Summary: Separating the London region from the Kitchener-Waterloo area, this riding has been a stronghold for the Conservatives federally and provincially for many years.
Boundaries: This rural riding consists of Oxford county – including the towns of Woodstock, Tillsonburg and Ingersoll – and the western edge of Brant county to the east of Woodstock.
Last Election: Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie defeated NDP candidate Paul Arsenault by 33.3 per cent, winning his fourth straight election.
History: The riding was created prior to the 1935 election, making it one of Ontario’s oldest. From 1993 to 2004 Liberal MP John Baird Finlay held the riding, due mainly to vote splitting between the Reform/Canadian Alliance and the PC Party. Outside of that period, it has elected conservative candidates since 1953.
Candidates
Conservative: Dave Mackenzie, MP since 2004
NDP: Zoé Kunschner, medical management student at Fanshawe College
Liberal: Don McKay
Green: Mike Farlow
Christian Heritage: Melody Ann Aldred
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