Lambton—Middlesex
 Ontario electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1993 |
Lambton—Middlesex was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, Lambton—Kent, Middlesex—London—Lambton and Sarnia—Lambton ridings.
It was initially defined as consisting of
(a) the County of Lambton, excluding the Townships of Moore and Sarnia and any part of the county west of them, and the Township of Moore, and any part of the county north of it, Indian Reserve No. 46, and (b) the part of the County of Middlesex west of the Townships of Biddulph, London and Westminster.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of
(a) the County of Lambton excluding the City of Sarnia, the Village of Point Edward, the townships of Moore and Sarnia, Sarnia Indian Reserve No. 45 and Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46; and (b) that part of the County of Middlesex west of and including the Townships of McGillivray, Lobo and Delaware.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, London West, Perth—Middlesex, and Sarnia—Lambton ridings.
Members of Parliament
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Huron—Middlesex, Lambton—Kent, Middlesex—London—Lambton and Sarnia—Lambton |
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| 31st | 1979–1980 | Sidney Fraleigh | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Ralph Ferguson | Liberal | |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Sidney Fraleigh | Progressive Conservative | |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Ralph Ferguson | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Rose-Marie Ur | ||
| Riding dissolved into Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, Elgin—Middlesex—London, London West, Perth—Middlesex and Sarnia—Lambton |
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Electoral history
[edit]| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney Fraleigh | 18,770 | ||||||
| Liberal | J. Larry Condon | 15,335 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Grant Reynolds | 4,585 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Ralph Ferguson | 17,081 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney Fraleigh | 16,274 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Grant Reynolds | 4,617 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney Fraleigh | 22,501 | ||||||
| Liberal | Ralph Ferguson | 13,888 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Allen Wilford | 4,826 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Ralph Ferguson | 17,312 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sidney Fraleigh | 16,857 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Larry Ross Green | 5,063 | ||||||
| Christian Heritage | John Koster | 2,467 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Rose-Marie Ur | 20,292 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Crone | 9,369 | ||||||
| Reform | Randy Dayman | 8,049 | ||||||
| Christian Heritage | Ken Willis | 1,599 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jamie Hamilton | 1,491 | ||||||
| National | Larry Farquharson | 447 | ||||||
| Independent | Alex E. Gubbels | 247 | ||||||
| Natural Law | Travis Callender | 165 | ||||||