Lambton—Middlesex

Lambton—Middlesex was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, Lambton—Kent, Middlesex—London—Lambton and Sarnia—Lambton ridings.

Lambton—Middlesex

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1996
First contested	1979
Last contested	1993

It was initially defined as consisting of

(a) the County of Lambton, excluding the Townships of Moore and Sarnia and any part of the county west of them, and the Township of Moore, and any part of the county north of it, Indian Reserve No. 46, and (b) the part of the County of Middlesex west of the Townships of Biddulph, London and Westminster.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of

(a) the County of Lambton excluding the City of Sarnia, the Village of Point Edward, the townships of Moore and Sarnia, Sarnia Indian Reserve No. 45 and Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46; and (b) that part of the County of Middlesex west of and including the Townships of McGillivray, Lobo and Delaware.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, London West, Perth—Middlesex, and Sarnia—Lambton ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Huron—Middlesex, Lambton—Kent, Middlesex—London—Lambton and Sarnia—Lambton
31st	1979–1980		Sidney Fraleigh	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Ralph Ferguson	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Sidney Fraleigh	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Ralph Ferguson	Liberal
35th	1993–1997		Rose-Marie Ur
Riding dissolved into Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, Elgin—Middlesex—London, London West, Perth—Middlesex and Sarnia—Lambton

Electoral history

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Fraleigh	18,770
	Liberal	J. Larry Condon	15,335
	New Democratic	Grant Reynolds	4,585

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ralph Ferguson	17,081
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Fraleigh	16,274
	New Democratic	Grant Reynolds	4,617

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Fraleigh	22,501
	Liberal	Ralph Ferguson	13,888
	New Democratic	Allen Wilford	4,826

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ralph Ferguson	17,312
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Fraleigh	16,857
	New Democratic	Larry Ross Green	5,063
	Christian Heritage	John Koster	2,467

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rose-Marie Ur	20,292
	Progressive Conservative	David Crone	9,369
	Reform	Randy Dayman	8,049
	Christian Heritage	Ken Willis	1,599
	New Democratic	Jamie Hamilton	1,491
	National	Larry Farquharson	447
	Independent	Alex E. Gubbels	247
	Natural Law	Travis Callender	165

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada