Kent (Ontario provincial electoral district)

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Kent
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1867
District abolished 1986
First contested 1867
Last contested 1985

Kent was an electoral riding in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It was abolished in 1875 when is was split into Kent East and Kent West ridings. It was re-established in 1967 and then redistributed into Kent-Elgin in 1975. It was finally abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Essex—Kent.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Kent
Assembly Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     John Smith Liberal
2nd  1871–1874     James Dawson Liberal
Riding split into Kent East and Kent West ridings in 1875
Riding re-established in 1967
28th  1967–1971     Jack Spence Liberal
29th  1971–1975
Kent-Elgin
30th  1975–1977     Jack Spence Liberal
31st  1977–1981     Jim McGuigan Liberal
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Essex—Kent before the 1987 election

References

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For John Smith's Legislative Assembly information see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    • For James Dawson's Legislative Assembly information see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    • For Jack Spence's Legislative Assembly information see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    • For Jim McGuigan's Legislative Assembly information see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.