Riding profile

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Provincial riding — ON · Rural · on sw

The question

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex: a safe seat for the PC Party?

Editorial read

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, a rural riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 27-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the PC Party ahead at 52% vote share, against 28% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Steve Pinsonneault

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

PC

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
24.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 52.2%
  • OLP 28.0%
  • NDP 13.8%
  • GP 3.1%
  • OTH 3.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PC OLP NDP GP
HereLambton—Kent—Middlesex 52.2%28.0%13.8%3.1%
Provincial averageOntario 40.2% +11.9 33.4% −5.3 20.3% −6.5 3.9% −0.9

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
PC
Margin
27.3 pts
Turnout
51.0%
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.1 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
STEPHEN PINSONNEAULT Elected PC 25,297 53.5
CATHY BURGHARDT-JESSON OLP 12,397 26.2
KATHRYN SHAILER NDP 5,775 12.2
ANDY FISHER OTH 2,093 4.4
ANDRAENA TILGNER GP 1,677 3.5
Last model run
Cycle
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