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Sarnia - Lambton

2008 Results

Sarnia-Lambton
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST		221/221 polls
CON	Pat Davidson	23,008	49.86	Elected
NDP	Andy Bruziewicz	10,122	21.94
LIB	Tim Fugard	9,281	20.11
GRN	Allan McKeown	3,184	6.90
CHP	Christopher Desormeaux-Malm	546	1.18

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This southwestern Ontario riding includes the city of Sarnia and part of Lambton County. The towns of Petrolia and Plympton-Wyoming, the villages of Oil Springs and Point Edward and the townships of Enniskillen and St. Clair fall within the riding. The St. Clair River is the western boundary and Lake Huron lies to the north. Sarnia Indian Reserve No. 45 is included.

The riding is primarily urban with an economy focused on petrochemicals and refined petroleum products and many service industries. There is also some agriculture. The 2006 census shows an average family income of $86,030 and an unemployment rate of 6.7 per cent.

Sarnia riding was created in 1966 from the riding of Lambton West. The name changed to Sarnia-Lambton in 1970, then to Sarnia in 1976 and back to Sarnia-Lambton in 1981. In 2004, part of the Lambton-Kent-Middlesex riding was added in the northeast.

Population: 105,360 (2006 census; an increase of 0.8% since 2001)

Political History

In 2006, Conservative Pat Davidson earned the spot of MP after he beat Liberal incumbent Roger Gallaway by 4,192 votes.

Gallaway defeated Conservative Marcel Beaubien in 2004 to win a fourth term.

The former Lambton West riding voted PC from 1945 to 1958 and Liberal in 1962, 1963 and 1965. Liberal Bud Cullen was MP from 1968 to 1970, serving as minister of revenue and minister of employment and immigration. In 1979 and 1980, PC Bill Campbell was elected. Cullen defeated Campbell in 1980. PC Ken James won the riding in 1984 and 1988.

1968, 1972, 1974 - LIB
1979 - PC
1980 - LIB
1984, 1988 - PC
1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 - LIB
2006 - CON

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
CON	143	0	143	37.63
LIB	77	0	77	26.24
BQ	49	0	49	9.97
NDP	37	0	37	18.20
IND	2	0	2	0.65
GRN	0	0	0	6.80
OTH	0	0	0	0.51

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