Riding profile

Essex

Federal riding — ON · Mixed · southwestern on

The question

Essex: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?

Editorial read

Essex, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 52% vote share, against 33% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 1% francophone, 94% anglophone.

Sitting member

Chris Lewis

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
19.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 52.0%
  • Liberal 32.8%
  • NDP 5.2%
  • PPC 1.4%
  • Green 0.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Liberal NDP PPC
HereEssex 52.0%32.8%5.2%1.4%
Provincial averageOntario 37.5% +14.5 45.6% −12.8 6.4% −1.2 1.1% +0.3
National averageCanada 34.8% +17.2 41.9% −9.1 14.2% −9.0 1.0% +0.4

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · FED 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
20.7 pts
Turnout
73.0%
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.6 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris Lewis Elected Conservative 46,123 57.5 Parliamentarian
Chris Sutton Liberal 29,389 36.7 Director of Public Affairs
Lori Wightman NDP 3,826 4.8 Resource Assistant
Jason A. E. Henry PPC 843 1.1 Mobile Crane Operator

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.6%
  • Anglophone 94.4%
  • Non-francophone (other) 5.0%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
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