Cobourg Federal Elections

For the next election, Cobourg will be in the Riding of Northumberland-Clarke - formerly Northumberland-Peterborough South.  This was formed after a re-distribution in 2023. See below for more on re-distribution.

But until the next election, the Riding is still Northumberland-Peterborough South.

Northumberland-Peterborough South

In 2021, incumbent Conservative M.P. Philip Lawrence won with a big majority although Liberals were returned nationally with a minority Government.  The next scheduled election will be in October 2025 although with a minority in the House, an earlier election is possible.

Redistribution

At the next election, the boundaries will be changed.  The new boundary is basically the same except it excludes Peterborough-South - that's Northumberland plus a small extension in the West. It is called Northumberland-Clarke. 

Candidates

Next Election

The Candidates for the next election in 2025 have not been announced EXCEPT that the incumbent Philip Lawrence (Conservative) will run again and Alison Lester (Liberal) has announced she will NOT be a Candidate.

As of 27 March 2023, the process for individuals wishing to be the next Liberal candidate for Northumberland – Clarke is open. Interested individuals can find information on the nomination process at https://liberal.ca/nominations/ .  

The local riding has announced:

In order to enter, individuals must complete Nomination Contestant Package by going to https://liberal.ca/request-package-2/

2021 Election

The Candidates for each of the Parties for the 2021 election were these.

Conservative Party
Philip Lawrence

Liberal Party
Alison Lester

People's Party
Nathan Lang

Green Party of Canada
Christina Wilson

Contact Information

As of 14 August, June, 2024, the Green Party had not recognized the boundary change. But then, the boundaries do not change until the next election,  However, I note that goal of Riding associations (EDAs) is to win the riding for their party so the new boundaries are where they need to focus.

Conservative Party

• Electoral District Association Web site - Northumberland-Clarke
• Philip Lawrence - MP for current riding: Northumberland Peterborough South - Web site
  • Philip Lawrence - Twitter page
  • Philip Lawrence - Facebook Page

Liberal Party

• Electoral District Association  - Facebook - Northumberland-Clarke
• Web site - Local Web page

NDP

• Electoral District Association - Federal - Facebook 

Green Party

• National Site - Green Party of Canada - local web page - does not yet recognize boundary change
• Green Party - for both Provincial and Federal - Facebook - Latest entry is April 2023
  
  

There are no other parties currently active in Northumberland.

Past Elections

In 2012, the Riding boundaries were changed so the 2011 election had different boundaries and an accurate comparison is not possible.