Essex (provincial electoral district)

Essex
Ontario electoral district
	Essex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Anthony Leardi ; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	125,440
Electors (2018)	97,773
Area (km²)	2,272
Pop. density (per km²)	55.2
Census division(s)	Essex County
Census subdivision(s)	Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle

Last updated June 06, 2025

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

Member of Provincial Parliament

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

Essex
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Solomon Wigle	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		Albert Prince	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Essex North and Essex South
Riding re-created from Essex South, Essex—Kent and Windsor—Sandwich
37th	1999–2003		Bruce Crozier	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Taras Natyshak	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–2025		Anthony Leardi	Progressive Conservative
44th	2025–present		Anthony Leardi	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1999-present

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Leardi	30,785	55.5	+4.4
	New Democratic	Rachael Mills	12,047	21.7	–6.6
	Liberal	Tamara Stomp	8,707	15.7	+7.1
	Green	Steve Higgins	1,282	2.3	+0.3
	Ontario Party	Travis Jacques	1,131	2.0	–4.8
	New Blue	Brigitte Belton	882	1.6	–1.1
	None of the Above	Kevin Linfield	469	0.8	+0.2
	Independent	William Szabo Verzoc	204	0.4	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout				50.9	+3.7
Eligible voters			109,089
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.5
Source: Elections Ontario ^[1]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Leardi	24,926	51.10	+8.12	$56,154
	New Democratic	Ron Leclair	13,793	28.28	−19.67	$99,831
	Liberal	Manpreet Brar	4,186	8.58	+3.03	$44,182
	Ontario Party	Frank Causarano	3,322	6.81		$0
	New Blue	Danielle Sylvester	1,293	2.65		$8,086
	Green	Nicholas Wendler	989	2.03	−1.50	$0
	None of the Above	Kevin Linfield	271	0.56		$283
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,780	99.50	+0.16	$145,387
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			245	0.50	-0.16
Turnout			49,025	47.21	-8.91
Eligible voters			101,723
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+13.90
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	26,134	47.95	-12.36
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Lewis	23,423	42.98	+21.20
	Liberal	Kate Festeryga	3,026	5.55	-8.78
	Green	Nancy Pancheshan	1,920	3.52	-0.06
Total valid votes			54,503	99.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			363	0.66
Turnout			54,866	56.12
Eligible voters			97,773
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-16.78
Source: Elections Ontario ^[2]

2014 general election redistributed results^[3]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	26,807	60.31
	Progressive Conservative	9,677	21.77
	Liberal	6,369	14.33
	Green	1,593	3.58

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	28,118	60.34	+22.35
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Cecile	10,169	21.82	-13.19
	Liberal	Crystal Meloche	6,628	14.22	-10.90
	Green	Mark Vercouteren	1,685	3.62	+1.74
Total valid votes			46,600	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+17.77
Source: Elections Ontario ^[4]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	17,417	37.99	+17.22
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Brister	16,049	35.01	+10.00
	Liberal	Ken Schmidt	11,518	25.12	-22.90
	Green	Jason Matyi	860	1.88	-3.46
Total valid votes			45,844	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			168	0.37
Turnout			46,012	51.38
Eligible voters			89,549
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.61
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	19,969	48.02	+2.74
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Kniaziew	10,400	25.01	+0.27
	New Democratic	John Grima	8,638	20.77	-7.01
	Green	Jessica Fracassi	2,220	5.34	+3.14
	Libertarian	Aaron Parent	358	0.86
Total valid votes			41,585	100.00

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	20,559	45.28	-11.45
	New Democratic	Pat Hayes	12,614	27.78	+19.43
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick O'Neil	11,234	24.74	-9.49
	Green	Darren J. Brown	998	2.20
Total valid votes			45,405	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	25,446	56.73
	Progressive Conservative	Pat O'Neil	15,354	34.23
	New Democratic	Merv Richards	3,745	8.35
	Independent	Enver Villamizar	307	0.68
Total valid votes			44,852	100.00

1867-1871

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Prince	1,204	51.23	+4.92
	Conservative	Solomon Wigle	786	33.45	−20.24
	Independent	Mr. Rankin	360	15.32
Turnout			2,350	50.95	−24.46
Eligible voters			4,612
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+12.58
Source: Elections Ontario ^[6]

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Solomon Wigle	1,566	53.69
	Liberal	A. Cameron	1,351	46.31
Total valid votes			2,917	75.41
Eligible voters			3,868
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario ^[7]

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27,130	67
	Mixed member proportional	13,384	33
	Total valid votes	40,514	100.0

References

↑ "Essex Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
↑ "27 - Essex".
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 022 Essex" (PDF). Retrieved June 27, 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Essex" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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[1] "Essex Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[3] "27 - Essex".

[4] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 022 Essex" (PDF). Retrieved June 27, 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[5] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Essex" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

[7] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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