
Indigenous	4,135	3.12%	3,155	2.57%	1,970	1.67%
South Asian	3,785	2.86%	1,630	1.33%	1,095	0.93%
Middle Eastern^[b]	3,105	2.34%	1,290	1.05%	1,040	0.88%
African	1,920	1.45%	1,645	1.34%	1,155	0.98%
East Asian^[c]	1,910	1.44%	1,355	1.11%	980	0.83%
Southeast Asian^[d]	1,505	1.14%	845	0.69%	800	0.68%
Latin American	840	0.63%	415	0.34%	405	0.34%
Other/multiracial^[e]	725	0.55%	490	0.4%	285	0.24%
Total responses	132,535	98.42%	122,615	97.75%	118,090	98.02%
Total population	134,656	100%	125,442	100%	120,477	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Election results

Essex 1996–present

Graph of election results in Essex (1997-, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chris Lewis	28,741	41.1	-0.3	$77,949.51
	New Democratic	Tracey Ramsey	22,278	31.8	-2.8	$128,548.67
	Liberal	Audrey Festeryga	10,813	15.5	-3.5	$43,341.69
	People's	Beth Charron-Rowberry	6,925	9.9	+8.1	$20,675.80
	Green	Nancy Pancheshan	865	1.2	-2.0	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Jeremy Palko	182	0.3	N/A	$7,077.73
	Independent	Andrew George	172	0.2	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes			69,976	99.4
Total rejected ballots			406	0.6
Turnout			70,382	66.9
Eligible voters			105,281
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.3
Source: Elections Canada^[8]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,900	40.96
	New Democratic	21,623	31.66
	Liberal	10,554	15.45
	People's	6,968	10.20
	Green	843	1.23
	Others	337	0.49

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chris Lewis	28,274	41.4	+5.86	$80,950.70
	New Democratic	Tracey Ramsey	23,603	34.6	-6.92	$117,072.74
	Liberal	Audrey Festeryga	12,987	19.0	-1.91	$41,233.04
	Green	Jennifer Alderson	2,173	3.2	+1.28	none listed
	People's	Bill Capes	1,251	1.8	–	$4,604.15
Total valid votes/expense limit			68,288	100.0
Total rejected ballots			450
Turnout			68,738	67.3
Eligible voters			102,153
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+6.39
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tracey Ramsey	25,072	41.42	+6.52	$106,087.64
	Conservative	Jeff Watson	21,602	35.69	-12.58	$87,656.45
	Liberal	Audrey Festeryga	12,639	20.88	+6.62	$78,480.89
	Green	Jennifer Alderson	1,141	1.88	-0.54	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Enver Villamizar	77	0.13	-0.02	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,531	100.00		$233,865.23
Total rejected ballots			241	0.40	–
Turnout			60,772	66.19	–
Eligible voters			91,816
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+9.55
Source: Elections Canada^[12]^[13]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,239	48.27
	New Democratic	17,528	34.90
	Liberal	7,162	14.26
	Green	1,217	2.42
	Others	73	0.15

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Watson	25,327	48.1%	+8.1%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	18,538	35.2%	+8.6%
	Liberal	Nelson Santos	7,465	14.2%	-14.9%
	Green	Cora Carriveau	1,290	2.4%	-1.9%
	Marxist–Leninist	Enver Villamizar	77	0.1%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			52,697	99.6%
Total rejected ballots			233	0.4%
Total votes			52,930	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jeff Watson	20,608	40.0%	-0.4%	$87,306
	Liberal	Susan Whelan	14,973	29.1%	-5.0%	$87,544
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	13,703	26.6%	+3.9%	$47,430
	Green	Richard Bachynsky	2,234	4.3%	+1.6%	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,518	100.0%	$90,595
Total rejected ballots			206
Turnout			51,724	%

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Watson	23,125	40.4%	+3.8%
	Liberal	Susan Whelan	19,508	34.1%	-0.9%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	12,992	22.7%	-1.7%
	Green	James McVeity	1,518	2.7%	-1.2%
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Cruise	108	0.2%	0.0%
Total valid votes			57,251
Total valid votes			57,251	100.0%

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Watson	18,755	36.6%	-4.9%
	Liberal	Susan Whelan	17,926	35.0%	-9.4%
	New Democratic	David Tremblay	12,519	24.4%	+10.5%
	Green	Paul Forman	1,981	3.9%
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Cruise	105	0.2%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			51,286	100.0%

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

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Susan Whelan	20,524	44.3%	-1.7%
	Alliance	Scott Cowan	16,019	34.6%	+16.7%
	New Democratic	Marion Overholt	6,431	13.9%	-15.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Merrill Baker	3,175	6.9%	+0.4%
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Cruise	152	0.3%
Total valid votes			46,301	100.0%

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

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Susan Whelan	22,052	46.1%	-9.1%
	New Democratic	Gerry Bastien	14,180	29.6%	+1.9%
	Reform	John Larsen	8,545	17.9%	+4.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Wylupek	3,086	6.4%	+3.2%
Total valid votes			47,863	100.0%

Essex—Windsor 1970–1996

Graph of election results in Essex/Essex—Windsor (1968-1993, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Susan Whelan	25,200	55.1%	+13.8%
	New Democratic	Steven W. Langdon	12,650	27.7%	-16.4%
	Reform	John Larsen	6,029	13.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Payne	1,481	3.2%	-11.1%
	National	George Opacic	194	0.4%
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul Hawkins	83	0.2%
	Commonwealth of Canada	Vlado Zugaj	67	0.1%
Total valid votes			45,704	100.0%

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steven W. Langdon	18,926	44.1%	+4.8%
	Liberal	Ray Robinet	17,715	41.3%	+12.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Aver	6,154	14.3%	-17.3%
	Independent	Margaret Villamizar	98	0.2%
Total valid votes			42,893	100.0%

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Essex—Windsor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steven W. Langdon	18,746	39.3%	-0.5%
	Progressive Conservative	John Martel	15,073	31.6%	+22.9%
	Liberal	Brian Ducharme	13,866	29.1%	-22.2%
Total valid votes			47,685	100.0%

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	24,651	51.3%	+7.0%
	New Democratic	Steven W. Langdon	19,123	39.8%	-0.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Kathy Flood	4,184	8.7%	-6.2%
	Marxist–Leninist	Peter Ewart	103	0.2%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			48,061	100.0%
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v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	20,373	44.3%	-10.9%
	New Democratic	Steven W. Langdon	18,603	40.4%	+5.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Kathy Flood	6,875	14.9%	5.6%
	Marxist–Leninist	Pete Ewart	144	0.3%
Total valid votes			45,995	100.0%

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	24,357	55.2%	+7.1%
	New Democratic	Charles Brooks	15,656	35.5%	-4.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Herring	4,148	9.4%	-2.6%
Total valid votes			44,161	100.0%

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	19,793	48.0%	-1.7%
	New Democratic	Ralph N. Wensley	16,503	40.0%	+8.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund A. Michael	4,929	12.0%	-6.6%
Total valid votes			41,225	100.0%

Essex 1966–1970

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	14,707	49.7%
	New Democratic	Ralph N. Wensley	9,399	31.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Taylor	5,485	18.5%
Total valid votes			29,591	100.0%

Essex 1867–1882

Graph of election results in Essex (1867-1878, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J.C. Patterson	2,596	52.5%
	Liberal	William McGregor	2,318	46.9%	-23.2%
	Unknown	J.H. Morgan	27	0.5%
Total valid votes			4,941	100.0%

Canadian federal by-election, 22 October 1874
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
On Mr. McGregor being unseated on petition, 26 August 1874
	Liberal	William McGregor	1,763	70.2%	+11.4%
	Unknown	Jeremiah O'Connor	750	29.8%	-11.4%
Total valid votes			2,513	100.0%

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McGregor	2,508	58.7%
	Unknown	John O'Connor	1,763	41.3%
Total valid votes			4,271	100.0%
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John O'Connor	1,999	61.8%	+11.6%
	Unknown	Arthur Rankin	1,238	38.2%	-11.6%
Total valid votes			3,237	100.0%
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[15]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John O'Connor	1,439	50.1%
	Unknown	Arthur Rankin	1,432	49.9%
Total valid votes			2,871	100.0%
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[16]

References

"Essex (federal electoral district) (Code 35021) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Essex".
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Essex [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ "September 20, 2021 General Election: Essex". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Essex, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024.

External links

Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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[euro-8] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.

[MiddleEastern-9] Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.

[EastAsian-10] Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.

[SoutheastAsian-11] Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.

[Other-12] Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "Essex".

[4] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Essex [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[2021censusB-5] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

[2016censusB-6] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

[2011censusB-7] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

[13] "September 20, 2021 General Election: Essex". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

[14] "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

[15] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[16] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

[17] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Essex, 30 September 2015

[18] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[19] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[20] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.

[21] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024.

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v t e Federal ridings in Southwestern Ontario
Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Sarnia—Lambton
Liberal	London North Centre London West Windsor—Tecumseh
New Democratic	London—Fanshawe Windsor West