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London West (federal electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°00′N 81°18′W / 43.0°N 81.3°W / 43.0; -81.3
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London West
Ontario electoral district
Map showing the location of London West within Southwestern Ontario (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Arielle Kayabaga
Liberal
District created1966
First contested1968
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
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

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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

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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

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 70.4% White, 3.2% Latin American, 5.6% Arab, 5.8% South Asian, 3.7% Black, 3.1% Chinese, 3.1% Indigenous, 1.3% West Asian, 1.1% Korean
Languages: 72.7% English, 4.2% Arabic, 3.0% Spanish, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.1% French, 1.0% Portuguese
Religions: 51.3% Christian (22.3% Catholic, 5.4% United Church, 5.1% Anglican, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.4% Baptist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 12.3% Other), 9.3% Muslim, 1.6% Hindu, 35.3% None
Median income: $42,800 (2020)

Average income: $55,300 (2020)

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
London West
Riding 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

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Graph of election results in London West (parties that never received 2% of the vote are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Arielle Kayabaga 25,308 36.88 -6.08 $91,373.14
Conservative Rob Flack 22,273 32.46 +4.53 $114,644.53
New Democratic Shawna Lewkowitz 16,858 24.57 +3.22 $72,003.76
People's Mike McMullen 3,409 4.97 +3.33 $17,546.25
Libertarian Jacques Y. Boudreau 773 1.13 +0.4 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 68,621 99.25
Total rejected ballots 517 0.74 +0.27
Turnout 69,138 68.49 -3.00
Eligible voters 100,947
Liberal hold Swing -5.31
Source: Elections Canada[4]
2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 20,781 36.87
  Conservative 19,247 34.15
  New Democratic 12,895 22.88
  People's 2,814 4.99
  Others 625 1.11
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[6][7]
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[8][9]
2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
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


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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

See also

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References

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  • "London West (federal electoral district) (Code 35044) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Sources

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Notes

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43°00′N 81°18′W / 43.0°N 81.3°W / 43.0; -81.3