London—Fanshawe

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London—Fanshawe is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal electoral history 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

It consists of the southeast part of the City of London.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the city lying east and north of a line drawn from the northern limit of the city south along Highbury Avenue North, west along the Thames River (South Branch), south along the Canadian National Railway, west along Commissioners Road East, south along Wharncliffe Road South, east along Southdale Road East, south along White Oak Road, east along Exeter Road, north along Meg Drive, west along Jalna Boulevard, north along Ernest Avenue, east along Bradley Avenue, north along Highbury Avenue South, east along Arran Place and Bradley Avenue to the eastern limit of the city.

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of London East and London—Middlesex. From 1997 until 2005 it was represented by Liberal/Independent Member of Parliament Pat O'Brien.

It consisted initially of the part of the City of London lying east and north of a line drawn from the northern limit of the city south along Highbury Avenue and Highway 126, west along the Thames River, south along the London and Port Stanley Electric Railway, west along Commissioners Road East, south along Wharncliffe Road South, east along Southdale Road East, south along White Oak Road, east along Exeter Road, north along Meg Drive, west along Jalna Boulevard, north along Ernest Avenue, east along Bradley Avenue, north along the Wenige Expressway (Highway 126), east along Arran Place and Bradley Avenue to the eastern limit of the city.

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	1997 - 2005
	Independent		2005 - 2006
	NDP	Irene Mathyssen	2006 - Present

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Irene Mathyssen of the New Democratic Party who was elected in the 2006 election. She replaced Pat O'Brien, an Independent and former Liberal who did not stand for reelection.

[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. Frank Mazzilli, Progressive Conservative, 1999-2003
2. Khalil Ramal, Liberal, 2003-present

[edit] Federal electoral history

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Irene Mathyssen	16,067
	Liberal	Glen Douglas Pearson	15,199
	Conservative	Dan Mailer	12,034
	Green	David McLaughlin	1803

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	15,664
	New Democrat	Irene Mathyssen	12,511
	Conservative	John Mazzilli	10,811
	Green	Ed Moore	1,634
	Progressive Canadian	Derrall Bellaire	453
	Marxist-Leninist	Cameron Switzer	65

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	19,677
	Canadian Alliance	Robert Vaughan	7,998
	Progressive Conservative	Derrall Bellaire	4,119
	New Democrat	Andrew Sadler	4,107

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	20,497
	Reform	Scott Bowman	6,838
	New Democrat	Irene Mathyssen	6,754
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Thrasher	5,499
	Green	Heidi Strasser	442

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

London, Ontario

A-Channel London | Fanshawe College | Grand Theatre | Labatt Brewing Company | London Free Press | London International Airport | London Transit | One London Place | Schools | Springbank Park | University of Western Ontario | Victoria Park Buildings: Aeolian Hall | Crystal Palace Barracks | Masonville | St. Paul's Cathedral | St. Peter's Basilica | Westmount | White Oaks Sports: Boler Mountain | EBBA | Forest City Velodrome | John Labatt Centre | Labatt Memorial Park | London Ice House | London City | London Majors | London Knights | Norm Aldridge Field | TD Waterhouse Stadium | Western Mustangs Festivals: Home County Folk Festival | London Balloon Festival | Hawk Rocks the Park | Sunfest | Western Fair

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