Northumberland—Peterborough South (federal electoral district)

Northumberland—Peterborough South (French: Northumberland—Peterborough-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Ontario.[2]

Northumberland—Peterborough South
Ontario electoral district
Northumberland-Peterborough South in relation to other electoral districts in Southern Ontario
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Philip Lawrence
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]107,840
Electors (2015)88,276
Area (km²)[1]3,001
Pop. density (per km²)35.9
Census division(s)Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough County
Census subdivision(s)Alnwick/Haldimand, Brighton, Clarington, Cobourg, Cramahe, Hamilton Township, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Peterborough, Port Hope, Trent Hills

Northumberland—Peterborough South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. 77% of the riding was formed from Northumberland—Quinte West, 13% from Durham and 10% from Peterborough.

The riding was originally intended to be named Northumberland—Pine Ridge.[3]

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Northumberland—Clarke at the next federal election.[4]

Geography

The riding is located in Central Ontario along Lake Ontario. It contains the entirety of Northumberland County, southern Peterborough and the eastern half of the municipality of Clarington.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[5]

Ethnic groups: 89.8% White, 5.1% Indigenous, 1.2% Black, 1.1% South Asian
Languages: 92.6% English, 1.3% French
Religions: 54.1% Christian (17.6% Catholic, 11.3% United Church, 7.6% Anglican, 2.4% Presbyterian, 1.8% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 12.2% Other), 43.8% None
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $53,100 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Northumberland—Peterborough South
Riding created from Durham,
Northumberland—Quinte West and Peterborough
42nd  2015–2019     Kim Rudd Liberal
43rd  2019–2021     Philip Lawrence Conservative
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Northumberland—Peterborough South (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
ConservativePhilip Lawrence31,01544.5+4.8$102,345.39
LiberalAlison Lester23,33633.5-2.7$114,472.38
New DemocraticKim McArthur-Jackson9,80914.1+0.2$7,800.16
People'sNathan Lang3,8135.5+3.4$7,035.54
GreenChristina Wilson1,7642.5-5.5$3,692.08
Total valid votes69,737
Total rejected ballots459
Turnout70,19669.98
Eligible voters100,308
Source: Elections Canada[6]
2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
PartyVote%
 Conservative27,55343.99
 Liberal21,31134.02
 New Democratic8,73513.95
 People's3,4305.48
 Green1,6082.57
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
ConservativePhilip Lawrence27,38539.7+0.14$68,864.16
LiberalKim Rudd24,97736.2-6.31$83,715.67
New DemocraticMallory MacDonald9,61513.9-0.9$8,871.55
GreenJeff Wheeldon5,5248.0+4.87none listed
People'sFrank Vaughan1,4602.1$1,643.34
Total valid votes/expense limit68,961100.0  
Total rejected ballots484
Turnout69,44571.7
Eligible voters96,841
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+3.23
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKim Rudd27,04342.51+21.42$114,323.76
ConservativeAdam Moulton25,16539.56-13.80$135,349.14
New DemocraticRuss Christianson9,41114.80-5.79$41,225.56
GreenPatricia Sinnott1,9903.13-1.55$1,350.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit63,609100.00 $229,426.74
Total rejected ballots2670.42
Turnout63,87671.67
Eligible voters89,128
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+17.61
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]
2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
PartyVote%
 Conservative29,37753.37
 Liberal11,61121.09
 New Democratic11,33120.58
 Green2,5764.68
 Others1540.28

References

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