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Legislature
  
House of Commons

District created
  
1966

Last contested
  
2015

Elector
  
87,460

MP
  
Mark Gerretsen Liberal

First contested
  
1968

District webpage
  
profile, map

Province
  
Ontario

Kingston and the Islands

Census divisions
  
Frontenac County, Frontenac Islands, Kingston

Kingston and the Islands (French: Kingston et les Îles) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

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

It has been represented since the 2015 federal election by Liberal Mark Gerretsen.

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Demographics

  • Average family income: $68,494 (2001)
  • Median household income: $46,310
  • 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%
  • Visible Minority: Black 1%, Chinese 1%, South Asian 1%, Others 2%

    • History

    The riding was created in 1966 from Kingston and parts of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward—Lennox.

    In 1966, it was defined to consist of the City of Kingston, the Townships of Howe Island, Kingston and Wolfe Island, and the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg, in the County of Frontenac; and the Township of Amherst Island in the County of Lennox and Addington.

    In 1996, the Township of Pittsburgh portion of the riding was redefined to consist of the part of the township lying to the south of Highway 401.

    In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Frontenac Islands and the City of Kingston in the County of Frontenac.

    In 2013, the riding's borders were adjusted to remove the area north of Highway 401 from the riding, which will become part of the new district of Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston. These new borders came into effect for the 2015 federal election, scheduled for 19 October.

    Members of Parliament

    This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

    References

    Kingston and the Islands Wikipedia
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