Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (Ontario) 119/338

 Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (Ontario)

Today we're in Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock!

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock has existed as a riding since 1968, originally named Victoria—Haliburton. The population of the riding was 113,956 in 2016. The population centers are Lindsay (20,713 in 2016), Bobcaygeon (3,525 in 2016), and Beaverton (2,822 in 2016). The riding is largely rural, especially in the Haliburton County portion.

Politically, this seat has been one of the safest Conservative seats in Ontario, being Conservative for all but eleven of the past fifty three years. Those eleven years were during the Chrétien years when the Liberals held all but a handful of Ontario seats. After the Conservative party merged, the riding has gotten progressively more Conservative, save the 2015 election where the Conservatives were knocked down to a 44.8% victory. This seat is currently represented by Conservative MP Jamie Schmale.

Completely unrelated to this riding, today (December 6th) is the anniversary of the fourteen young women murdered on the campus of Polytechnique Montréal. Today we remember their futures that were stolen from them. December 6th in Canada marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. In 2019, this seat was 89/121 in Ontario and 217/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 4.8/10 - I get it, the name makes sense, but it is much too long. Haliburton—Kawartha will suffice.

Shape: 3.9/10 - It's giving pre-2012 Durham (that isn't a good thing).

Individuality: 4.1/10 - Not too individual, the former MP was a minister, but it is pretty inline with rural Canada and eastern Ontario.

Total: 12.8/30 (42.7%)

Tomorrow we're in Nova Scotia with Halifax!