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Irene Backholm
Spokesperson:
- Irene Backholm, Amherstview Hastings-Lennox & Addington
- October 20, 2022 Presenter
Contributors:
- Aline Lamere, Napanee Hastings-Lennox & Addington
- Dale Lehtila, Belleville Hastings-Lennox & Addington
- Donna McNeil, Belleville Bay of Quinte
- Peter Nayler, Madoc Hastings-Lennox & Addington
- Issue With Current Proposal – Hastings-Lennox & Addington-Tyendinaga
- Distance Between County Seats and Other Service Centres
- Hastings-Lennox & Addington-Tyendinaga Communities of Interest Map
- Alternate Boundary Proposal Map
- Summary of Rationale For Alternate Proposal
- Recommended Realignment of 5 Riding Boundaries
- Population and Sq Km Estimates
Issue With Current Proposal
Hastings-Lennox & Addington-Frontenac
Too many communities of interest within one riding
- Highlands East is dependant upon the village and county of Haliburton
- North Kawartha and Havelock-Belmont-Methuen are dependant upon the city and county of Peterborough
- Hastings Highlands, Carlow-Mayo, Faraday, Wollaston and Limerick are dependant upon the town of Bancroft, city of Belleville, and county of Hastings
- Marmora and Lake, Tudor and Cashel, Madoc, Tweed, Stirling-Rawdon and Centre Hastings are dependant upon their villages and the city of Belleville and county of Hastings
- Tyendinaga Township and Mohawk Territory are dependant on the city of Belleville, the town of Napanee, and the county of Lennox-Addington
- Stone Mills and Loyalist including Amherstview, Odessa, and Bath are dependant upon the town of Napanee, county of Lennox-Addington, and the city of Kingston
- Addington Highlands is dependant upon the towns of Bancroft, Tweed and Napanee
Hastings-Lennox & Addington-Tyendinaga
Distance Between County Seats and Other Service Centres
- 1 Riding – Service Areas in 5 Upper Tier Municipalities
- 546 km circumference by road, 8 hours continuous driving in good weather conditions.
- Does not include travelling within the proposed riding, only around the border
- See Map Page 3
| Kilometers | Hours |
|---|---|
| 99 | 1.5 Haliburton to Peterborough |
| 105 | 1.5 Peterborough to Belleville |
| 46 | 1 Belleville to Napanee |
| 47 | 1 Napanee to Kingston |
| 187 | 2 Kingston to Bancroft |
| 62 | 1 Bancroft to Haliburton |
| 546 | 8 |
Hastings-Lennox & Addington-Tyendinaga
Communities of Interest Map
Alternate Boundary Proposal Map
See Appendix A for Population and Sq Km Estimates
Rationale For Alternate Proposal
- No increase or decrease in number of ridings, all within population tolerance of +/- 25% of median 116,590 (87,443 to 145,737)
| Population Estimate | Square Kilometers | Riding |
|---|---|---|
| 122 334 | 9 197 | Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock |
| 124 233 | 1 740 | Peterborough |
| 127 815 | 1 740 | Hastings |
| 107 002 | 5 206 | Lennox & Addington-Prince Edward-Hastings-Frontenac |
| 90 270 | 2 032 | Gananoque-Brockville-Prescott |
Better reflections of communities of interests and dependencies
- Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, Peterborough, Gananoque-Brockville-Prescott no increase in communities of interest from what the Commission has proposed
- Hastings – communities of interest become Belleville, Trenton and Bancroft, easily connected by Highways 401, 2 and 62, Belleville to Bancroft 112 km in 1.5 hours, Belleville to Trenton 18 km in half an hour
- Loyalist – communities of interest are Belleville, Picton, Napanee and Kingston, easily connected by highways 401, 2 and 33, Belleville to Picton 35 km in half an hour, Belleville through Napanee to Kingston 82 km in 1 hour
- For Loyalist riding, reduces distance between communities of interest from 546 km and 8 hours to 215 km and 2.5 hours of travel
Historical connection between Prince Edward and Lennox-Addington
- Homogenous settlement of the two counties by indigenous peoples
- Contiguous settlement by United Empire Loyalists after 1783 expulsion from the newly formed United States
- Subsequent naming of townships for the children of King George III were three in each county: Frederick, Ernest and Adolphus in Lennox-Addington, and Amelia, Sophia and Mary in Prince Edward County (named after their brother, heir to the throne, and father of Queen Victoria)
Shared Government Service Delivery
- Through the years, services for the two counties have been administratively combined by both federal and provincial ministries, the most notable today being:
- Community Futures (multi-million dollar federal business support organization)
- Social Services (third highest area of expenditure in the provincial government)
- Housing (high provincial priority in the area)
Growing Into The Proposed Boundaries
- In the proposed Loyalist riding there are two particular areas of exponential population growth that would serve to increase the voter population over the next 10 years. Loyalist Township in Lennox-Addington – the towns and villages of Amherstview, Bath, Odessa, Conway – has seen a 23% increase in residential development permits from 2020 to 2021, and is on track for a 25% increase in 2022. The City of Belleville north of the 401 has seen an increase in residential permits of 28% over the last year.
Political connection between the counties
From 1925 to 1968, the counties were connected as the federal riding of Prince Edward-Lennox riding, represented by:
| John Hubbs | Conservative | 1925 to 1930 |
| John Aaron Weese | Conservative | 1930 to 1935 |
| George Tustin | Conservative | 1935 to 1957 |
| Clarence Milligan | Progressive Conservative | 1957 to 1962 |
| Douglas Alkenbrack | Progressive Conservative | 1965 to 1968 |
From 1933 to 1996, the counties were connected as the provincial riding of Prince Edward-Lennox, then Prince Edward- Lennox-South Hastings, represented by:
| Thomas Bowerman | Liberal | 1934 to 1937 |
| James Hepburn | Progressive Conservative | 1943 to 1948 |
| John Baxter | Liberal | 1948 to 1951 |
| Norris Whitney | Progressive Conservative | 1951 to 1971 |
| James Taylor | Progressive Conservative | 1971 to 1987 |
| Keith MacDonald | Liberal | 1987 to 1990 |
| Paul Johnston | NDP | 1990 to 1995 |
| Gary Fox | Progressive Conservative | 1995 to 1999 |
Additional Area Of Interest For The Commission .....
- Add population of northern Leeds-Grenville to the riding of Gananoque-Brockville-Prescott to improve that area's community of interest, and add City of Kingston north of 401 to new Loyalist riding to improve that area's community of interest
- Brings new Loyalist riding closer to population median
- Increases Gananoque-Brockville-Prescott to make up for loss of population from city of Kingston
- Decreases Lanark-Frontenac and improves community of interest in that riding
Appendix A: Recommended Realignment of 2 Riding Boundaries in Eastern Ontario
(Currently proposed as Bay of Quinte Riding and Hastings-Lennox-Addington-Tyendinaga Riding)
| 2022 Population | Square Kilometers | |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings County | 145 746 | 6 013 |
| Minus Tyendinaga Township | 4 538 | 312 |
| Minus Tyendinaga MT | 2 535 | 72 |
| Minus City of Belleville norther of the 401 (Ward 2) | 8 855 | 30 |
| Hastings Riding | 129 818 | 5 599 |
| 2022 Population | Square Kilometers | |
|---|---|---|
| Lennox-Addington County | 45 182 | 2 792 |
| Prince Edward County | 25 704 | 1 052 |
| Plus South Frontenac Township | 20 188 | 948 |
| Tyendinaga Township | 4 538 | 312 |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | 2 535 | 72 |
| City of Belleville North of the 401 | 8 855 | 30 |
| Loyalist Riding | 107 002 | 5 206 |
Required Changes to 3 Bordering Ridings
| 2022 Population | Square Kilometers | |
|---|---|---|
| North Grenville | 17 964 | 351 |
| Augusta | 7 386 | 313 |
| Prescott | 4 078 | 4 |
| Elizabethtown-Kitley | 9 545 | 555 |
| Brockville | 31 661 | 576 |
| Athens | 3 042 | 129 |
| Front of Yonge | 2 595 | 125 |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands | 9 804 | 608 |
| Gananoque | 5 383 | 7 |
| City of Kingston north of the 401 (Frontenac) | 19 000 | 312 |
| Minus South Frentanac (Frontenac) | 20 188 | 948 |
| Gananoque-Brockville-Prescott | 90 270 | 2 032 |
| 2022 Population | Square Kilometers | |
|---|---|---|
| Curve Lake First Nation | 1 244 | 6 |
| Selwyn | 18 653 | 316 |
| Douro-Dummer | 7 632 | 459 |
| Peterborough | 83 651 | 64 |
| Otonabee-South Monaghan | 7 087 | 346 |
| Hiawatha First Nation | 341 | 8 |
| Alderville First Nation | 542 | 12 |
| Plus Havelock-Belmont-Methuen | 5 083 | 529 |
| Peterborough | 124 233 | 1 740 |
| 2022 Population | Square Kilometers | |
|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Highlands | 2 588 | 999 |
| Dysart et al | 7 182 | 1 474 |
| Minden Hills | 6 971 | 847 |
| All of Highlands East | 3 830 | 688 |
| Kawartha Lakes | 79 247 | 3 033 |
| North Kawartha | 2 877 | 746 |
| Brock | 12 567 | 422 |
| Trent Lakes | 6 439 | 833 |
| Mississauga of Scugog | 125 | 2 |
| Half of Cavan-Monaghan | 508 | 153 |
| Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock | 122 334 | 9 197 |