The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Essex
Federal riding · ON · No. 35028 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Chris Lewis Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 16,734 votes
- Turnout
- 73.0% of 110,489 electors
- Population
- 131,825 2021 census
- Area
- 2,426 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Most populous in Canada131,825 people, 2021 census · 4th of 343
- Most home owners87.9% of households own their home, 6th highest of 343 (Share of households that own their home, 2021 census)
- Turnout73.0% of 110,489 electors voted · 70th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Chris Lewis held the seat for the Conservatives by 16,734 votes (+20.8 points).
- 12% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 53.3% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share of households that own their home is the 6th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Chris Lewis
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 12% of today's Essex came from ridings other than the old Essex.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
87.7%Essex 95% of it kept
12.3%Chatham-Kent—Leamington 9% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
Chris Lewis
Conservative
46,123
57.5% of valid votes
Margin
16,734
votes · +20.8 pts
Runner-up
Chris Sutton
Liberal
29,389
36.7% of valid votes
Conservative 57.5% · Liberal 36.7% · New Democratic 4.8% · People's 1.1%
Turnout73.0% of 110,489 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Lewis | Conservative | 46,123 | 57.5% | 40.7% | +16.8 |
| Chris Sutton | Liberal | 29,389 | 36.7% | 15.4% | +21.3 |
| Lori Wightman | New Democratic | 3,826 | 4.8% | 31.5% | −26.7 |
| Jason A. E. Henry | People's | 843 | 1.1% | 10.1% | −9.0 |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
10.4 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
3,826 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 16,734-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
7 of 243
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 8,368 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 10.4% of the 80,181 valid votes, 10.4 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative46,123
Liberal29,389
Still Conservative by 16,734 votes. Actual margin: 16,734.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 53.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative60.5%54.1%−6.4
Liberal33.1%40.7%+7.6
New Democratic5.1%4.4%−0.7
People's1.3%0.8%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $103,000 — about 1.2 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest55th highest of 343
- Median age is 44.4 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest87th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.8% — a little lower than the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest162nd lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 13.3% — about 77 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest146th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 87.9% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest6th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.8% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest118th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 35028ON · 2025
Essex
Chris Lewis
- Result
- Conservative hold by 16,734
- Turnout
- 73.0%
- Population
- 131,825
- Area
- 2,426 km²
Most populous in CanadaMost home ownersTurnout
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