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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, Gosfield South, Mersea and Pelee, in the County of Essex, but excluding the Town of Essex, and Townships of Harwich, Raleigh, Romney and Tilbury East, including the Town of Tilbury, in the County of Kent.

In 1987, Essex—Kent was re-defined to consist of the towns of Harrow, Kingsville and Leamington and the townships of Colchester North, Colchester South, Gosfield North, Gosfield South, Mersea and Pelee in the County of Essex, and the towns of Blenheim and Tilbury and the villages of Erieau, Erie Beach and Wheatley in the County of Kent.

The electoral district was redistributed in 1996 in to Essex and Kent—Essex ridings.

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DAUDLIN, Robert	14,457
	Progressive Conservative	CONKLIN, David	13,181
	New Democratic Party	WENSLEY, Ralph	4,759

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DAUDLIN, Robert	16,898
	Progressive Conservative	VANDERPOL, Hank	9,930
	New Democratic Party	WURFEL, David	5,083

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CALDWELL, James Eber	18,661
	Liberal	TIESSEN, Hugo	9,268
	New Democratic Party	TOYE, Peter	4,234

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PICKARD, Jerry	18,634
	Progressive Conservative	CALDWELL, James Eber	12,181
	New Democratic Party	COGGANS, John	6,935

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PICKARD, Jerry	21,865
	Reform	ABBOTT, Wayne	6,411
	Progressive Conservative	FLOOD, Kevin Charles	4,742
	New Democratic Party	DARNELL, Mike	2,005
	Natural Law	NEWBY, Lester	226

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[edit] External links

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