Lianne Rood of the Conservative Party has been elected in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, taking over from longtime Conservative MP Bev Shipley who announced he would not be seeking re-election.
A large riding in southwestern Ontario, this district is bordered by Lake Huron in the north and the Thames River in the south and extends out to Lake St. Clair, excluding a section of Lambton County surrounding Sarnia.
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Shipley served the riding since 2006 before announcing he would not run in the 2019 election. Prior to the Conservatives’ victory in 2006, longtime Liberal MP Rose-Marie Ur had held the riding since 1997.
The largest population centres in this riding are the western suburbs of London (Strathroy, Komoka) and the town of Wallaceburg.
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