Kingston and the Islands, ON — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Kingston and the Islands — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Kingston and the Islands was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Mark Gerretsen, the Liberal candidate, won the riding with 36,421 votes (55.4% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Andy Brooke (Conservative) with 14,928 votes (22.7%), defeated by a margin of 21,493 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Daniel Beals (NDP-New Democratic Party, 17%).
Riding information
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Situated along the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario where it meets the St. Lawrence River, Kingston and the Islands encompasses the city of Kingston and the Frontenac Islands. The riding was redrawn for 2015, losing its rural territory north of Highway 401 to the new Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston riding, making it a more compact urban constituency centred on one of Ontario's oldest cities.
Candidates
Mark Gerretsen (Liberal) — Gerretsen served as Mayor of Kingston from 2010 to 2014, having previously represented the Portsmouth district on Kingston City Council starting in 2006. He held a bachelor's degree in economics from Queen's University. Gerretsen announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal nomination in August 2014, shortly after incumbent MP Ted Hsu decided not to seek re-election, and won the nomination in January 2015.
Andy Brooke (Conservative) — Brooke was a veteran of the RCMP, having served for more than 25 years. He ran as the Conservative candidate in this traditionally competitive riding.
Daniel Beals (NDP) — Beals carried the NDP standard in Kingston and the Islands, campaigning in a riding where the party had historically drawn support from the university community and labour organizations.
Nathan Townend (Green Party) — Townend represented the Green Party in the 2015 contest.
About the Riding
Kingston is home to Queen's University, the Royal Military College of Canada, and Canadian Forces Base Kingston, all of which shape the city's economy and character. The presence of multiple correctional institutions, including the Kingston Penitentiary—which closed in 2013 after nearly two centuries of operation—had long made federal corrections policy a local concern. The city's economy draws on education, health care through Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital, military operations, and a growing tourism sector built around its waterfront heritage and proximity to the Thousand Islands. The Frontenac Islands, accessible by ferry, add a rural and seasonal dimension to an otherwise urban riding. During the 2011–2015 period, debates over the future of the former penitentiary site, waterfront development, and infrastructure investment in an aging city were prominent local issues.
