Leeds—Grenville

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Leeds—Grenville

Ontario electoral district
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	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Bob Runciman Progressive Conservative
District created
First contested	1987
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	99,206
Electors (2008)	73,763
Area (km²)	3,751
Pop. density (per km²)	26.4
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

This page is about the electoral district. For the county, see Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario.

Leeds—Grenville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.

It consists of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Provincial electoral district 2.1 Member of Provincial Parliament 3 Federal election results 4 Provincial election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Tom Cossitt, Progressive Conservative (1979-1982)
2. Jennifer Cossitt, Progressive Conservative (1982-1988)
3. Jim Jordan, Liberal (1988-1997)
4. Joe Jordan, Liberal (1997-2004)
5. Gord Brown, Conservative (2004-present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

Since 1999, provincial ridings have been defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Bob Runciman, Progressive Conservative (1987-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gord Brown	28,447	54.66%	+4.20%	$69,350
	Liberal	Bob Eaton	12,661	24.32%	-8.61%	$28,806
	New Democrat	Steve Armstrong	7,945	15.26%	+3.94%	$7,043
	Green	David Lee	3,003	5.77%	+0.49%	$450

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gord Brown	26,002	50.46%	*	$69,173
	Liberal	Joe Jordan	16,967	32.93%	-6.58%	$60,373
	New Democrat	Steve Armstrong	5,834	11.32%	+9.22%	$10,009
	Green	Chris Bradshaw	2,722	5.28%	+3.55%	$532

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Louis Jordan	18,594	39.51%	+0.04%	$52,586
	Canadian Alliance	Gord Brown	18,539	39.39%	+17.77%	$61,645
	Progressive Conservative	John M. Johnston	7,940	16.87%	-15.40%	$55,627
	New Democrat	Martin Hanratty	990	2.10%	-1.53%	$1,764
	Green	Jerry Heath	816	1.73%	-0.54%	$3,302
	Canadian Action	Jane Pamela Scharf	181	0.38%	*	$0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Louis Jordan	19,123	39.47%	-13.02%	$48,446
	Progressive Conservative	Sandra Lawn	15,636	32.27%	+5.16%	$58,733
	Reform	Doug Aldridge	10,476	21.62%	+5.72%	$18,190
	New Democrat	Jennifer Breakspear	1,757	3.63%	+1.64%	$3,522
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	1,102	2.27%	+1.22%	$1,427
	Christian Heritage	Donny F. Platt	241	0.50%	*	$544
	Natural Law	Wayne Foster	119	0.25%	*	$0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Jordan	26,324	52.49%	+9.10%	$49,114
	Progressive Conservative	Sandra Lawn	13,595	27.11%	-11.78%	$53,521
	Reform	Paul West	7,975	15.90%	*	$8,164
	New Democrat	Mary Ann Greenwood	999	1.99%	-9.09%	$6,686
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	527	1.05%	*	$0
	National	Holly Baker	481	0.96%	*	$490
	Natural Law	Richard Beecroft	196	0.39%	*	$0
	Abolitionist	Christine M. Richardson	56	0.11%	*	$200

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Jordan	20,141
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Cossitt	18,053
	New Democrat	Barry Grills	5,141
	Christian Heritage	David J. Butcher	1,584
	Confederation of Regions	Faye Garner	1,497

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Cossitt	26,961
	Liberal	Chuck Anderson	10,222
	New Democrat	Jan Allen	6,121
	Green	Mike Nickerson	348
	Libertarian	Hans Wienhold	190

By-election on 12 October 1982 On Mr. Cossitt's death, 15 March 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Cossitt	18,401
	Liberal	Chuck Anderson	6,693
	Libertarian	Neil Reynolds	4,337
	New Democrat	Milred Smith	2,751
	Not affiliated	Ray Turmel	99

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Cossitt	19,800
	Liberal	Gerry McKee	12,260
	New Democrat	Mildred Smith	6,600

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Cossitt	24,127
	Liberal	Gerry McKee	11,797
	New Democrat	Mildred Smith	6,551

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	22,755	56.24%	+7.54%
	Liberal	Lori Bryden	11,602	28.67%	-11.46%
	Green	Jeanie Warnock	2,907	7.19%	+3.10%
	New Democrat	Pauline Kuhlman	2,821	6.97%	+1.36%
	Family Coalition	Michael Dwyer	377	0.93%	-0.54%

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,929	70.99%
	Mixed Member Proportional	11,820	29.01%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	21,443	48.70%	-4.40%
	Liberal	Stephen Mazurek	17,667	40.13%	+0.84%
	New Democrat	Steve M. Armstrong	2,469	5.61%	+0.85%
	Green	Jerry Heath	1,799	4.09%	+1.80%
	Family Coalition	Melody C. Trolly	649	1.47%	*

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	23,390	53.10%	-10.16%
	Liberal	Don Cameron	17,307	39.29%	+13.26%
	New Democrat	Jim Murray	2,097	4.76%	-0.97%
	Green	Ken Blackburn	1,008	2.29%	-0.40%
	Natural Law	Britt Roberts	244	0.55%	*

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	21,763	63.26%
	Liberal	Peter McKenna	8,955	26.03%
	New Democrat	Charles Stewart	2,316	6.73%
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	927	2.69%
	Independent	Phillip Blancher	438	1.27%

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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