Essex (provincial electoral district)

Essex

Ontario electoral district
File:Essex, riding.png Essex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Taras Natyshak New Democratic
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	123,872
Electors (2007)	84,450
Area (km²)	1,448
Pop. density (per km²)	85.5
Census divisions	Essex County
Census subdivisions	Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle

For the federal electoral district of the same name, see Essex (electoral district).

Essex is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It existed from 1867 to 1874 and was re-created in 1999 from Essex South, Essex—Kent and Windsor—Sandwich.

When the riding was recreated, it included all of Essex County except for Windsor, Old Tecumseh, St. Clair Beach, Leamington and Mersea Township.

In 2007, it lost the parts of Tecumseh that had since been amalgamated (South Sandwich Township).

Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Essex
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
1st	1867–1871		Solomon Wigle	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		Albert Prince	Liberal
Riding dissolved
Riding created from Essex South, Essex—Kent and Windsor—Sandwich
37th	1999–2003		Bruce Crozier	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Taras Natyshak	New Democratic
41st	2014–Present

Election results

1999-present

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	28,118	60.34	+22.35
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Cecile	10,169	21.82	-13.19
	Liberal	Crystal Meloche	6,628	14.22	-10.90
	Green	Mark Vercouteren	1,685	3.62	+1.74
Total valid votes			46,600	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+17.77
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Taras Natyshak	17,417	37.99	+17.22
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Brister	16,049	35.01	+10.00
	Liberal	Ken Schmidt	11,518	25.12	-22.90
	Green	Jason Matyi	860	1.88	-3.46
Total valid votes			45,844	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			168	0.37
Turnout			46,012	51.38
Eligible voters			89,549
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.61
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	19,969	48.02	+2.74
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Kniaziew	10,400	25.01	+0.27
	New Democratic	John Grima	8,638	20.77	-7.01
	Green	Jessica Fracassi	2,220	5.34	+3.14
	Libertarian	Aaron Parent	358	0.86
Total valid votes			41,585	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	20,559	45.28	-11.45
	New Democratic	Pat Hayes	12,614	27.78	+19.43
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick O'Neil	11,234	24.74	-9.49
	Green	Darren J. Brown	998	2.20
Total valid votes			45,405	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	25,446	56.73
	Progressive Conservative	Pat O'Neil	15,354	34.23
	New Democratic	Merv Richards	3,745	8.35
	Independent	Enver Villamizar	307	0.68
Total valid votes			44,852	100.00

1867-1871

Ontario general election, 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert Prince	1,204	51.23	+4.92
	Conservative	Solomon Wigle	786	33.45	-12.86
	Independent	Rankin	360	15.32
Total valid votes			2,350	100.00

Ontario general election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Solomon Wigle	1,566	53.69
	Liberal	Albert Prince	1,351	46.31
Total valid votes			2,917	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	27,130	67
	Mixed member proportional	13,384	33
	Total valid votes	40,514	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results