Lambton—Kent

Lambton—Kent
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1976
First contested	1935
Last contested	1974

Lambton—Kent was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Kent, Lambton East and Lambton West ridings.

It was initially defined as consisting of:

the part of the county of Lambton contained in the townships of Brooke, Dawn, Enniskillen, Euphemia, Sombra, and Warwick, including the town of Forest, Walpole Island, St. Ann Island and the other islands at the mouth of the St. Clair River; and
the part of the county of Kent contained in the townships of the Gore of Chatham, Gore of Camden, Camden and Zone.

In 1947, it was redefined to exclude the village of Arkona (Lambton County); and the townships of Gore of Camden (Kent County).

In 1966, it was defined to consist of:

the part of the County of Kent contained in the Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford and Zone;
the part of the County of Lambton contained in the Townships of Brooke, Dawn, Euphemia, Enniskillen and Sombra;
Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Essex—Kent, Kent and Lambton—Middlesex ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Kent, Lambton East and Lambton West
18th	1935–1940	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal–Progressive
20th	1945–1949	Robert James Henderson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Ernest Campbell	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	Ernest Campbell	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	John Wesley Burgess	Liberal
26th	1963–1965	Mac McCutcheon	Progressive Conservative
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974	John Robert Holmes
30th	1974–1979	John Robert Holmes
Riding dissolved into Essex—Kent, Kent and Lambton—Middlesex

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