Northumberland—Peterborough South

Northumberland—Peterborough South

Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kim Rudd Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	107,840
Electors (2015)	88,276
Area (km²)	3,001
Pop. density (per km²)	35.9
Census divisions	Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough County
Census subdivisions	Alnwick/Haldimand, Brighton, Clarington, Cobourg, Cramahe, Hamilton Township, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Peterborough, Port Hope, Trent Hills

Northumberland—Peterborough South (French: Northumberland—Peterborough-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Ontario.

Northumberland—Peterborough South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. 77% of the riding was formed from Northumberland—Quinte West, 13% from Durham and 10% from Peterborough.

The riding was originally intended to be named Northumberland—Pine Ridge.

Geography

The riding is located in Central Ontario along Lake Ontario. It contains the entirety of Northumberland County, southern Peterborough and the eastern half of the municipality of Clarington.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 2.5% Aboriginal
Languages: 94.0% English, 1.6% French
Religions: 71.3% Christian (20.1% United Church, 19.4% Catholic, 12.8% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 2.8% Baptist, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.2% Lutheran, 9.5% Other), 27.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $30,350
Average income (2010): $38,693

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Northumberland—Peterborough South Riding created from Durham, Northumberland—Quinte West and Peterborough
42nd	2015–Present		Kim Rudd	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kim Rudd	27,043	42.51	+21.42	–
	Conservative	Adam Moulton	25,165	39.56	-13.80	–
	New Democratic	Russ Christianson	9,411	14.80	-5.79	–
	Green	Patricia Sinnott	1,990	3.13	-1.55	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,609	100.00		$228,703.78
Total rejected ballots			267	0.42	–
Turnout			63,876	71.67	–
Eligible voters			89,128
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+17.61
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,377	53.37
	Liberal	11,611	21.09
	New Democratic	11,331	20.58
	Green	2,576	4.68
	Others	154	0.28