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Kingston and the Islands
Ontario electoral district
	Kingston and the Islands shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Ted Hsu; Liberal
;
District created	1966
First contested	1967
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	117,545
Electors (2018)	98,020
Area (km²)	665
Pop. density (per km²)	176.8
Census division(s)	Frontenac
Census subdivision(s)	Frontenac Islands, Kingston

Kingston and the Islands is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1967.

It covers the city of Kingston, Ontario and the nearby areas, including the sparsely populated Frontenac Islands in the St. Lawrence River.

Demographics edit

Average family income: $68,494^[1] (2001)
Median household income: $46,310^[2]
Unemployment: 7.4%
Language, Mother Tongue: English 84%, French 3%, Other 13%
Religion: Protestant 44%, Catholic 33%, Orthodox Christian 1%, Other Christian 2%, Muslim 1%, Jewish 1%, Non Religious Affiliation 18%, Other 1%^[3]
Visible Minority: Black 1%, Chinese 1%, South Asian 1%, Others 2%

Boundaries edit

The riding was created before the 1967 provincial election. Its initial area consisted of the townships of Amherst Island, Howe Island and Wolfe Island, the city of Kingston and the islands in the St. Lawrence River within the county of Frontenac.^[4] In 1986, it was changed slightly to include Kingston and the three major islands plus all the land south of Highway 401 within the township of Pittsburgh.^[5]

In 1996, the provincial government reduced the number of ridings in the province from 130 to 103. They also directed the new ridings to correspond to the boundaries of the existing federal ridings.^[6] At that time, the federal counterpart, Kingston and the Islands, existed with the same boundaries as the current provincial riding. After the 1999 election, minor changes to the riding were made along with the federal counterpart in 2003 and 2013.^[7]

Members of Provincial Parliament edit

Kingston and the Islands
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kingston
28th	1967–1971		Syl Apps	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975		Syl Apps
30th	1975–1977		Keith Norton
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Ken Keyes	Liberal
34th	1987–1990		Ken Keyes	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Gary Wilson	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		John Gerretsen	Liberal
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018		Sophie Kiwala
42nd	2018–2022		Ian Arthur	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present		Ted Hsu	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[8]

Election results edit

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ted Hsu	18,360	37.66	+10.14	$75,749
	New Democratic	Mary Rita Holland	15,186	31.15	−8.00	$130,691
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Bennett	11,973	24.56	−1.52	$62,419
	Green	Zachary Typhair	1,601	3.28	−3.14	$15,397
	Ontario Party	Shalea Beckwith	827	1.70		$7,396
	New Blue	Stephen Skyvington	429	0.88		$7,078
	Independent	Shelley Joanne Galloway	130	0.27		$0
	Communist	Sebastian Vaillancourt	123	0.25		$0
	Consensus Ontario	Laurel Claus Johnson	120	0.25		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,749	99.49	+0.40	$146,496
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			249	0.51	-0.40
Turnout			48,998	46.84	-10.45
Eligible voters			104,645
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.07
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election: Kingston and the Islands
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ian Arthur	21,788	39.16	+9.73
	Liberal	Sophie Kiwala	15,312	27.52	-14.54
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Bennett	14,512	26.08	+5.28
	Green	Robert Kiley	3,574	6.42	-0.81
	Libertarian	Heather Cunningham	274	0.49
	Trillium	Andre Imbeault	184	0.33
Total valid votes			55,644	99.09
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			510	0.91
Turnout			56,154	57.29
Eligible voters			98,020
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.14
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]

2014 general election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,698	42.06
	New Democratic	13,781	29.42
	Progressive Conservative	9,744	20.80
	Green	3,388	7.23
	Freedom	224	0.48

v t e 2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sophie Kiwala	20,838	41.59	−7.25
	New Democratic	Mary Rita Holland	14,811	29.56	+5.77
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Bain	10,652	21.26	−1.06
	Green	Robert Kiley	3,556	7.10	+3.40
	Freedom	Jonathan Reid	242	0.48	+0.32
Total valid votes			50,099	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		−6.51
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 036 Kingston and the Islands" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	21,028	48.84	+1.61	$ 71,020.00
	New Democratic	Mary Rita Holland	10,241	23.79	+3.24	34,982.21
	Progressive Conservative	Rodger James	9,610	22.32	–	45,336.00
	Green	Robert Kiley	1,594	3.70	−5.07	15,086.56
	Family Coalition	David Caracciolo	336	0.78	−0.07	2,857.71
	Libertarian	Jamie Shaw	115	0.27		0.00
	Freedom	Paul Busch	71	0.16	−0.12	0.00
	Republican	David Best	56	0.13		0.00
Total valid votes / expense limit			43,051	100.0	−12.65	$ 114,204.30
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			163	0.38	−0.20
Turnout			43,214	45.03	−8.93
Eligible voters			95,966		+4.47
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.82
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kingston and the Islands" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2014. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	23,277	47.23	−13.05	$ 64,512.47
	Progressive Conservative	John Rapin	11,001	22.32	+2.20	69,700.00
	New Democratic	Rick Downes	10,129	20.55	+9.04	56,689.54
	Green	Bridget Doherty	4,321	8.77	+2.22	13,098.54
	Family Coalition	Chris Beneteau	419	0.85	−0.68	0.00
	Freedom	Mark Fournier	137	0.28		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,284	100.0	+2.88	$ 99,207.72
Total rejected ballots			286	0.58	+0.12
Turnout			49,570	53.96	−0.33
Eligible voters			91,859		+3.64
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Election 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

v t e 2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	28,877	60.28	+5.58	$ 57,119.88
	Progressive Conservative	Hans Westenberg	9,640	20.12	−9.94	43,307.95
	New Democratic	Janet C. Collins	5,514	11.51	+0.23	23,161.12
	Green	Eric B. Walton	3,137	6.55	+4.11	19,292.20
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	735	1.53	+0.40	551.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,903	100.0	−0.57	$ 85,086.72
Total rejected ballots			219	0.46	−0.25
Turnout			48,122	54.29	−0.22
Eligible voters			88,634		−0.43
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

v t e 1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	26,355	54.70	+17.80	$ 40,703.00
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Pickering	14,487	30.07	−0.60	65,682.63
	New Democratic	Beth Pater	5,436	11.28	−17.53	26,106.42
	Green	Chris Walker	1,174	2.44		4,848.00
	Family Coalition	Chris K. Beneteau	546	1.13	−1.94	15.00
	Natural Law	Gerard Morris	182	0.38	−0.17	0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,180	100.0	+72.38	$ 85,460.16
Total rejected ballots			345	0.71	−0.09
Turnout			48,525	54.51	−6.57
Eligible voters			89,021		+93.00
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

v t e 1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Gerretsen	10,314	36.90	+6.71	$ 33,086.00
	Progressive Conservative	Sally Barnes	8,571	30.67	+4.26	40,705.44
	New Democratic	Gary Wilson	8,052	28.81	−9.18	30,908.12
	Family Coalition	John Pacheco	858	3.07	−2.34	6,044.53
	Natural Law	Ronald Dunphy	155	0.55		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,950	100.0	−4.26	$ 45,281.00
Total rejected ballots			225	0.80
Turnout			28,175	61.08
Eligible voters			46,125
Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved June 2, 2014. "General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).

v t e 1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gary Wilson	10,184	37.99	+13.33
	Liberal	Ken Keyes	8,092	30.19	−20.42
	Progressive Conservative	John Goodchild	7,079	26.41	+3.65
	Family Coalition	Joan Jackson	1,452	5.41
Total valid votes			26,807	100.0	+3.25

v t e 1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Keyes	13,141	50.61	+4.28
	New Democratic	Gary Wilson	6,402	24.66	+9.54
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Annis	5,910	22.76	−14.68
	Green	Steven Kaasgaard	511	1.97	+0.86
Total valid votes			25,964	100.0	+0.88

v t e 1985 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Keyes	11,924	46.33	+12.39
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Norton	9,637	37.44	−12.63
	New Democratic	Pamela Cross	3,892	15.12	−0.87
	Green	Don Irvine	285	1.11
Total valid votes			25,738	100.0	+3.20

v t e 1981 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Norton	12,488	50.07	−2.25
	Liberal	Carl Ross	8,465	33.94	+6.21
	New Democratic	Ron Murray	3,987	15.99	−3.28
Total valid votes			24,940	100.0	+6.56

v t e 1977 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Norton	12,246	52.32	+14.78
	Liberal	Peter Watson	6,490	27.73	-9.35
	New Democratic	John Clements	4,510	19.27	-5.27
	Communist	Louise Andrews	158	0.68	-0.16
Total valid votes			23,404	100.0

v t e 1975 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Norton	9,386	37.54
	Liberal	Ken Keyes	9,270	37.08
	New Democratic	Lars Thompson	6,134	24.54
	Communist	Ruth Miller	209	0.84
Total valid votes			24,999	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum edit

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,473	54.6
	Mixed member proportional	21,968	45.4
	Total valid votes	48,431	100.0

References edit

^ "143 Kingston and the Islands". Canada Votes. CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ "Election 2006". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
^ "Federal Electoral District Profile of Kingston and the Islands - Kingston et les Îles, Ontario (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census Map". 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
^ "Representation Act , RSO 1970, c 413". Ontario: Revised Statutes. 1970 (5). Legislative Assembly of Ontario: 21. 1970.
^ "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Ontario: Annual Statutes. 1986 (1). Legislative Assembly of Ontario: 367. January 6, 1986.
^ "C 28: Fewer Politicians Act, 1996". Ontario: Annual Statutes. 1996 (1). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. December 9, 1996.
^ "History of Federal Ridings Since 1867: Kingston and the Islands, Ontario, (1968-)". Parliament of Canada. 2017.
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For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Syl Apps's Legislative Assembly information see "Syl Apps, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Keith Norton's Legislative Assembly information see "Keith Norton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Ken Keyes's Legislative Assembly information see "Ken Keyes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Gary Wilson's Legislative Assembly information see "Gary Wilson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Gerretsen's Legislative Assembly information see "John Gerretsen, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Sophie Kiwala's Legislative Assembly information see "Sophie Kiwala, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "46 - Kingston and the Islands".