Oxford (federal electoral district)

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Oxford
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Oxford in relation to the southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Arpan Khanna
Conservative
District created1933
First contested 1935
Last contested2023 (by-election)
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 108,656
Electors (2015)83,003
Area (km²) [2] 2,384
Pop. density (per km²)45.6
Census division(s) Brant County, Oxford County
Census subdivision(s) Brant, Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, Norwich, Zorra, South-West Oxford, East Zorra – Tavistock, Blandford-Blenheim

Oxford is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since the 1935 election.

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Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census [3]

Ethnic groups: 90.2% White, 3.2% South Asian, 2.3% Indigenous, 1.4% Black
Languages: 89.2% English, 1.8% Dutch, 1.5% Punjabi, 1.2% French, 1.2% German
Religions: 56.7% Christian (17.2% Catholic, 9.3% United Church, 5.0% Anglican, 3.1% Baptist, 2.8% Reformed, 2.6% Presbyterian, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.5% Anabaptist, 1.0% Pentecostal and other Charismatic, 12.6% Other), 1.7% Sikh, 39.4% None
Median income: $42,800 (2020)
Average income: $50,760 (2020)

Geography

The riding consists of the County of Oxford and a small portion of the County of Brant, [4] covering most of the former Burford Township.

In the 2021 and 2019 elections, the Conservatives have won all parts of the riding, but were particularly strong in the rural southern part of the riding, with Burford Township and Norwich being their strongest areas. The weakest part of the riding for the Tories was in the riding's urban centres of Tillsonburg, Woodstock and Ingersoll where they only won pluralities. Liberal support is generally weak across the riding, but is the strongest in Woodstock and Tillsonburg, while the NDP has done particularly well in Ingersoll, winning over a quarter of the vote there in both elections. The People's Party saw a significant increase in their vote in 2021, with their strongest part of the riding being in Norwich.

History

It was created in 1933 when the ridings of Oxford North and Oxford South were merged. It consisted initially of the county of Oxford, including the part of the village of Tavistock that lies in the county of Oxford.

In 1966, it was expanded to include the whole of the Village of Tavistock and the Town of Tillsonburg. In 1987, it was expanded to include the Township of Burford in the County of Brant. In 1996, it reverted to consisting of just the county of Oxford.

This riding gained territory from Brant during the 2012 electoral redistribution, consisting of that part of the County of Brant west of Etonia Road and East Quarter Townline Road.

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Oxford
Riding created from Oxford North and Oxford South
18th  1935–1940   Almon Rennie Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949   Kenneth Daniel Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953   Clark Murray Liberal
22nd  1953–1957   Wally Nesbitt Progressive Conservative
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979 Bruce Halliday
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997   John Baird Finlay Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006   Dave MacKenzie Conservative
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2023
 2023–present Arpan Khanna

Election results

Graph of election results in Oxford (parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted)
Canadian federal by-election, June 19, 2023
Resignation of Dave MacKenzie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arpan Khanna 16,68842.92-4.13
Liberal David Hilderley14,16436.43+15.90
New Democratic Cody Groat 4,05310.42-7.86
Christian Heritage John Markus1,6724.30+3.53
People's Wendy Martin1,2783.29-7.36
Green Cheryle Baker8542.20-0.52
Independent John The Engineer Turmel 1710.44
Total valid votes38,88099.38
Total rejected ballots2430.62+0.01
Turnout39,12339.81-25.08
Eligible voters98,270
Conservative hold Swing -10.01
Source: Elections Canada [5]
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 29,14647.05-1.09$32,605.67
Liberal Elizabeth Quinto12,72020.53+1.24$25,550.39
New Democratic Matthew Chambers11,32518.28-1.93$3,373.85
People's Wendy Martin6,59510.65+7.73$15,390.08
Green Bob Reid1,6832.72-5.12$0.00
Christian Heritage Allen Scovil4790.77-0.85$5,613.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit61,94899.39$123,152.84
Total rejected ballots3790.61-0.25
Turnout62,32764.89-1.04
Eligible voters96,055
Conservative hold Swing -1.17
Source: Elections Canada [6]
2021 federal election redistributed results [7]
PartyVote %
  Conservative 28,22246.79
  Liberal 12,47120.67
  New Democratic 11,12418.44
  People's 6,41810.64
  Green 1,6292.70
 Others4570.76
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 29,31048.14+2.46$49,710.46
New Democratic Matthew Chambers12,30620.21+3.66none listed
Liberal Brendan Knight11,74519.29-12.90$3,866.13
Green Lisa Birtch-Carriere4,7707.83+4.31none listed
People's Wendy Martin1,7742.91-$6,624.90
Christian Heritage Melody Aldred9861.62-0.45$3,632.07
Total valid votes/expense limit60,89199.14
Total rejected ballots5280.86+0.44
Turnout61,41965.92-2.00
Eligible voters93,166
Conservative hold Swing -0.60
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 25,96645.67-13.30$75,795.63
Liberal Don McKay18,29932.19+22.55$36,173.57
New Democratic Zoe Kunschner9,40616.55-8.90$25,490.22
Green Mike Farlow2,0043.53-0.80$4,354.32
Christian Heritage Melody Ann Aldred1,1752.07$8,421.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit56,85099.58 $220,586.55
Total rejected ballots2410.42
Turnout57,04167.93
Eligible voters84,045
Conservative hold Swing -17.92
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]
2011 federal election redistributed results [12]
PartyVote %
  Conservative 28,78258.97
  New Democratic 12,41925.45
  Liberal 4,7069.64
  Green 2,1114.33
 Others7861.61
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 27,97358.90+6.22$56,267
New Democratic Paul Arsenault12,16425.61+7.59$14,065
Liberal Tim Lobzun4,5219.52-9.87$13,495
Green Mike Farlow2,0584.33-3.24$12,611
Christian Heritage John Markus7761.63-0.71$1,478
Total valid votes/Expense limit47,49299.62 $85,881.86
Total rejected ballots1790.38+0.05
Turnout 47,671 61.88+2.87
Eligible voters 77,035
Conservative hold Swing -0.68
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 23,33052.68+6.13$57,473
Liberal Martha Dennis8,58619.39-8.70$50,017
New Democratic Diane Abbott7,98218.02+0.65$9,242
Green Cathy Mott3,3557.58+4.43$2,819
Christian Heritage Shaun MacDonald1,0362.34-0.55$14,229
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,289 99.67$82,866
Total rejected ballots 1450.33 -0.00
Turnout 44,434 59.02-8.12
Eligible voters 75,290
Conservative hold Swing +7.41
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 23,14046.55+1.65
Liberal Greig Mordue13,96128.08-2.44
New Democratic Zoe Kunschner8,63917.38+2.84
Green Ronnee Sykes1,5663.15-1.10
Christian Heritage John Markus1,4342.88-0.46
Marijuana James Bender7711.55-0.18
Libertarian Kaye Sargent2040.41-0.08
Total valid votes49,715 99.67
Total rejected ballots 164 0.33-0.13
Turnout 49,879 67.14+4.01
Eligible voters 74,292
Conservative hold Swing +2.05
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dave MacKenzie 20,60644.89-12.59
Liberal Murray Coulter14,01130.52-4.91
New Democratic Zoe Kunschner6,67314.54+9.25
Green Irene Tietz1,9514.25
Christian Heritage Leslie Bartley1,5343.34
Marijuana James Bender7941.73
Libertarian Kaye Sargent2260.49
Canadian Action Alex Kreider1080.24
Total valid votes 45,90399.54
Total rejected ballots 211 0.46
Turnout 46,11463.13
Eligible voters 73,048
Conservative notional hold Swing -3.84

Note: Change is from 2000 redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote.

2000 federal election redistributed results [13]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 14,86935.44
  Progressive Conservative 12,83430.59
  Canadian Alliance 11,28326.89
  New Democratic 2,2195.29
 Others7551.80
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Baird Finlay 15,18135.55-0.43
Progressive Conservative Dave MacKenzie 13,05030.56-1.94
Alliance Patricia Smith11,45526.82+5.76
New Democratic Shawn Rouse2,2545.28-2.25
Independent John Thomas Markus [lower-alpha 1] 5361.26-0.86
Canadian Action Alex Kreider2270.53+0.11
Total valid votes 42,703100.0
Liberal hold Swing +0.76

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election. Independent compared to Christian Heritage.

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Baird Finlay 16,28135.98-5.15
Progressive Conservative Dave MacKenzie 14,70632.50+9.79
Reform Bill Irvine9,53321.07-5.39
New Democratic Martin Donlevy3,4067.53+2.55
Christian Heritage John Zekveld9562.11+0.16
Canadian Action Alex Kreider1920.42
Natural Law Jim Morris1810.40-0.05
Total valid votes45,255100.0
Liberal hold Swing -7.47
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Baird Finlay 19,66941.13+4.11
Reform John Mohr12,65326.46
Progressive Conservative George Klosler10,85722.70-17.05
New Democratic Martin Donlevy2,3804.98-10.98
Christian Heritage Hans Strikwerda9351.96-4.59
Independent George Moore4710.98
National Bryan John Rahn4170.87
Libertarian Kaye Sargent2300.48+0.10
Natural Law Peter Leggat2140.45
Total valid votes 47,826100.0
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +10.58
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bruce Halliday 19,36739.75-17.3
Liberal Alfred Apps18,03537.02+8.3
New Democratic Brian Donlevy7,77115.95+2.4
Christian Heritage Hans Strikwerda3,1906.55
Libertarian Kaye Sargent1870.38-0.3
Commonwealth of Canada Sharon Rounds1660.34
Total valid votes 48,716100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bruce Halliday 25,64257.1+11.2
Liberal Alfred Apps12,88428.7-8.1
New Democratic Wayne Colbran6,07713.5-2.8
Libertarian Kaye Sargent3220.70.0
Total valid votes 44,925100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bruce Halliday 19,38245.9-9.3
Liberal Ken Peers15,54636.8+6.5
New Democratic Marjorie Lanaway6,88516.3+2.3
Libertarian Nancy Hurd3110.7+0.2
Marxist–Leninist Larry Hannant1000.2
Total valid votes 42,224100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bruce Halliday 23,59255.2+8.8
Liberal Ron Calhoun12,93530.3-12.6
New Democratic Marjorie Lanaway5,98014.0+3.2
Libertarian Nancy Hurd2270.5
Total valid votes 42,734 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bruce Halliday 18,93446.4-16.2
Liberal Charlie Tatham17,50642.9+12.0
New Democratic Peter Klynstra4,39810.8+4.1
Total valid votes40,838 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 25,43862.5+9.0
Liberal Charlie Tatham12,54030.8-5.9
New Democratic Ron Wettlaufer2,7036.6-3.0
Total valid votes 40,681100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 18,50453.6-2.1
Liberal Charlie Tatham12,69736.8+4.6
New Democratic John Hilborn3,3359.7-2.5
Total valid votes34,536 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 17,65755.6-4.8
Liberal Leslie MacDonald Ball10,20232.2-0.1
New Democratic Margaret Caffyn3,87012.2+7.4
Total valid votes 31,729100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 19,40260.4+2.6
Liberal William Young10,35932.3-1.6
New Democratic Wilf Vale1,5504.8-1.2
Social Credit Margaret Elsom8052.5+0.2
Total valid votes32,116 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 18,35257.8-17.3
Liberal Robert Alan MacDougall10,73133.8+9.0
New Democratic Wilf Vale1,9186.0
Social Credit Charles Elsom7352.3
Total valid votes31,736 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 22,07975.1+6.3
Liberal Hector Alexander Clark7,30524.9+74.8
Total valid votes29,384100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 20,40468.9+18.8
Liberal Bruce McCall8,27527.9
Social Credit Charlie Elsom9443.2
Total valid votes 29,623100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Nesbitt 12,69350.1+4.8
Liberal Alexander Clark Murray12,65449.9+1.6
Total valid votes 25,347100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alexander Clark Murray 12,58148.3+6.6
Progressive Conservative Kenneth Daniel 11,79145.2-3.6
Co-operative Commonwealth William Gordon Goodwin1,6886.5
Total valid votes 26,060100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Kenneth Daniel 11,91648.9+5.8
Liberal Almon Secord Rennie10,14941.6-15.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Burton2,3109.5
Total valid votes24,375 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Almon Secord Rennie 10,97556.9+9.1
National Government Charles Thomas Milton8,32543.1+7.0
Total valid votes 19,300100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Almon Secord Rennie 11,43847.8
Conservative Donald Matheson Sutherland 8,65536.2
Reconstruction Richard Harley Mayberry2,95312.3
Co-operative Commonwealth William Andrew MacLeod8863.7
Total valid votes 23,932100.0

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  1. Markus was a member of the Christian Heritage Party, which was unregistered at the time

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