📌 The Ontario provincial electoral district of Essex was contested during the 2011 Provincial election which was held on October 6, 2011. 🏆 Taras Natyshak, the NDP candidate, won the riding with 17417 votes making up a 38% share of the vote. 🥈 The runner-up Progressive Conservative candidate, Dave Brister, received 16049 votes (35%) and was therefore defeated by a vote margin of 1368. 📊 Other candidates who received a sizable share of the vote include Ken Schmidt - Liberal (25.1%).