Conservative incumbent Chris Lewis is projected to be re-elected in the riding of Essex.
Essex will stay blue with the projected re-election of Chris Lewis.
Lewis was elected to the riding during the 2019 election, unseating NDP incumbent Tracey Ramsey by 4,671 votes. The Liberal and Green party candidates came in third and fourth place.
The win marked the riding’s return to the Tories following one term with the NDP.
Lewis was a municipal councillor of Kingsville, Ont., before entering federal politics.
Essex was represented by Jeff Watson of the Conservatives between 2004 and 2015.
Close to 12 per cent of this riding’s population consists of immigrants, including large communities of people from the United States, the U.K., and Italy, according to the 2016 census. Industry in this riding includes manufacturing, with 20 per cent of the population working in the trade.
The riding of Essex consists of a large portion of Essex County. Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville and LaSalle all lie within the district, along with the portion of Lakeshore that sits west of Rochester Townline Road. Lake Erie borders the south with Lake St. Clair sitting on Essex riding’s north side.
Candidates
Conservative: Chris Lewis (incumbent)
Green: Nancy Pancheshan
Liberal: Audrey Festeryga
NDP: Tracey Ramsey
People’s Party of Canada: Beth Charron-Rowberry
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