OTTAWA

Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington

ctvottawa.ca Published Friday, October 3, 2008 3:11PM EDT

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Riding History

The riding formed in 2004 from Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington and Lanark-Carleton. Frontenac-Lennox and Addington was Tory with Douglas Alkenbrack from 1968 to 1979 and Bill Vankoughnet in Hastings-Frontenac (and then Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington) until 1993. He lost then to Liberal Larry McCormick who won again in 1997 and 2000.

In Lanark and Renfrew, the MP for two terms ending in 1972 was Liberal Murray McBride. In 1972, the riding became Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton and was won by Tory Paul Dick. He won again in 1974 and then in Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton in 1979, 1980 and 1984; and in Lanark-Carleton in 1988. Dick finally lost to Liberal Ian Murray in 1993. Murray/>/> won because of the split on the right in 1997. But in 2000, Lanark-Carleton went to the Alliance/>/>'s Scott Reid in 2000. As the two old ridings disappeared, Reid won the new riding in 2004. And in 2006, he more than doubled the vote for Geoff Turner, his Liberal opponent.

Riding Profile

It's a rural-urban mix with the County/> of Lennox/> and Addington, the County/> of Frontenac/> minus Kingston/> and the Township of Frontenac Islands; and Lanark/> County/>/> except for Mississippi Mills. Communities include Bath/>, Carleton Place and Smiths/> Falls/>/>. Beckwith/> County/>, Greater Napanee and Amherst/> Island/>/>, Stone Mills.

Perth/> (Pop. 6,100), on the Tay/> River/>, has the oldest pharmacy and second oldest weekly paper in Canada/>/>.

Carleton Place (Pop 9,455) has tree-lined streets and small manufacturing like the Old Oak Tree furniture manufacturing company and H. Rose Machining which makes components to the high tech, military and industrial markets including firearms.

Smiths/> Falls/>/> (Pop 8.780) has hit hard times with the Hershey chocolate company closing as well as a large regional mental hospital. It has three locks of the Rideau Canal which bypass the city's rapids on the Rideau/> River/>, and is surrounded by the Rideau/> Lakes/>/> and cottage country. Even so, manufacturing has been the major employer, the reason for its problems, along with service industries. Average family income is $62,000.

The riding stretches from Lake/> Ontario/> in the southwest to Black/> Donald/> Lake/> in the north and contains Bon Echo and Frontenac/> Provincial/> Parks/>/>.