Essex (provincial electoral district)

Essex
Ontario electoral district
Essex in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Anthony Leardi
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)125,440
Electors (2018)97,773
Area (km²)2,272
Pop. density (per km²)55.2
Census division(s)Essex County
Census subdivision(s)Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle

Essex is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It existed from 1867 to 1874 and was re-created in 1999 from Essex South, Essex—Kent and Windsor—Sandwich.

When the riding was recreated, it included all of Essex County except for Windsor, Old Tecumseh, St. Clair Beach, Leamington and Mersea Township.

In 2007, it lost the parts of Tecumseh that had since been amalgamated (South Sandwich Township).