Sarnia—Lambton (provincial electoral district)

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Sarnia—Lambton

Ontario electoral district
Sarnia—Lambton in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Bob Bailey Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	105,360
Electors (2007)	77,548
Area (km²)	1,568
Pop. density (per km²)	67.2
Census divisions	Lambton County
Census subdivisions	Sarnia, St. Clair, Plympton-Wyoming, Petrolia, Enniskillen, Point Edward

For the federal electoral district, see Sarnia—Lambton

Sarnia—Lambton is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding was created in 1999 from Sarnia and from part of Lambton when ridings in Ontario were redrawn to match federal ridings.

From 1999 to 2007, the riding consisted of the municipalities of Sarnia, Point Edward, St. Clair and Sarnia 45. For the 2007 election, it gained the municipalities of Petrolia, Plympton-Wyoming, Oil Springs and Enniskillen.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

1. Caroline Di Cocco, Liberal (1999-2007)
2. Bob Bailey, Prog. Cons. (2007-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Bailey	16,303	38.3	+7.31
	Liberal	Caroline Di Cocco	12,509	29.4	-18.14
	New Democrat	Barb Millitt	11,412	26.8	+9.85
	Green	Tim van Bodegom	2,384	5.6	+1.90

Swing: 12.73 from Lib to PC (PC gain)

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27801	67.2%
	Mixed member proportional	13594	32.8%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Caroline Di Cocco	18,179	47.54	-1.37
	Progressive Conservative	Henk Vanden Ende	11,852	30.99	-10.97
	New Democrat	Glenn Sonier	6,482	16.95	+9.13
	Green	Bradley Gray	1,414	3.7
	Freedom	Andrew K. Falby	316	0.83

Swing: 4.80 from PC to Lib (Lib hold)

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Caroline Di Cocco	19,440	48.91
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Boushy	16,679	41.96
	New Democrat	Mark Kotanen	3,110	7.82
	Freedom	Andrew K. Falby	517	1.3

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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