Chatham-Kent—Leamington (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Chatham-Kent—Leamington.

Chatham-Kent—Leamington (formerly Chatham-Kent—Essex and Chatham—Kent Essex) is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Chatham-Kent—Leamington

Ontario electoral district
Chatham-Kent—Leamington in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Trevor Jones Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	109,620
Electors (2018)	82,799
Area (km²)	3,036
Pop. density (per km²)	36.1
Census division(s)	Chatham-Kent, Essex County,
Census subdivision(s)	Chatham-Kent, Lakeshore Leamington

Chatham-Kent-Essex 2003 to 2018

It was created in 1999 from parts of Essex—Kent, Chatham-Kent and Essex South.

When the riding was created, it included all of Kent County south of the Thames River, the city of Chatham, the town of Leamington and the Township of Mersea Township.

In 2007, the boundaries did not change.

As a result of the 2012 federal boundary redistricting, the name of the district was changed to Chatham-Kent—Leamington.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Chatham-Kent—Essex Riding created from Essex—Kent, Chatham—Kent and Essex South
37th	1999–2003		Pat Hoy	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–2018
Chatham-Kent—Leamington
42nd	2018–2021		Rick Nicholls	Progressive Conservative
	2021–2021			Independent
	2021–2022			Ontario Party
43rd	2022–present		Trevor Jones	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Chatham-Kent—Leamington at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Jones	22,250	52.0	+4.5
	Liberal	Billy Kirby	7,856	18.4	N/A
	New Democratic	Christian Sachs	7,333	17.2	–13.2
	New Blue	Rhonda Jubenville	3,387	7.9	+3.9
	Green	Matthew Davey	1,241	2.9	–0.5
	Ontario Party	Phillip St-Laurent	704	1.7	–13.3
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout				48.4	+3.5
Eligible voters			88,408
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–7.0
Source: Elections Ontario[1]

Winning party in each polling division of Chatham-Kent—Leamington at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Jones	17,522	47.52	−4.40	$69,271
	New Democratic	Brock McGregor	11,163	30.28	−5.43	$54,449
	Ontario Party	Rick Nicholls	5,478	14.86	−37.06	$15,238
	New Blue	Rhonda Jubenville	1,463	3.97		$18,963
	Green	Jennifer Surerus	1,244	3.37	−0.17	$381
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,870	94.70	-3.92	$121,477
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			2,064	5.30	+3.92
Turnout			38,934	44.87	-11.92
Eligible voters			85,468
	Progressive Conservative gain from Ontario Party		Swing		+0.52
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	24,078	51.92	+14.09
	New Democratic	Jordan McGrail	16,558	35.71	+4.60
	Liberal	Margaret Schleier Stahl	3,736	8.06	-16.37
	Green	Mark Vercouteren	1,643	3.54	-1.72
	Independent	Drew Barry John Simpson	358	0.77	N/A
Total valid votes			46,373	98.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			647	1.38
Turnout			47,020	56.79	+5.46
Eligible voters			82,799
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.74
Source: Elections Ontario[2][3]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	14,183	37.83	-3.95
	New Democratic	Dan Gelinas	11,664	31.11	+7.86
	Liberal	Terry Johnson	9,158	24.43	-7.71
	Green	Ken Bell	1,971	5.26	+2.42
	Libertarian	Douglas McLarty	514	1.37	–
Total valid votes			37,490	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.90
Source: Elections Ontario[3][4] [note 1]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Nicholls	15,121	41.78	+13.08
	Liberal	Paul Watson	11,631	32.14	-19.85
	New Democratic	Aleksandra Navarro	8,415	23.25	+10.52
	Green	Holly Sullivan	1,027	2.84	-2.85
Total valid votes			36,194	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			233	0.64
Turnout			36,427	49.41
Eligible voters			73,727
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.47
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	18,782	51.98	-6.93
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Jackson	10,367	28.69	-0.60
	New Democratic	Murray Gaudreau	4,601	12.73	+5.04
	Green	Ken Bell	2,054	5.69	*
	Family Coalition	Mark Morin	326	0.90
Total valid votes			36,130	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.16

^ Change based on redistributed results

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	23,022	59.26	+3.22
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Wilkinson	11,586	29.82	-7.72
	New Democratic	Derry McKeever	2,893	7.45	+2.10
	Green	Jim Burgess	1,069	2.75	+1.68
	Freedom	David Rodman	281	0.72
Total valid votes			38,851	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pat Hoy	24,239	56.04
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Carroll	16,238	37.54
	New Democratic	Brian Sharp	2,316	5.35
	Green	Greg Zolad	462	1.07
Total valid votes			43,255	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,235	69.3
	Mixed member proportional	10,734	30.7
	Total valid votes	34,969	100.0

Notes

1. Riding of Chatham-Kent-Essex.