Lambton—Kent

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Lambton—Kent
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1976
First contested 1935
Last contested 1974

Lambton—Kent was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Kent, Lambton East and Lambton West ridings.

Contents

It was initially defined as consisting of:

In 1947, it was redefined to exclude the village of Arkona (Lambton County); and the townships of Gore of Camden (Kent County).

In 1966, it was defined to consist of:

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Essex—Kent, Kent and Lambton—Middlesex ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Kent, Lambton East and Lambton West
18th  1935–1940   Hugh MacKenzie Liberal
19th  1940–1945   Liberal–Progressive
20th  1945–1949   Robert James Henderson Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953   Hugh MacKenzie Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958   Ernest Campbell Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963   John Wesley Burgess Liberal
26th  1963–1965   Mac McCutcheon Progressive Conservative
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974 John Robert Holmes
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Essex—Kent, Kent and Lambton—Middlesex

Electoral history

1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Hugh MacKenzie 6,744
Conservative John Thomas Sproule 5,064
Reconstruction Burt Wendell Fansher 3,349
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Progressive Hugh MacKenzie 8,834
National Government Calvert Stanley Stonehouse6,089
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Robert James Henderson 7,829
Liberal Hugh MacKenzie 7,615
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Wesley Kay911
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Hugh MacKenzie 9,674
Progressive Conservative Robert James Henderson 8,189
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Hugh MacKenzie 9,432
Progressive Conservative Grant Stanley Dean7,248
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Ernest Campbell 9,745
Liberal Hugh MacKenzie 7,752
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Ernest Campbell 12,835
Liberal Roy McBrayne5,749
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal John Wesley Burgess 9,874
Progressive Conservative Ernest Campbell 9,052
Social Credit Lawrence Verheyden521
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Mac McCutcheon 9,520
Liberal John Wesley Burgess 9,496
New Democratic Cecil A. Cunningham576
Social Credit William E. Kellett379
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Mac McCutcheon 10,303
Liberal Jack Beatty9,413
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Mac McCutcheon 14,460
Liberal Len Lucier11,094
New Democratic Ray McGaffey2,342
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John Robert Holmes 16,306
Liberal Gus Sonneveld11,187
New Democratic Mel Muxlow2,970
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John Robert Holmes 14,315
Liberal Fred Reinhardt12,483
New Democratic Ron Howes2,764

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