London West

Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Ed Holder Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Chris Bentley Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,335
Electors (2007)	85,275
Area (km²)	86
Pop. density (per km²)	1,376
Census divisions	Middlesex
Census subdivisions	London

London West is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2006 was 118,335.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal election results 5 Provincial election results 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the northwest part of the City of London.

In 2003, it was defined to consist of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the city along Dingman Creek, Southdale Road West, Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, the Canadian National Railway, the Thames River, Wharncliffe Road North, Oxford Street West and Wonderland Road North.

[edit] Federal electoral district

The electoral district was created in 1966 from London, Middlesex East, and from Middlesex West.

It initially consisted of the part of the City of London west of a line drawn from north to south along Adelaide Street, Dundas Street, Wellington Street and Wellington Road.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city west of a line drawn from south to north along Southdale Road, Wellington Road, the Thames River and the North Thames River, Dundas Street, Colborne Street, Huron Street and Richmond Street.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the southern limit of the city along Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, Wellington Road, the Thames River, the North Thames River, the Medway River, Western Road and Richmond Street.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the city along Dingman Creek, Southdale Road West, Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, the London and Port Stanley Electric Railway, the Thames River, Wharncliffe Road, Oxford Street, Wonderland Road North and Hutton Road.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
London, Middlesex East, and Middlesex West prior to 1966
28th	1968-1972		Judd Buchanan	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980
1981 By-election	1981-1984		Jack Burghardt	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Tom Hockin	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Sue Barnes	Liberal
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-present		Ed Holder	Conservative

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Bob Wood, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
2. Christopher Bentley, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Holder	22,556	39.1%	+3.4%	$90,739
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	20,435	35.4%	-2.5%	$72,288
	New Democrat	Peter Ferguson	8,409	14.6%	-6.9%	$18,620
	Green	Monica Jarabek	5,601	9.7%	+4.9 %	$15,205
	Progressive Canadian	Steve Hunter	443	0.8%	+0.3%	$750
	Christian Heritage	Leslie Bartley	253	0.4%		$39
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,697	100%		$92,384
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	23,019	37.9%	-7.6%
	Conservative	Al Gretzky	21,690	35.7%	+4.2%
	New Democrat	Gina Barber	13,056	21.5%	+4.2%
	Green	Monica Jarabek	2,900	4.8%	+0.1%
	Progressive Canadian	Steve Hunter	328	0.5%	-0.4%
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Villamizer	59	0.1%	ø
Total valid votes			60,724

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	25,061	45.5%
	Conservative	Mike Menear	17,335	31.5%
	New Democrat	Gina Barber	9,522	17.3%
	Green	Rebecca Bromwich	2,611	4.7%
	Progressive Canadian	Steve Hunter	511	0.9%
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	67	0.1%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	23,794
	Canadian Alliance	Salim Mansur	10,162
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Lang	9,788
	New Democrat	George Goodlet	3,596
	Green	Jeremy Price	614
	Canadian Action	Stan Winters	162
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	80

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	24,710
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Mazzilli	10,958
	Reform	Terry Biggs	8,839
	New Democrat	Sandra McNee	5,291
	Christian Heritage	Stan Winters	515
	Green	Rachelle Small	497
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	83

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	31,084
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	15,169
	Reform	Todd Christensen	12,900
	New Democrat	Margaret Hoff	2,551
	National	Michael Van Holst	1,219
	Green	Heidi Strasser	401
	Natural Law	Mark Hawkins	381
	Christian Heritage	Ken Devries	308
	Canada Party	Tom Ha	178
	Independent	Ivan W. Kasiurak	111
	Abolitionist	Judith Foster	33

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	28,392
	Liberal	Mary Copps-Sutherland	23,321
	New Democrat	Bruce Lundgren	10,007
	Libertarian	Hubert Ramolla	435

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	34,517
	Liberal	Jack Burghardt	21,701
	New Democrat	Bruce Lundgren	10,911

By-election on 13 April 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Burghardt	21,952
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	21,022
	New Democrat	Bruce Lundgren	3,802
	Independent	Denise Sweeney Seguin	87
	Independent	Roger J. Smith	44
	Independent	John C. Turmel	37

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	27,118
	Progressive Conservative	Don McDougall	25,031
	New Democrat	Paddy Musson	8,817
	Rhino	Stewart Showers	224
	Libertarian	Richard Keys	159
	Marxist-Leninist	John Stafford	35

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	25,258
	Progressive Conservative	John McGarry	24,746
	New Democrat	Paddy Musson	9,378
	Libertarian	Richard Keys	187
	Marxist-Leninist	John Stafford	44

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	32,188
	Progressive Conservative	Peter White	17,893
	New Democrat	John Crook	7,142
	Independent	Vay Jonynas	170

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	29,474
	Progressive Conservative	John F. Bennett	20,611
	New Democrat	Jim Bolton	8,914

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	21,764
	Progressive Conservative	Jack A. Irvine	18,462
	New Democrat	Gwen Pemberton	3,891

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	26,089	52.5
	Progressive Conservative	Allison Graham	12,085	24.3
	New Democrat	Paul Pighin	5,534	11.1
	Green	Gary Brown	5,181	10.4
	Family Coalition	Andrew Jezierski	266	0.5
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	215	0.4
	Independent	Mike Reynolds	206	0.4
	Republican	Chris Gupta	82	0.2

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30585	63.7%
	Mixed member proportional	17421	36.3%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	25,581	51.46	+7.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	15,463	31.11	-13.81
	New Democrat	Patti Dalton	7,403	14.89	+5.76
	Green	Laura Wythe	805	1.62	+1.01
	Freedom	Bill Frampton	460	0.93	+0.46

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	22,761	44.92
	Liberal	Darrel Skidmore	22,467	44.34
	New Democrat	Sandra McNee	4,628	9.13
	Green	Jeremy Price	308	0.61
	Freedom	Jack Plant	236	0.47
	Natural Law	Ernie Merkley	133	0.26
	Libertarian	Gayle Remisch	133	0.26

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

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