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Ontario election 2014: Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington riding


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

A strangely shaped riding with parts of many different counties, Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington includes the small towns to the west and north of Kingston, along with some of the towns on the far southwest outskirts of the Ottawa region. Perth and Smiths Falls are the largest population centres in this sprawling riding, which averages just 14 people per square kilometre.
A strangely shaped riding with parts of many different counties, Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington includes the small towns to the west and north of Kingston, along with some of the towns on the far southwest outskirts of the Ottawa region. Perth and Smiths Falls are the largest population centres in this sprawling riding, which averages just 14 people per square kilometre.

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.

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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.

Poll-level results, 2011: Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington »

Poll-level results, 2011: Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington

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