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 Essex.
Candidates
Liberals: Crystal Meloche
Progressive Conservatives: Ray Cecile
NDP: Taras Natyshak
Green: Mark Vercouteren
Geography
History
NDP candidate Taras Natyshak won this riding in 2011, defeating the Progressive Conservative candidate by more than 1,000 votes, with the Liberals in third place at 25 per cent of the vote. Liberal Bruce Crozier had held the riding since 1999, with comfortable victories each time. Before that, the Liberals had held both of the “outer Windsor” rural seats (Essex South and Essex-Kent) in all but one election since 1975.
By the numbers
Sixty per cent of people over the age of 15 were married in 2011, the seventh highest number in Ontario. The median income was reported at $32,300, the 15th highest in the province.
Riding in a tweet
A mid-sized rural riding with both suburban and labour elements, Essex is the type of district all three parties have eyes on winning.
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