Kingston and the Islands (provincial electoral district)

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Kingston and the Islands
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 		 
Ted Hsu
Liberal
District created1966
First contested 1967
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Population (2016)117,545
Electors (2018)98,020
Area (km²)665
Pop. density (per km²)176.8
Census division(s) Frontenac
Census subdivision(s) Frontenac Islands, Kingston

Kingston and the Islands is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1967.

Contents

It covers the city of Kingston, Ontario and the nearby areas, including the sparsely populated Frontenac Islands in the St. Lawrence River.

Demographics

Boundaries

The riding was created before the 1967 provincial election. Its initial area consisted of the townships of Amherst Island, Howe Island and Wolfe Island, the city of Kingston and the islands in the St. Lawrence River within the county of Frontenac. [4] In 1986, it was changed slightly to include Kingston and the three major islands plus all the land south of Highway 401 within the township of Pittsburgh. [5]

In 1996, the provincial government reduced the number of ridings in the province from 130 to 103. They also directed the new ridings to correspond to the boundaries of the existing federal ridings. [6] At that time, the federal counterpart, Kingston and the Islands, existed with the same boundaries as the current provincial riding. After the 1999 election, minor changes to the riding were made along with the federal counterpart in 2003 and 2013. [7]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Kingston and the Islands
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Kingston
28th  1967–1971   Syl Apps Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977 Keith Norton
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987   Ken Keyes Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995   Gary Wilson New Democratic
36th  1995–1999   John Gerretsen Liberal
37th  1999–2003
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018 Sophie Kiwala
42nd  2018–2022   Ian Arthur New Democratic
43rd  2022–present   Ted Hsu Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [8]

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Kingston and the Islands at the 2025 Ontario general election Kingston and the Islands 2025 polling division map winner.svg
Winning party in each polling division of Kingston and the Islands at the 2025 Ontario general election
2025 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ted Hsu 33,28861.57+23.91
Progressive Conservative Ian Chapelle12,02222.24-2.32
New Democratic Elliot Ugalde6,66312.32-18.83
Green Zachary Typhair1,1952.21-1.07
Ontario Party Allan Wilson5661.05-0.65
None of the Above James McNair3310.61N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit54,06599.24–0.25
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots4120.76+0.25
Turnout54,477
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing +13.12
Source: Elections Ontario [9]
Winning party in each polling division of Kingston and the Islands at the 2022 Ontario general election Kingston and the Islands 2022 polling division map winner.svg
Winning party in each polling division of Kingston and the Islands at the 2022 Ontario general election
2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Ted Hsu 18,36037.66+10.14$75,749
New Democratic Mary Rita Holland15,18631.15−8.00$130,691
Progressive Conservative Gary Bennett 11,97324.56−1.52$62,419
Green Zachary Typhair1,6013.28−3.14$15,397
Ontario Party Shalea Beckwith8271.70 $7,396
New Blue Stephen Skyvington4290.88 $7,078
Independent Shelley Joanne Galloway1300.27 $0
Communist Sebastian Vaillancourt1230.25 $0
Consensus Ontario Laurel Claus Johnson1200.25 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit48,74999.49 $146,496
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2490.51−0.40
Turnout48,99846.84−10.45
Eligible voters104,601
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +9.07
Source(s)
  • "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 2025.
2018 Ontario general election : Kingston and the Islands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Ian Arthur 21,78839.16+9.73
Liberal Sophie Kiwala 15,31227.52−14.54
Progressive Conservative Gary Bennett 14,51226.08+5.28
Green Robert Kiley3,5746.42−0.81
Libertarian Heather Cunningham2740.49
Trillium Andre Imbeault1840.33
Total valid votes55,64499.09
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots5100.91
Turnout56,15457.29
Eligible voters98,020
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +12.14
Source: Elections Ontario [10]
2014 general election redistributed results [11]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 19,69842.06
  New Democratic 13,78129.42
  Progressive Conservative 9,74420.80
  Green 3,3887.23
  Freedom 2240.48
2014 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sophie Kiwala 20,83841.59−7.25
New Democratic Mary Rita Holland14,81129.56+5.77
Progressive Conservative Mark Bain10,65221.26−1.06
Green Robert Kiley3,5567.10+3.40
Freedom Jonathan Reid2420.48+0.32
Total valid votes50,099100.0  
Liberal hold Swing −6.51
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 036 Kingston and the Islands" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John Gerretsen 21,02848.84+1.61$ 71,020.00
New Democratic Mary Rita Holland10,24123.79+3.2434,982.21
Progressive Conservative Rodger James9,61022.32– 45,336.00
Green Robert Kiley1,5943.70−5.0715,086.56
Family Coalition David Caracciolo3360.78−0.072,857.71
Libertarian Jamie Shaw1150.27 0.00
Freedom Paul Busch710.16−0.120.00
Republican David Best560.13 0.00
Total valid votes / expense limit43,051100.0  −12.65$ 114,204.30
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1630.38−0.20
Turnout43,21445.03−8.93
Eligible voters95,966 +4.47
Liberal hold Swing −0.82
Source(s)
"Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kingston and the Islands" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2014.
"2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Elections Ontario . Retrieved June 2, 2014.
2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John Gerretsen 23,27747.23−13.05$ 64,512.47
Progressive Conservative John Rapin11,00122.32+2.2069,700.00
New Democratic Rick Downes10,12920.55+9.0456,689.54
Green Bridget Doherty4,3218.77+2.2213,098.54
Family Coalition Chris Beneteau4190.85−0.680.00
Freedom Mark Fournier1370.28 0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit49,284100.0  +2.88$ 99,207.72
Total rejected ballots2860.58+0.12
Turnout49,57053.96−0.33
Eligible voters91,859 +3.64
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 May 31, 2014.
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John Gerretsen 28,87760.28+5.58$ 57,119.88
Progressive Conservative Hans Westenberg9,64020.12−9.9443,307.95
New Democratic Janet C. Collins5,51411.51+0.2323,161.12
Green Eric B. Walton3,1376.55+4.1119,292.20
Family Coalition Chris K. Beneteau7351.53+0.40551.01
Total valid votes/expense limit47,903100.0  −0.57$ 85,086.72
Total rejected ballots2190.46−0.25
Turnout48,12254.29−0.22
Eligible voters88,634 −0.43
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 May 31, 2014.
"2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John Gerretsen 26,35554.70+17.80$ 40,703.00
Progressive Conservative Bob Pickering14,48730.07−0.6065,682.63
New Democratic Beth Pater5,43611.28−17.5326,106.42
Green Chris Walker1,1742.444,848.00
Family Coalition Chris K. Beneteau5461.13−1.9415.00
Natural Law Gerard Morris1820.38−0.170.00
Total valid votes/expense limit48,180100.0  +72.38$ 85,460.16
Total rejected ballots3450.71−0.09
Turnout48,52554.51−6.57
Eligible voters89,021 +93.00
Source(s)
"General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate" . Retrieved May 31, 2014.
"General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario.
"1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John Gerretsen 10,31436.90+6.71$ 33,086.00
Progressive Conservative Sally Barnes8,57130.67+4.2640,705.44
New Democratic Gary Wilson 8,05228.81−9.1830,908.12
Family Coalition John Pacheco8583.07−2.346,044.53
Natural Law Ronald Dunphy1550.55 0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit27,950100.0  −4.26$ 45,281.00
Total rejected ballots2250.80
Turnout28,17561.08
Eligible voters46,125
Source(s)
"General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate" . Retrieved June 2, 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" ( MS word DOC icon (2003-2007).svg Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gary Wilson 10,18437.99+13.33
Liberal Ken Keyes 8,09230.19−20.42
Progressive Conservative John Goodchild7,07926.41+3.65
Family Coalition Joan Jackson1,4525.41
Total valid votes26,807100.0  +3.25
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ken Keyes 13,14150.61+4.28
New Democratic Gary Wilson 6,40224.66+9.54
Progressive Conservative Tom Annis5,91022.76−14.68
Green Steven Kaasgaard5111.97+0.86
Total valid votes25,964100.0  +0.88
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ken Keyes 11,92446.33+12.39
Progressive Conservative Keith Norton 9,63737.44−12.63
New Democratic Pamela Cross3,89215.12−0.87
Green Don Irvine2851.11
Total valid votes25,738100.0  +3.20
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Norton 12,48850.07−2.25
Liberal Carl Ross8,46533.94+6.21
New Democratic Ron Murray3,98715.99−3.28
Total valid votes24,940100.0  +6.56
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Norton 12,24652.32+14.78
Liberal Peter Watson6,49027.73-9.35
New Democratic John Clements4,51019.27-5.27
Communist Louise Andrews1580.68-0.16
Total valid votes23,404100.0  
1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Keith Norton 9,38637.54
Liberal Ken Keyes 9,27037.08
New Democratic Lars Thompson6,13424.54
Communist Ruth Miller2090.84
Total valid votes24,999100.0  
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Charles Joseph Apps 12,28543.92
Liberal John Hazlett12,09843.25
New Democratic Mary Lloyd-Jones3,58612.82
Total valid votes27,970100.0  
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Charles Joseph Apps 10,24647.12
Liberal Keith Flannigan7,88136.24
New Democratic John Meister3,61716.63
Total valid votes21,744100.0  

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post26,47354.6
Mixed member proportional21,96845.4
Total valid votes48,431100.0

References

  1. ↑ "143 Kingston and the Islands". Canada Votes. CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election 2006". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Federal Electoral District Profile of Kingston and the Islands - Kingston et les Îles, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census Map". 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Representation Act , RSO 1970, c 413". Ontario: Revised Statutes. 1970 (5). Legislative Assembly of Ontario: 21. 1970.
  5. ↑ "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Ontario: Annual Statutes. 1986 (1). Legislative Assembly of Ontario: 367. January 6, 1986.
  6. ↑ "C 28: Fewer Politicians Act, 1996". Ontario: Annual Statutes. 1996 (1). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. December 9, 1996.
  7. ↑ "History of Federal Ridings Since 1867: Kingston and the Islands, Ontario, (1968-)". Parliament of Canada. 2017.
  8. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Syl Apps's Legislative Assembly information see "Syl Apps, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Keith Norton's Legislative Assembly information see "Keith Norton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Ken Keyes's Legislative Assembly information see "Ken Keyes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Gary Wilson's Legislative Assembly information see "Gary Wilson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John Gerretsen's Legislative Assembly information see "John Gerretsen, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Sophie Kiwala's Legislative Assembly information see "Sophie Kiwala, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
  9. ↑ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "46 - Kingston and the Islands".

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