On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington.
Candidates
Liberals: Bill MacDonald
Progressive Conservatives: Randy Hillier
NDP: Dave Parkhill
Green: Cam Mather
Geography
History
PC MPP Randy Hillier has held this riding since it was created for the 2007 election, winning a close race that year. Prior to that, parts of the riding were in different eastern Ontario districts, which tended to support the PCs and Liberals equally over the years.
By the numbers
English was the mother tongue for 93.5 per cent of people, according to the last census, the highest number in the province. The riding is 8,516 square kilometres, the third largest in southern Ontario.
Riding in a tweet
The often controversial Randy Hillier is the favourite to win Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington.
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