Northumberland- Quinte West Riding

    • NorthumberlandQuinte_West

      The electoral district of Northumberland--Quinte West (Ontario) has a population of 118,906 with 91,717 registered voters and 216 polling divisions. The riding stretches along the shore of Lake Ontario and north to Rice Lake.

      It contains the County of Northumberland and part of the County of Hastings, comprising the City of Quinte West, formerly Trenton, Sidney, Murray and Frankford. Also in the riding are the towns of Port Hope, Cobourg and Brighton and the Alderville First Nation Reserve. Canada's largest military base is in the riding.

      Although Northumberland-Quinte is mostly rural, there are significant manufacturing and retail trade sectors. Average family income is $60,840 and unemployment is 6.8 per cent.

      In 2004, part of Prince Edward-Hastings riding was added in the southeast and the riding was renamed Northumberland-Quinte West. Northumberland riding existed from 1914 to 1966 and was re-established in 1976, from portions of Prince Edward-Hastings and Northumberland-Durham riding.

      Political History - Federal Elections

      In 2006, Conservative Rick Norlock knocked off two-term MP Liberal Paul Macklin.

      Macklin had succeeded Liberal Christine Stewart, who was MP from 1988 to 2000.

      Tory George Hees represented this riding from 1965 to 1988.

      Northumberland:

      1979, 1980, 1984, 2006 - PC

      Since 1988 - 2006 LIB

      LAST FEDERAL ELECTION
      RESULTS
      January 26, 2006

    • Russ Christianson NDP 11,334
    • Patricia Lawson Green 2,946
    • Paul Macklin Liberal 22,566
    • Rick Norlock Conservative 25,833

      FEDERAL ELECTION
      RESULTS
      June 28, 2004

    • Russ Christianson NDP 9,007
    • Doug Galt Conservative 22,676
    • Steven Haylestrom Green 3,016
    • Paul Macklin Liberal 22,989
    • Total number of validated votes: 57,688

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October 12, 2008

Candidates unplugged

Take time this weekend to read about the four candidates vying to represent the riding in Ottawa for the foreseeable future. Because worse than not voting at all is putting the X beside the name of a candidate you know nothing about. The News has a great Election '08 section with the scoop, the views and the platforms of all four NQW hopefuls.
Do your homework. And VOTE.

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