Peterborough—Kawartha

Peterborough—Kawartha
Ontario electoral district
	Peterborough in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michelle Ferreri; Conservative
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District created	1953
First contested	1953
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	115,269
Electors (2015)	90,352
Area (km²)	3,473
Pop. density (per km²)	33.2
Census division(s)	Peterborough County
Census subdivision(s)	Curve Lake First Nation 35, Douro-Dummer, Trent Lakes, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, North Kawartha, Peterborough, Selwyn

Peterborough—Kawartha is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as Peterborough.^[2]

Geography

It now consists of the City of Peterborough and the municipalities of: Douro-Dummer, Trent Lakes, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, North Kawartha and Selwyn plus the Curve Lake First Nation.

History

The riding's borders have differed slightly since its creation in 1953, but has always included most or all of Peterborough County and its county seat of Peterborough, Ontario. Prior to 1952, Peterborough was split into two ridings, one of which was sometimes partly joined to neighbouring Hastings County. Since 1999, the riding boundaries and names of the provincial and federal electoral districts have been identical.

It was created in 1953 from Peterborough West and Hastings—Peterborough. It consisted initially of the city of Peterborough and the townships of Galway, Cavendish, Harvey, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Otonabee, and North Monaghan. In 1966, the townships of Galway, Cavendish and Harvey were removed from the riding, and the townships of Belmont and Methuen, Dummer, Smith and Asphodel (excluding the Village of Hastings) were added.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Peterborough lying south of the Townships of Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Harvey, but excluding the Township of Cavan and the Village of Hastings. In 1987, the Village of Millbrook was excluded, and the Village of Hastings was added to the riding.

In 2003, the Township of North Monaghan was removed from the riding.

In 2013, the riding lost the Townships of Otonabee-South Monaghan, Asphodel-Norwood, and the Hiawatha First Nation, while subsequently gaining the townships of Trent Lakes and North Kawartha.

The riding is a noted bellwether; it has been won by a member of the governing party of the day in all but four general elections since its creation. It has voted not to elect candidates whose party formed government in 1953, 1963, 1980, and 2021. Former MP Dean Del Mastro, who was elected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, resigned from the Conservative caucus in 2013.^[3] In 2014, Del Mastro was found guilty of falsifying his expense report in the 2008 election, failing to include $21,000 in expenses and spending more than the election spending limit.^[4] He resigned his seat on November 5, 2014.^[5]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be renamed Peterborough at the first election held after approximately April 2024.^[6] With the boundary almost identical to 2003, it will gain Otonabee-South Monaghan, Asphodel-Norwood and Hiawatha First Nation from Northumberland—Peterborough South, and will lose Trent Lakes and North Kawartha to Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canada Census^[7]

Ethnic groups: 86.6% White, 6.3% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 1.1% Black

Languages: 91.6% English

Religions: 52.8% Christian (20.3% Catholic, 9.4% United Church, 6.3% Anglican, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.3% Baptist, 12.4% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 1.0% Hindu, 43.0% None

Median income: $38,800 (2020)

Average income: $49,640 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Peterborough Riding created from Peterborough West and Hastings—Peterborough
22nd	1953–1957	Gordon Fraser	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1960
	1960–1961	Walter Pitman	New
	1961–1962	Walter Pitman	New Democratic
25th	1962–1963	Fred Stenson	Progressive Conservative
26th	1963–1965	Fred Stenson	Progressive Conservative
27th	1965–1968	Hugh Faulkner	Liberal
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Bill Domm	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Peter Adams	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Dean Del Mastro	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2013
41st	2013–2014		Independent Conservative
Peterborough—Kawartha
42nd	2015–2019	Maryam Monsef	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Maryam Monsef	Liberal
44th	2021–present	Michelle Ferreri	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Peterborough—Kawartha/Peterborough (minor parties that never received 2% of the vote are omitted)