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Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Ontario electoral district
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington shown within the Eastern Ontario region
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Randy Hillier
Progressive Conservative
District created2006
First contested2007
Demographics
Population (2006)117,389
Electors (2006)88,185
Area (km²)9,639
Pop. density (per km²)12.2
Census division(s)Frontenac, Lanark, Lennox and Addington
Census subdivision(s)Addington Highlands, Beckwith, Carleton Place, Central Frontenac, Drummond/North Elmsley, Greater Napanee, Lanark Highlands, Loyalist, Montague, North Frontenac, Perth, Smiths Falls, South Frontenac, Stone Mills, Tay Valley

Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007. The new riding was created in 2003 from parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark—Carleton ridings. In the 2007 provincial election, the MPPs representing the two predecessor ridings of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark—Carleton chose to run, respectively, in the newly-created ridings of Prince Edward—Hastings to the west of the new riding, and Carleton—Mississippi Mills to its east. As a result, the riding had no incumbent, and was contested by candidates who had never previously held office. Progressive Conservative candidate Randy Hillier won by a narrow margin of less than one thousand votes, eking out one of only three victories for the PC in a non-incumbent-held riding, providing a bright spot in what was otherwise one of the worst elections in the party's history.

Provincial election results edit

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Randy Hillier 18,213 40.7%
Liberal Ian Wilson 17,289 38.6%
New Democratic Ross Sutherland 5,263 12.6%
Green Rolly Montpellier 3,187 7.1%
Family Coalition Stella Postma 462 1.0%
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 29,290 66.7%
Mixed member proportional 14,656 33.3%

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