London North Centre

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London North Centre Electoral district
London North Centre shown within Southwestern Ontario
MP	Glen Pearson (2006-)
Party	Liberal (1997-)
MPP	Deb Matthews (2003-)
Party	Liberal (2003-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	London
London City Wards	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13
Federal district created	1996

London North Centre (formerly known as London—Adelaide) is a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. It is also a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1951.

Its population in 2001 was 107,672 and the average family income was $71,995.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 Federal riding
- 3.1 Members of Parliament
- 3.2 Federal electoral history
  - 3.2.1 2006 by-election
  - 3.2.2 1997-2006 general elections
4 Provincial riding
- 4.1 Members of Provincial Parliament
- 4.2 Provincial riding results
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Population	107,672
Electors	91,328
Area (km²)	64
Population density (people per km²)	1682.4

Ethnic groups: 86.8% White, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Black, 1.8% South Asian, 1.7% Aboriginal, 1.2% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Arab
Languages: 79.8% English, 1.4% French, 18.0% Other
Religions: 38.5% Protestant, 27.3% Catholic, 22.6% No religion, 3.0% Muslim, 2.8% Other Christian, 2.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Jewish
Average income: $31,174

[edit] Geography

It consists of the part of the City of London east of Wonderland Road North and Wharncliffe Road, north of Oxford Street West and the Thames River and west of Highbury Avenue North. The district includes the University of Western Ontario and Victoria, University, and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Wonderland Road, Oxford Street, Wharncliffe Road, and south branch of the Thames River form its western boundary with the district of London West, Highbury Avenue and the south branch of the Thames its eastern and southern boundaries with London—Fanshawe, and the north city limit its boundary with Perth—Middlesex riding to the north.

[edit] Federal riding

The federal riding was created in 1996 as "London—Adelaide" from parts of London East and London—Middlesex ridings. It was renamed "London North Centre" in 1997.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
London East and London—Middlesex prior to 1996
36th	1997-2000	Joe Fontana	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006
2006 By-election	2006-	Glen Pearson	Liberal

[edit] Federal electoral history

[edit] 2006 by-election

Lawn signs for all the major candidates decorate an intersection during the by-election

Long-time MP Joe Fontana resigned from the seat in 2006 in order to run in the London municipal election as a candidate for mayor, requiring a by-election to be held.

Speculation has suggested that two of the candidates in the Liberal leadership might seek the seat, and, particularly if the by-election had been held after the leadership election and one of them had been victorious. The candidates in question, Gerard Kennedy and Bob Rae, are both from Ontario and neither have a seat in the House of Commons. The Liberals suggested that, in order to be fair, the prime minister should not call the election until after their leadership race had completed. [1] However, the election was called on October 22, 2006 with polling day falling the very week of the Liberal convention, on November 27. [2]

The election result presents a minor breakthrough for the Green Party, tripling its previous showing in the general election and placing slightly ahead of the candidate of the governing Conservative party. The vote for party leader Elizabeth May was over five times the 4.5% national popular vote in the preceding federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	13,287	34.87%	-5.25%
	Green	Elizabeth May	9,864	25.84%	+20.35%
	Conservative	Dianne Haskett	9,309	24.48%	-5.42%
	New Democrat	Megan Walker	5,388	14.08%	-9.67%
	Progressive Canadian	Steven Hunter	146	0.38%	-0.09%
	Independent	Robert Ede	78	0.20%	-
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	53	0.14%	-
Total			38,099	100.00%

[edit] 1997-2006 general elections

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	24,109	40.12	-2.96	$78,406
	Conservative	John Mazzilli	17,968	29.90	+2.46	$63,536
	New Democrat	Stephen Maynard	14,271	23.75	-0.39	$20,817
	Green	Stuart Smith	3,300	5.49	+0.72	$2,442
	Progressive Canadian	Rod Morley	283	0.47	+0.03
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Mondaca	160	0.27	+0.14

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	21,472	43.08	-8.46
	Conservative	Tim Gatten	13,677	27.44	-9.57
	New Democrat	Joe Swan	12,034	24.14	+15.24
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	2,376	4.77	+3.23
	Progressive Canadian	Rod Morley	220	0.44	-
	Marxist-Leninist	Gustavo Grandos-Ocon	67	0.13	-

^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	22,795	51.54	-0.18
	Canadian Alliance	Nancy Branscombe	9,062	20.49	+5.30
	Progressive Conservative	Lorie Johnson	7,305	16.52	-0.95
	New Democrat	Colleen Redmond	3,936	8.90	-3.39
	Green	Jeremy McNaughton	681	1.54	+0.06
	Marijuana	Tim Berg	453	1.02	-

^ Canadian Alliance change is from Reform

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	23,891	51.72
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Henkel	8,072	17.47
	Reform	Tara Bingham	7,016	15.19
	New Democrat	Colleen Redmond	5,679	12.29
	Green	Jeff Culbert	685	1.48
	Christian Heritage	Ken Devries	375	0.81
	Independent	Michael Rubinoff	336	0.73
	Marxist-Leninist	Vera Cruise	138	0.30

[edit] Provincial riding

London North Centre was created from London North to match the federal riding in 1999.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

London North has elected the following members of the Ontario Legislature:

Dianne Cunningham, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
Deb Matthews, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Provincial riding results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	20,212	43.43	+22.54
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	13,460	28.92	-11.29
	New Democrat	Rebecca Coulter	11,414	24.53	-11.93
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	780	1.68	+0.88
	Family Coalition	Craig Smith	432	0.93	-0.09
	Freedom	Lisa Turner	242	0.52	+0.18

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	18,320	40.21
	New Democrat	Marion Boyd	16,611	36.46
	Liberal	Roger Caranci	9,518	20.89
	Family Coalition	Andrew Jezierski	466	1.02
	Green	Jeff Culbert	366	0.80
	Freedom	Robert Metz	156	0.34
	Natural Law	Stephen Porter	120	0.26

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Southwestern Ontario
Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Essex \| Elgin—Middlesex—London \| Essex \| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex \| Sarnia—Lambton
New Democratic	London—Fanshawe \| Windsor—Tecumseh \| Windsor West
Liberal	London North Centre \| London West

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie \| Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound \| Dufferin—Caledon \| Durham \| Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock \| Newmarket—Aurora \| Northumberland—Quinte West \| Peterborough \| Simcoe—Grey \| Simcoe North \| York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell \| Kingston and the Islands \| Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington \| Leeds—Grenville \| Prince Edward—Hastings \| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke \| Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering \| Beaches—East York \| Bramalea—Gore—Malton \| Brampton—Springdale \| Brampton West \| Davenport \| Don Valley East \| Don Valley West \| Eglinton—Lawrence \| Etobicoke Centre \| Etobicoke—Lakeshore \| Etobicoke North \| Markham—Unionville \| Mississauga—Brampton South \| Mississauga East—Cooksville \| Mississauga—Erindale \| Mississauga South \| Mississauga—Streetsville \| Oak Ridges—Markham \| Oshawa \| Parkdale—High Park \| Pickering—Scarborough East \| Richmond Hill \| St. Paul's \| Scarborough—Agincourt \| Scarborough Centre \| Scarborough—Guildwood \| Scarborough—Rouge River \| Scarborough Southwest \| Thornhill \| Toronto Centre \| Toronto—Danforth \| Trinity—Spadina \| Vaughan \| Whitby—Oshawa \| Willowdale \| York Centre \| York South—Weston \| York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale \| Burlington \| Halton \| Hamilton Centre \| Hamilton East—Stoney Creek \| Hamilton Mountain \| Niagara Falls \| Niagara West—Glanbrook \| Oakville \| St. Catharines \| Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant \| Cambridge \| Guelph \| Haldimand—Norfolk \| Huron—Bruce \| Kitchener Centre \| Kitchener—Conestoga \| Kitchener—Waterloo \| Oxford \| Perth—Wellington \| Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing \| Kenora \| Nickel Belt \| Nipissing—Timiskaming \| Parry Sound—Muskoka \| Sault Ste. Marie \| Sudbury \| Thunder Bay—Rainy River \| Thunder Bay—Superior North \| Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex \| Elgin—Middlesex—London \| Essex \| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex \| London—Fanshawe \| London North Centre \| London West \| Sarnia—Lambton \| Windsor—Tecumseh \| Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills \| Nepean—Carleton \| Ottawa Centre \| Ottawa—Orléans \| Ottawa South \| Ottawa—Vanier \| Ottawa West—Nepean

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