Kent—Essex was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 (riding) in Ontario

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1968 to 1979.

It was created in the redistribution of 1966 from parts of Essex South and Kent ridings.

It consisted of Point Pelee National Park and the Townships of Gosfield South, Mersea, Pelee and Gosfield North, excepting the Town of Essex in the County of Essex; and the City of Chatham, the Town of Tilbury and the Townships of Raleigh, Romney and Tilbury East in the County of Kent.

It was eliminated in the redistribution of 1976 when it was divided between Essex—Kent

Essex—Kent

Essex—Kent was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997.It was created in 1976 from parts of Essex—Windsor, Kent—Essex and Lambton—Kent ridings, and initially consisted of the Townships of Colchester South, Gosfield North,...

 and Kent ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following member of the Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Harold Danforth
   Harold Danforth
   Harold Warren Danforth was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career....
   
   , Progressive Conservative
   Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
   The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
   
    (1968-1974)
2. Bob Daudlin, Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
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    (1974-1979)

Federal election results

|-

|Harold Danforth

Harold Danforth

Harold Warren Danforth was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career....

|align=right|15,195

|Thomas Henry
|align=right|13,077
|-

|John Wood
|align=right|2,528
|-

|Harold Danforth

Harold Danforth

Harold Warren Danforth was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career....

|align=right|18,837

|Brady Hinnegan
|align=right|11,981
|-

|Jacob Vellinga
|align=right|4,559
|-

|Bob Daudlin
|align=right|17,800
|-

|Harold Danforth

Harold Danforth

Harold Warren Danforth was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career....

|align=right|14,641

|Ronald Franko
|align=right|3,558

See also

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

External links

• Federal riding history for Kent—Essex from the Library of Parliament
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