Lanark—Frontenac

For the provincial district, see Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston (provincial electoral district).

Lanark—Frontenac (formerly Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) is a federal electoral district in Eastern Ontario, Canada.

Lanark—Frontenac

Ontario electoral district
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston from the 2015 federal election to 2025 Lanark—Frontenac from the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Scott Reid Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	98,409
Electors (2015)	77,808
Area (km²)[1]	7,322
Pop. density (per km²)	13.4
Census division(s)	Frontenac, Lanark
Census subdivision(s)	South Frontenac, Mississippi Mills, Carleton Place, Smiths Falls, Beckwith, Drummond/North Elmsley, Perth, Tay Valley, Lanark Highlands, Central Frontenac

History

Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.^[2] The riding was created out of parts of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (79%), Carleton—Mississippi Mills (13%) and Kingston and the Islands (8%).^[3]

The riding was originally intended to be named Lanark—Frontenac.^[4] Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Lanark—Frontenac at the 2025 federal election.^[5] It will lose all of the city of Kingston in the process.

Geography

The riding consists of the entirety of Lanark County (including Perth and Smiths Falls) and all of Frontenac County (including Kingston) north of Highway 401.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[6]

Ethnic groups: 90.5% White, 6.6% Indigenous

Languages: 92.0% English, 3.3% French

Religions: 59.1% Christian (22.7% Catholic, 10.9% United Church, 8.9% Anglican, 2.5% Presbyterian, 1.2% Methodist, 1.1% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 10.8% Other), 39.3% None

Median income: $44,400 (2020)

Average income: $54,150 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Riding created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills, Kingston and the Islands and Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
42nd	2015–2019		Scott Reid	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
Lanark—Frontenac
45th	2025–present		Scott Reid	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scott Reid	33,962	50.15	+0.46
	Liberal	Michelle Foxton	30,906	45.64	+19.81
	New Democratic	Danielle Rae	1,990	2.94	–12.31
	Green	Jesse Pauley	864	1.28	–1.40
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			67,772	75.71
Eligible voters			89,448
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–9.68
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scott Reid	30,761	48.9	+0.8	$32,571.09
	Liberal	Michelle Foxton	16,617	26.4	+1.7	$80,805.83
	New Democratic	Steve Garrison	9,828	15.6	+1.5	$13,794.74
	People's	Florian Bors	3,830	6.1	+4.3	$12,211.43
	Green	Calvin Neufeld	1,664	2.6	-8.6	$3,411.15
	Rhinoceros	Blake Hamilton	211	0.3	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,911	–	–	$118,720.24
Total rejected ballots			435
Turnout			63,346	70.11
Eligible voters			90,348
Source: Elections Canada[9]

2021 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,182	49.69
	Liberal	15,170	25.83
	New Democratic	8,956	15.25
	People's	3,645	6.21
	Green	1,576	2.68
	Others	201	0.34

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scott Reid	30,077	48.1	+0.2	$31,656.25
	Liberal	Kayley Kennedy	15,441	24.7	-11.1	$24,751.79
	New Democratic	Satinka Schilling	8,835	14.1	–	$13.181.99
	Green	Stephen Kotze	7,011	11.2	+7.7	$25,332.91
	People's	Matthew Barton	1,117	1.8	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,481	100.0	–	$112,784.66
Total rejected ballots			434	0.69	+0.30
Turnout			62,915	72.5	-0.39
Eligible voters			86,806
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.65
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Scott Reid	27,399	47.87	-12.22	$44,082.97
	Liberal	Phil Archambault	19,325	33.76	+17.39	$60,112.47
	New Democratic	John Fenik	8,073	14.10	-4.01	$26,561.89
	Green	Anita Payne	2,025	3.54	-1.34	$4,231.95
	Libertarian	Mark Budd	418	0.73	–	$1,284.49
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,240	100.00		$212,950.75
Total rejected ballots			222	0.39	–
Turnout			57,462	72.90	–
Eligible voters			78,826
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.80
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

2011 federal election redistributed results[15]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	30,149	60.08
	New Democratic	9,090	18.12
	Liberal	8,217	16.38
	Green	2,449	4.88
	Independent	274	0.55

See also

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