[2] Kent County had been an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada,[3] and those boundaries were not altered by the Union Act.

Kent County had initially been defined in 1792 by a proclamation of the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe.

[8] The contest was between Joseph Woods, a Compact Tory, and Samuel Harrison, one of the leaders of the Reform movement.

[12] It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the House of Commons of Canada[13] and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

[14] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: An act for the better division of this province, SUC 1798 (38 Geo.