London South

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London South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1926
District abolished1999
First contested1926
Last contested1995

London South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1926 and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was re-established in 1955 and existed until 1999 when it was abolished again.

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

London South
Assembly Years Member Party
17th  1926–1929     John Cameron Wilson Conservative
18th  1929–1934
Merged with London North into London from 1934 to 1955
25th  1955–1959     George Ernest Jackson Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963 John White
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977     John Ferris Liberal
31st  1977–1981     Gordon Walker Progressive Conservative
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987     Joan Smith Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995     David Winninger New Democratic
36th  1995–1999     Bob Wood Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into London North Centre before the 1999 election

Electoral history (1975-1999)[]

1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Ferris 14,496 40.94
Progressive Conservative John Eberhard 13,937 39.37
New Democratic Edith Welch 6,971 19.69
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Walker 16,011 42.39 +3.02
Liberal John Ferris 13,800 36.53 -4.41
New Democratic Tom Olien 7,964 21.08 +1.39
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Walker 19,714 54.7% +12.3%
Liberal Frank Green 11,116 30.9% -5.6%
New Democratic Dale Green 5,187 14.4% -6.7%
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joan Smith 24,522 51.0% +20.1%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Walker 17,839 37.1% -17.6%
New Democratic David Winninger 5,080 10.6% -3.8%
Freedom Robert Metz 614 1.3% +1.3%
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joan Smith 20,046 55.5% +4.5%
Progressive Conservative Vaughan Minor 7,723 21.4% -15.7%
New Democratic David Winninger 7,074 19.6% +9.0%
Family Coalition Paul Picard 861 2.4% +2.4%
Freedom Robert Metz 430 1.2% -0.1%
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic David Winninger 17,438 42.4% +22.8%
Liberal Joan Smith 11,787 28.7% -26.8%
Progressive Conservative Bob Wood 9,828 23.9% +2.5%
Family Coalition Paul Picard 1,427 3.5% +1.1%
Freedom Robert Metz 635 1.5% +0.3%
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bob Wood 18,161 44.4% +20.5%
New Democratic David Winninger 10,729 26.2% -16.2%
Liberal Joan Smith 10,693 26.1% -2.6%
Family Coalition Rudy Polci 387 0.9% -2.6%
Freedom Maureen Battaglia 340 0.8% -0.7%
Independent Mark Simpson 323 0.8% +0.8%
Green Sven Biggs 2-2 0.5% +0.5%
Natural Law James Hea 111 0.3% +0.3%

References[]

  1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For John Cameron Wilson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Cameron Wilson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For George Ernest Jackson's Legislative Assembly information see "George Ernest Jackson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John White's Legislative Assembly information see "John White, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John Ferris's Legislative Assembly information see "John Ferris, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Gordon Walker's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Walker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Joan Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "Joan Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For David Winninger's Legislative Assembly information see "David Winninger, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Bob Wood's Legislative Assembly information see "Bob Wood, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
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