Sarnia—Lambton (federal electoral district)

Sarnia—Lambton (formerly known as Sarnia) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It is located in the area of the city of Sarnia, in the southwest corner of the province of Ontario.

Until 2015, Sarnia—Lambton, with its predecessors Sarnia, and Lambton West, was Canada's most bellwetherly riding, having voted for the winning party from 1963 to 2011.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong.

History

It was created as Sarnia electoral district in 1966 from parts of Lambton West riding. It consisted of that part of the County of Lambton contained in the City of Sarnia and the Townships of Moore, Sarnia and Plympton excepting the Town of Forest.

In 1970, the name of the electoral district was changed to Sarnia—Lambton.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Lambton—Middlesex and a new Sarnia riding. The new Sarnia riding consisted of that part of the County of Lambton contained in the City of Sarnia, the Townships of Moore and Sarnia, the Village of Point Edward, and Indian Reserve No. 45.

The name of this electoral district was changed in 1981 to Sarnia—Lambton again.

In 1996, the riding was redefined to exclude the township of Sarnia and include the township of Sombra.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of that part of the County of Lambton comprising the City of Sarnia, the towns of Petrolia and Plympton-Wyoming, the villages of Oil Springs and Point Edward, the townships of Enniskillen and St. Clair, and Sarnia Indian Reserve No. 45.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 88.0% White, 5.6% Indigenous, 1.9% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Languages: 90.0% English, 1.8% French
Religions: 58.1% Christian (23.9% Catholic, 8.8% United Church, 5.0% Anglican, 2.9% Presbyterian, 2.8% Baptist, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Reformed, 12.3% other), 39.0% none
Median income: $42,800 (2020)
Average income: $55,500 (2020)

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Sarnia Riding created from Lambton West
28th	1968–1972	Bud Cullen	Liberal
Sarnia—Lambton
29th	1972–1974	Bud Cullen	Liberal
30th	1974–1979	Bud Cullen	Liberal
Sarnia
31st	1979–1980	Bill Campbell	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	Bud Cullen	Liberal
Sarnia—Lambton
33rd	1984–1988	Ken James	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Ken James	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Roger Gallaway	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Pat Davidson	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Marilyn Gladu
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

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Graph of election results in Sarnia—Lambton (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	32,196	46.50
	New Democratic	14,534	20.99
	Liberal	13,421	19.39
	People's	7,615	11.00
	Green	1,031	1.49
	Others	435	0.63

Sarnia—Lambton

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marilyn Gladu	26,292	46.2	-3.2	$46,658.07
	New Democratic	Adam Kilner	11,990	21.1	-0.7	$18,039.06
	Liberal	Lois Nantais	10,975	19.3	-1.5	$39,740.29
	People's	Brian Everaert	6,359	11.2	+8.5	$10,571.91
	Green	Stephanie Bunko	848	1.5	-2.8	$917.68
	Christian Heritage	Tom Laird	435	0.8	-0.1	$7,698.96
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,899	99.4	–	$114,580.42
Total rejected ballots			346	0.6
Turnout			57,245	67.2
Eligible voters			85,155
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.3
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marilyn Gladu	28,623	49.42	+10.60	$72,937.71
	New Democratic	Adam Kilner	12,644	21.83	-9.31	$14,696.37
	Liberal	Carmen Lemieux	12,041	20.79	-6.48	none listed
	Green	Peter Robert Smith	2,490	4.30	+1.53	$4,385.10
	People's	Brian Everaert	1,587	2.74		$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Thomas Laird	531	0.92		$13,871.28
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,916	99.31
Total rejected ballots			400	0.69	+0.23
Turnout			58,316	68.39	-3.38
Eligible voters			85,266
	Conservative hold		Swing		+9.96
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marilyn Gladu	22,565	38.82	-13.75	$106,570.00
	New Democratic	Jason Wayne McMichael	18,102	31.14	+1.23	$79,797.05
	Liberal	Dave McPhail	15,853	27.27	+13.32	$66,577.19
	Green	Peter Smith	1,605	2.76	+0.24	$5,020.87
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,125	99.54		$215,882.55
Total rejected ballots			267	0.46	+0.05
Turnout			58,392	71.77	+9.19
Eligible voters			81,362
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.49
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pat Davidson	26,112	52.58	+2.58	–
	New Democratic	Brian White	14,856	29.91	+8.28	–
	Liberal	Tim Fugard	6,931	13.96	-6.31	–
	Green	Timothy van Bodegom	1,252	2.52	-4.38	–
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Desormeaux-Malm	514	1.03	-0.14	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,665	99.59
Total rejected ballots			205	0.41	+0.02
Turnout			49,870	62.58	+3.91
Eligible voters			79,688	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pat Davidson	23,195	50.00	+9.03	$57,939
	New Democratic	Andy Bruziewicz	10,037	21.63	+1.61	$15,499
	Liberal	Tim Fugard	9,404	20.27	-12.84	$29,860
	Green	Allan McKeown	3,201	6.9	+3.69	$9,315
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Desormeaux-Malm	545	1.17	+0.90	$5,676
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,382	100.00	$85,252
Total rejected ballots			180	0.39	-0.09
Turnout			46,562	58.66	-9.21
Eligible voters			79,371	–	–

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Davidson	21,841	40.97	+10.5
	Liberal	Roger Gallaway	17,649	33.11	-8.8
	New Democratic	Greg Agar	10,673	20.02	+3.7
	Green	Mike Jacobs	1,712	3.21	-2.2
	Christian Heritage	Gary DeBoer	1,108	2.07	-1.7
	Independent	John Elliot	316	0.59	+0.1
Total valid votes			53,299	100.00
Total rejected ballots			257	0.48	–
Turnout			53,556	67.87	–
Eligible voters			78,909	–	–

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Gallaway	19,932	41.9	+38.3
	Conservative	Marcel Beaubien	14,500	30.5	-7.9
	New Democratic	Greg Agar	7,764	16.3	+9.1
	Green	Anthony Cramer	2,548	5.4	+4.0
	Christian Heritage	Gary DeBoer	1,819	3.8
	Independent	Dave Core	749	1.6
	Independent	John Elliot	229	0.5	0.0
Total valid votes			47,541	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Gallaway	19 329	51.0	+3.6
	Alliance	Dave Christie	11 208	29.6	+4.9
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Bailey	3 320	8.8	-5.8
	New Democratic	Glenn Sonier	2 735	7.2	-0.9
	Green	Allan McKeown	514	1.4
	Independent	Ed Banninga	356	0.9
	Independent	John Elliott	189	0.5	-0.5
	Canadian Action	Rene Phillion	145	0.4	0.0
	Natural Law	Shannon Bourke	92	0.2	-0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Andre C. Vachon	32	0.1	0.1
Total valid votes			37,920	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Gallaway	19,494	47.4	-0.2
	Reform	Dave Christie	10,172	24.7	+3.5
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Carpani	6,008	14.6	-8.1
	New Democratic	Phil Gamester	3,320	8.1	+1.9
	Christian Heritage	Paul Van Oosten	1,472	3.6	+2.1
	Independent	John Elliott	402	1.0	+0.5
	Canadian Action	Philip G. Holley	175	0.4
	Natural Law	Shannon Bourke	125	0.3	-0.1
Total valid votes			41,168	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Gallaway	20,331	47.5	+15.7
	Progressive Conservative	Ken James	9,706	22.7	-22.4
	Reform	Bruce Brogden	9,061	21.2
	New Democratic	Julie Foley	2,634	6.2	-16.1
	Christian Heritage	Louis Duke	610	1.4
	Independent	John Kenneth Elliot	192	0.4	-0.5
	Natural Law	Shannon M. Bourke	178	0.4
	Independent	O'Doug Dell	68	0.2
Total valid votes			42,780	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken James	19,304	45.0	-9.6
	Liberal	Joe Foreman	13,624	31.8	+6.1
	New Democratic	Julie Foley	9,525	22.2	+2.8
	Rhinoceros	John Elliott	408	1.0
Total valid votes			42,861	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken James	24,066	54.6	+19.8
	Liberal	Michael Bradley	11,313	25.7	-14.9
	New Democratic	Julie Foley	8,538	19.4	-5.1
	Independent	Douglas O'Dell	90	0.2
	Independent	Fred Kahanek	51	0.1
Total valid votes			44,058	100.0

Sarnia

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	16,275	40.6	+5.9
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Campbell	13,986	34.9	-5.1
	New Democratic	Wally Krawczyk	9,809	24.4	-0.9
	Marxist–Leninist	Pedro Villamizar	52	0.1
Total valid votes			40,122	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Campbell	15,990	40.0	+13.7
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	13,872	34.7	-22.0
	New Democratic	Wally Krawczyk	10,148	25.4	+8.3
Total valid votes			40,010	100.0

Sarnia—Lambton

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	20,661	56.2	+13.9
	Progressive Conservative	John Kowalyshyn	9,579	26.0	-12.6
	New Democratic	Wallace Krawczyk	6,217	16.9	-1.3
	Ind	Ralph P. Hermann	329	0.9
Total valid votes			36,786	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	16,112	42.8	-2.5
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Brandt	14,647	38.9	-1.1
	New Democratic	David Bell	6,901	18.3	+3.6
Total valid votes			37,660	100.0

Sarnia

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jack Sydney George Cullen	14,573	45.3
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Ford	12,883	40.0
	New Democratic	Alex Grabove	4,733	14.7
Total valid votes			32,189	100.0

References

"Sarnia—Lambton (federal electoral district) (Code 35078) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

Statistics Canada: 2016
Statistics Canada: 2012
"Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong – Final boundaries - Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sarnia--Lambton [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Sarnia—Lambton, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

Riding history for Sarnia 1966-1970 from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Sarnia-Lambton 1970-1976 from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Sarnia 1976-1981 from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Sarnia-Lambton 1981-2008 from the Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Sarnia-Lambton Federal Liberal Association The Sarnia—Lambton branch of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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