London West Ontario electoral district Map showing the location of London West within Southwestern Ontario (2013 boundaries)
Legislature House of Commons MP Arielle Kayabaga Liberal District created 1966 First contested 1968 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 119,090 Electors (2015)91,601 Area (km²)[2] 82 Pop. density (per km²) 1,452.3 Census division(s) Middlesex Census subdivision(s) London
London West (French : London-Ouest ) is a federal electoral district in London, Ontario , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
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.
History [ ]
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.
This riding lost territory to London North Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Demographics [ ]
According to the Canada 2011 Census
Ethnic groups: 83.3% White, 2.9% Latin American, 2.4% Arab, 2.1% South Asian, 2.1% Black, 2.1% Chinese, 1.6% Aboriginal
Languages: 80.6% English, 2.8% Spanish, 2.2% Arabic, 1.7% French, 1.5% Chinese, 1.2% Polish
Religions: 65.4% Christian (27.1% Catholic, 11.1% United Church, 8.0% Anglican, 2.5% Baptist, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Lutheran), 4.5% Muslim, 27.8 No religion
Median income (2005): $29,322
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
London WestRiding created from London , Middlesex East and Middlesex West
28th
1968–1972 Judd Buchanan Liberal
29th
1972–1974
30th
1974–1979
31st
1979–1980
32nd
1980–1980
1981–1984 Jack Burghardt
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
2008–2011 Ed Holder Conservative
41st
2011–2015
42nd
2015–2019 Kate Young Liberal
43rd
2019–2021
44th
2021–present Arielle Kayabaga
Election results [ ]
Graph of election results in London West (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
hide 2021 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Arielle Kayabaga
23,678
36.40
-6.56
Conservative
Rob Flack
20,905
32.20
+4.27
New Democratic
Shawna Lewkowitz
16,237
25.00
+3.65
People's
Mike McMullen
3,387
5.20
+3.56
Libertarian
Jacques Y. Boudreau
808
1.00
+0.27
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada [3]
hide 2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Kate Young
30,622
42.96
-2.85
$115,818.09
Conservative
Liz Snelgrove
19,910
27.93
-7.40
$66,281.02
New Democratic
Shawna Lewkowitz
15,220
21.35
+6.53
$65,779.29
Green
Mary Ann Hodge
3,827
5.37
+2.55
$10,163.23
People's
Mike Mcmullen
1,171
1.64
–
$0.00
Libertarian
Jacques Boudreau
523
0.73
-0.34
none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit
71,273
99.31
Total rejected ballots
496
0.69
+0.27
Turnout
71,769
71.49
-1.85
Eligible voters
100,387
Liberal hold
Swing
+2.27
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
hide 2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Kate Young
31,167
45.82
+19.09
$126,846.59
Conservative
Ed Holder
24,036
35.33
-9.74
$193,780.18
New Democratic
Matthew Rowlinson
10,087
14.83
-10.59
$56,369.31
Green
Dimitri Lascaris
1,918
2.82
+0.14
$31,948.87
Libertarian
Jacques Y. Boudreau
732
1.08
–
–
Communist
Michael Lewis
87
0.13
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
68,027
99.58
$234,461.82
Total rejected ballots
286
0.42
–
Turnout
68,313
73.35
–
Eligible voters
93,138
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+14.41
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party
Vote
%
Conservative
26,296
45.07
Liberal
15,595
26.73
New Democratic
14,830
25.42
Green
1,563
2.68
Others
59
0.10
hide 2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Ed Holder
27,675
44.49
+5.40
–
Liberal
Doug Ferguson
16,652
26.77
-8.64
–
New Democratic
Peter Ferguson
16,109
25.90
+11.33
–
Green
Brad Arthur Corbett
1,703
2.74
-7.01
–
United
Rod Morley
65
0.10
–
–
Total valid votes
62,204
100.00
–
Total rejected ballots
273
0.44
+0.08
–
Turnout
62,477
67.49
+4.35
Eligible voters
92,572
–
–
hide 2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Ed Holder
22,556
39.09
+3.4
$90,739
Liberal
Sue Barnes
20,435
35.41
-2.5
$72,288
New Democratic
Peter Lawrence Ferguson
8,409
14.57
-6.9
$18,620
Green
Monica Jarabek
5,601
9.75
+4.9
$15,205
Progressive Canadian
Steve Hunter
414
0.71
+0.3
$750
Christian Heritage
Leslie Bartley
253
0.43
–
$39
Total valid votes/Expense limit
57,697
100.00
$92,384
Total rejected ballots
211
0.36
Turnout
57,908
63.14
hide 2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sue Barnes
23,019
37.9
-7.6
Conservative
Al Gretzky
21,690
35.7
+4.2
New Democratic
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
0.0
Total valid votes
60,724
100.0
hide 2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sue Barnes
25,061
45.5
-3.9
Conservative
Mike Menear
17,335
31.5
-9.9
New Democratic
Gina Barber
9,522
17.3
+9.8
Green
Rebecca Bromwich
2,611
4.7
+3.5
Progressive Canadian
Steve Hunter
511
0.9
Marxist–Leninist
Margaret Villamizar
67
0.1
-0.1
Total valid votes
55,107
100.0
hide 2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sue Barnes
23,794
49.4
+0.8
Alliance
Salim Mansur
10,162
21.1
+3.7
Progressive Conservative
Jeff Lang
9,788
20.3
-1.2
New Democratic
George Goodlet
3,596
7.5
-2.9
Green
Jeremy Price
614
1.3
+0.3
Canadian Action
Richard Goos
162
0.3
Marxist–Leninist
Margaret Villamizar
80
0.2
0.0
Total valid votes
48,196
100.0
hide 1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sue Barnes
24,710
48.6
+0.2
Progressive Conservative
Frank Mazzilli
10,958
21.5
-2.0
Reform
Terry Biggs
8,839
17.4
-2.7
New Democratic
Sandra McNee
5,291
10.4
+6.4
Christian Heritage
Stan Winters
515
1.0
+0.5
Green
Rachelle Small
497
1.0
+0.4
Marxist–Leninist
Margaret Villamizar
83
0.2
Total valid votes
50,893
100.0
hide 1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Sue Barnes
31,084
48.3
+10.8
Progressive Conservative
Tom Hockin
15,169
23.6
-22.1
Reform
Todd Christensen
12,900
20.1
New Democratic
Margaret Hoff
2,551
4.0
-12.1
National
Michael van Holst
1,219
1.9
Green
Heidi Strasser
401
0.6
Natural Law
Mark Hawkins
381
0.6
Christian Heritage
Ken DeVries
308
0.5
Canada Party
Tom Ha
178
0.3
Independent
Ivan W. Kasiurak
111
0.2
Abolitionist
Judith Foster
33
0.1
Total valid votes
64,335
100.0
hide 1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Tom Hockin
28,392
45.7
-5.7
Liberal
Mary Copps-Sutherland
23,321
37.5
+5.2
New Democratic
Bruce Lundgren
10,007
16.1
-0.2
Libertarian
Hubert Ramolla
435
0.7
Total valid votes
62,155
100.0
hide 1984 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Tom Hockin
34,517
51.4
+6.6
Liberal
Jack Burghardt
21,701
32.3
-14.4
New Democratic
Bruce Lundgren
10,911
16.3
+8.2
Total valid votes
67,129
100.0
By-election on 13 April 1981
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Jack Burghardt
21,952
46.8
+2.6
Progressive Conservative
Tom Hockin
21,022
44.8
+4.0
New Democratic
Bruce Lundgren
3,802
8.1
-6.3
Independent
Denise Sweeney Seguin
87
0.2
Independent
Roger J. Smith
44
0.1
Independent
John Turmel
37
0.1
Total valid votes
46,944
100.0
hide 1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Judd Buchanan
27,118
44.2
+1.8
Progressive Conservative
Don McDougall
25,031
40.8
-0.7
New Democratic
Paddy Musson
8,817
14.4
-1.4
Rhinoceros
Stewart Showers
224
0.4
Libertarian
Richard Keys
159
0.3
-0.1
Marxist–Leninist
John Stafford
35
0.1
0.0
Total valid votes
61,384
100.0
hide 1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Judd Buchanan
25,258
42.4
-13.7
Progressive Conservative
John McGarry
24,746
41.5
+10.3
New Democratic
Paddy Musson
9,378
15.7
+3.3
Libertarian
Richard Keys
187
0.3
Marxist–Leninist
John Stafford
44
0.1
Total valid votes
59,613
100.0
hide 1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Judd Buchanan
32,188
56.08
+6.12
Progressive Conservative
Peter White
17,893
31.18
-3.75
New Democratic
John Crook
7,142
12.44
-2.67
Independent
Vay Jonynas
170
0.30
Total valid votes
57,393
100.00
hide 1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Judd Buchanan
29,474
49.96
+0.63
Progressive Conservative
John F. Bennett
20,611
34.93
-6.92
New Democratic
Jim Bolton
8,914
15.11
+6.29
Total valid votes
58,999
100.00
hide 1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Judd Buchanan
21,764
49.33
Progressive Conservative
Jack Irvine
18,462
41.85
New Democratic
Gwen Pemberton
3,891
8.82
Total valid votes
44,117
100.00
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