Regional Profile
This mostly rural region has historically split between the Conservatives and Liberals, though vote-splitting led to a Liberal sweep in 1993 and 1997. The merge of the former Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties, however, has turned the area into a conservative stronghold.
Conservative parties have built their seat numbers since 2000, now representing a majority of the region. The college town urban seat of Kingston and the Islands remains in Liberal hands; it is the exception in this region.
In the 2011 election, the region was affected by the nationwide surge in support for the NDP. Although the NDP failed to win any seats in the area, they increased their popular vote share in all seven of the region's ridings, and won second place in three of the area's ridings.
Read more about this topic: Canadian Federal Election Results In Eastern Ontario
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