Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes (provincial electoral district)

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Ontario electoral district
	Leeds–Grenville shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
;
District created	1986
First contested	1987
Last contested	2018
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

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987. Before the 2018 election, it was known simply as Leeds—Grenville.

It consists of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

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

For the 2018 election, the district gave up a small portion of territory to Lanark--Frontenac--Kingston.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years		Party
Leeds—Grenville Riding created from Leeds and Grenville
34th	1987–1990	Bob Runciman	Progressive Conservative
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2010
39th	2010–2011	Steve Clark
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
42nd	2018–Present	Steve Clark	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2018
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Clark	29,996	61.29	+5.22
	New Democratic	Michelle Taylor	9,669	19.76	+2.65
	Liberal	David Henderson	6,543	13.37	-7.12
	Green	Derek Morley	2,347	4.80	-0.09
	Libertarian	Bill Buckley	389	0.79
Total valid votes				100.00
Turnout				61.86
Eligible voters			79,115
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2014: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Clark	23,253	56.07	−7.53
	Liberal	Christine Milks	8,499	20.49	+3.06
	New Democratic	David Lundy	7,219	17.41	+2.18
	Green	Stephen Bowering	2,030	4.89	+1.44
	Libertarian	Harold Gabriel	471	1.14	–
Total valid votes			41,472	100.0	+8.43
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.30
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 042 Leeds-Grenville" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.

Ontario general election, 2011: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Clark	24,314	63.60	−3.08	$ 52,598.00
	Liberal	Ray Heffernan	6,663	17.43	−2.65	17,512.99
	New Democratic	David Lundy	5,822	15.23	+10.12	13,274.26
	Green	Charlie Taylor	1,319	3.45	−4.22	3,731.20
	Socialist	Lance Fulsom	111	0.29		0.00
Total valid votes / Expense limit			38,229	100.0	+37.72	$ 90,198.43
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			155	0.40	+0.09
Turnout			38,384	50.64	+14.03
Eligible voters			75,797		−0.34
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−0.22
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Leeds—Grenville" (PDF). "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved June 8, 2014.

Ontario provincial by-election, March 4, 2010: Leeds—Grenville Resignation of Bob Runciman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Clark	18,510	66.68	+10.44	$ 27,511.00
	Liberal	Stephen Mazurek	5,573	20.08	−8.59	65,190.41
	Green	Neil Kudrinko	2,130	7.67	+0.49	14,799.66
	New Democratic	Steve Armstrong	1,417	5.10	−1.87	17,118.89
	Libertarian	Anthony Giles	129	0.46		297.56
Total valid votes			27,759	100.0	−39.61
Total rejected ballots			87	0.31	−0.07
Turnout			27,846	36.61	−24.57
Eligible voters			76,053		+5.35
Source(s) "Leeds—Grenville By-Election – March 4, 2010". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 8, 2014. "2010 By-Election Returns – Ottawa West-Nepean – Candidate (CR-1) & Association (CR-3) Returns". "Ontario's Runciman among 5 new senators". Toronto Star. January 29, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2014.

Ontario general election, 2007: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	22,755	56.24	+7.54	$ 51,680.90
	Liberal	Lori Bryden	11,602	28.67	−11.46	38,465.17
	Green	Jeanie Warnock	2,907	7.18	+3.10	1,870.14
	New Democratic	Pauline Kuhlmann	2,821	6.97	+1.36	2,619.71
	Family Coalition	Michael Dwyer	377	0.93	−0.54	0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,462	100.0	−8.10	$ 79,644.04
Total rejected ballots			190	0.47	−0.02
Turnout			40,652	55.11	−7.00
Eligible voters			73,763		+3.55
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Election 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved June 8, 2014.

Ontario general election, 2003: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	21,443	48.70	−4.40	$ 59,840.81
	Liberal	Stephen Mazurek	17,667	40.13	+0.84	57,732.05
	New Democratic	Steve Armstrong	2,469	5.61	+0.85	2,720.12
	Green	Jerry Heath	1,799	4.09	+1.80	7,267.53
	Family Coalition	Melody Trolly	649	1.47		435.25
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,027	100.0	−0.04	$ 68,387.52
Total rejected ballots			217	0.49	−0.15
Turnout			44,244	62.11	+0.39
Eligible voters			71,237		−0.81
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved June 8, 2014. "2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

Ontario general election, 1999: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	23,390	53.10	−10.16	$ 65,879.18
	Liberal	Don Cameron	17,307	39.29	+13.26	54,543.00
	New Democratic	Jim Murray	2,097	4.76	−1.97	2,138.29
	Green	Ken Blackburn	1,008	2.29	−0.41	762.21
	Natural Law	Britt Roberts	244	0.55		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,046	100.0	+28.04	$ 68,946.24
Total rejected ballots			282	0.64	−0.10
Turnout			44,328	61.72	−1.34
Eligible voters			71,819		+30.69
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved June 8, 2014. "General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

Ontario general election, 1995: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	21,763	63.27	+14.20	$ 44,550.77
	Liberal	Peter McKenna	8,955	26.03	−0.68	45,063.22
	New Democratic	Charles Stewart	2,316	6.73	−17.48	3,608.98
	Green	Peter Bevan-Baker	927	2.69		1,692.83
	Independent	Phillip Blancher	438	1.27		669.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,399	100.0	+0.20	$ 47,488.00
Total rejected ballots			255	0.74
Turnout			34,654	63.06
Eligible voters			54,953
Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved June 8, 2014. "General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).

Ontario general election, 1990: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	16,846	49.07	+5.89
	Liberal	Chris Puddicombe	9,172	26.72	−15.88
	New Democratic	Art Lane	8,312	24.21	+9.99
Total valid votes			34,330	100.0	+0.25

Ontario general election, 1987: Leeds—Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Runciman	14,787	43.18
	Liberal	Jim Jordan	14,589	42.60
	New Democratic	Geri Sheedy	4,869	14.22
Total valid votes			34,245	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,156	71.19
	Mixed Member Proportional	11,392	28.81
	Total valid votes	39,548	100.00

References

↑ "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

Coordinates: 44°40′52″N 75°52′55″W / 44.681°N 75.882°W / 44.681; -75.882

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[1] "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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