Northumberland—Quinte West (provincial electoral district)

Northumberland—Quinte West is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2001 was 118,906.

Geography

The district includes the County of Northumberland and the City of Quinte West.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 86.1% of the riding came from Northumberland riding and 13.9% from Prince Edward—Hastings riding.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Northumberland—Quinte West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Northumberland and Prince Edward—Hastings
39th	2007–2011		Lou Rinaldi	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Rob Milligan	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Lou Rinaldi	Liberal

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	23,415	43.01	+4.67
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Milligan	19,528	35.87	-3.93
	New Democratic	Kira Mees	9,216	16.93	-0.80
	Green	Gudrun Ludorf-Weaver	2,283	4.19	+1.13
Total valid votes			54,442	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.30
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Milligan	19,279	39.80	+8.59
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	18,572	38.34	-7.03
	New Democratic	Kira Mees	8,589	17.73	+4.52
	Green	Judy Smith Torrie	1,483	3.06	-7.14
	Libertarian	Jeffrey McLarty	357	0.74
	Independent	Richard Martin Rieger	159	0.33
Total valid votes			48,439	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			182	0.37
Turnout			48,621	51.88
Eligible voters			93,720
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.81
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	22,287	45.37	-0.21
	Progressive Conservative	Cathy Galt	15,330	31.21	-7.22
	New Democratic	Carolyn Blaind	6,492	13.22	+1.53
	Green	Judy Smith Torrie	5,012	10.20
Total valid votes			49,121	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.51

^ Change is from redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	32,392	67.2
	Mixed member proportional	15,834	32.8
	Total valid votes	48,226	100.0

Sources

↑ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 058 Northumberland-Quinte West". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Northumberland—Quinte West" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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