London (electoral district)

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London was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario.

It consisted initially of the City of London, Ontario.

In 1914, it was redefined to exclude parts of the former township of London, which was now a part of the city.

In 1924, it was redefined as consisting of that part of the city of London lying west of and south of a line following (from the north) Adelaide Street and Oxford Street, the east side of Wolsley Barracks area, Middleton Avenue, Glasgow Street, Lorne Avenue, Burbrook Place, Dundas Street, Swinyard Street, Pine Street, Elm Street, Trafalgar Street, Adelaide Street, the south branch of the River Thames, Beverly Street, and Wellington Street south to the south boundary of the city.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between London West and London East ridings.

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Hon. John Carling	1,114
	Unknown	Mr. Peacock	266

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Hon. John Carling	1,101
	Unknown	Mr. MacMahon	797

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Walker	1,269
	Liberal-Conservative	John Carling	1,208

On Mr. Walker being unseated, 9 September1874:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 February 1875
	Liberal-Conservative	James Harshaw Fraser	1,228
	Unknown	Samuel Peters	1,100

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Hon. John Carling	1,407
	Liberal	John Walker	1,343

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Hon. John Carling	1,485
	Unknown	John Campbell	1,238

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Hon. John Carling	2,013
	Liberal	Charles S. Hyman	1,974

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	C.S. Hyman	2,037
	Liberal-Conservative	Hon. John Carling	1,854

On the election being declared void:

Party		Candidate
By-election on 26 February 1892
	Liberal-Conservative	John Carling
	Liberal	Charles S. Hyman

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	2,325
	Liberal	C.S. Hyman	2,284

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles S. Hyman	2,812
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	2,265
	Independent	Robert Roadhouse	236

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles S. Hyman	4,302
	Conservative	William F. Gray	4,278

On Mr. Hyman being appointed Minister of Public Works, 22 May 1905:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 June 1905
	Liberal	C.S. Hyman	4,581
	Conservative	William Gray	4,251

On Mr. Hyman's resignation, 11 April 1907:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 29 October 1907
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	3,209
	Liberal	J.D. Jacobs	2,174

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	4,121
	Unknown	John Wiley McCandless	2,987

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	5,263
	Unknown	John Millar McEvoy	3,352

On Mr. Beattie's death, 2 December 1914:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 1 February 1915
	Conservative	William Gray	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Hume Cronyn	11,136
	Opposition	George Sutton Gibbons	6,783

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	9,730
	Liberal	Charles Ross Somerville	7,974
	Progressive	Arthur Mould	4,252

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	12,260
	Liberal	Edgar Sydney Little	7,777
	Labour	John Colert	2,405

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	12,249
	Liberal	William John Stevenson	11,404

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	13,981
	Liberal	Jared Vining	9,698

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Cronyn Betts	10,911
	Liberal	George Arthur Porte Brickenden	8,628
	Reconstruction	John Franklin White	3,814
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	3,041
	Independent	George Albert Wenige	2,101
	Independent Liberal	Clifford Hamilton Reason	1,203
	Independent	Hugh Allan Stevenson	406

On Mr. Betts' death, 7 May 1938:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 14 November 1938
	Conservative	Hon. Robert James Manion	11,364
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	8,166

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Allan Johnson	15,824
	National Government	Thomas Ford Kingsmill	12,534
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	3,762

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Park A. Manross	16,766
	Liberal	Joseph Allan Johnston	13,421
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	4,901
	Labour-Progressive	Arthur Mould	225

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alex Jeffery	16,427
	Progressive Conservative	Park Manross	14,988
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett O. Hall	4,532

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Weld Mitchell	15,254
	Liberal	S. Floyd Maine	12,869
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gwen Pemberton	2,748
	Labour-Progressive	Allison Grant Campbell	662

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	G. Ernest Halpenny	19,804
	Liberal	Hugh Mackenzie	11,110
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gwen Pemberton	2,714

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	G. Ernest Halpenny	24,276
	Liberal	Hugh Alexander Mackenzie	9,107
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E.O. Hall	2,598

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	G. Ernest Halpenny	16,096
	Liberal	Harry Quigley	11,084
	New Democrat	John Gelleta	3,679
	Social Credit	Larry Wilcocks	447

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack A. Irvine	15,700
	Liberal	Clarence M. Peterson	14,262
	New Democrat	Paddy O'Brien	3,335
	Social Credit	Lloyd H. Alford	599

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Irvine	13,763
	Liberal	Margaret Fullerton	11,164
	New Democrat	Clayton Fee	4,412
	Independent	Albert W. Plumb	422
	Communist	Thomas Morris	271