Bay of Quinte, ON — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Bay of Quinte — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Bay of Quinte was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Neil Ellis, the Liberal candidate, won the riding with 29,281 votes (50.7% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Jodie Jenkins (Conservative) with 19,781 votes (34.3%), defeated by a margin of 9,500 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Terry Cassidy (NDP-New Democratic Party, 12%).
Riding information
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Bay of Quinte was a new federal riding created by the 2012 redistribution, centred on the body of water that separates Prince Edward County from Ontario’s mainland. The constituency takes in the municipality of Prince Edward County, the city of Quinte West—which includes the former town of Trenton—and the portion of Belleville lying south of Highway 401.
Candidates
Neil Ellis (Liberal) — Born and raised in Belleville, Ellis operated a local business for twenty-eight years before entering municipal politics. He served as mayor of Belleville from 2006 to 2014, during which time he oversaw the Build Belleville initiative, a program that pursued twenty-two infrastructure projects valued at approximately $91 million.
Jodie Jenkins (Conservative) — A first-term Belleville city councillor, Jenkins won the Conservative nomination at a contested convention held at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, defeating fellow contenders John Bonn and Don Bonter for the right to carry the party’s banner.
Terry Cassidy (NDP) — A longtime Quinte West city councillor representing Sidney Ward for more than twenty years, Cassidy won the NDP nomination at a convention held at Loyalist College.
Rachel Nelems (Green Party) — Nelems represented the Green Party in Bay of Quinte, rounding out the field of major party candidates.
About the Riding
8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Trenton, located in Quinte West, is the largest air force base in Canada and the largest employer in the Quinte region. The base anchored the local economy through the employment of thousands of military and civilian personnel. Prince Edward County, separated from the mainland by the Murray Canal and connected by bridges, had by 2015 developed a reputation as a destination for wineries, artisanal food producers, and tourism. Belleville’s economy combined manufacturing, healthcare, and education, with Loyalist College serving as a major institutional employer. The riding’s geography—spanning urban centres, military infrastructure, agricultural land, and a tourism-driven county—gave it an unusually diverse economic profile for an eastern Ontario constituency.
