Elgin—Middlesex—London

Elgin—Middlesex—London
Ontario electoral district
	Elgin—Middlesex—London in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	110,109
Electors (2015)	82,062
Area (km²)[2]	2,640
Pop. density (per km²)	41.7
Census divisions	Elgin, Middlesex
Census subdivisions	Aylmer, Bayham, Central Elgin, Dutton/Dunwich, London, Malahide, Southwold, St. Thomas, Thames Centre, West Elgin

Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

It was created in 1996 from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex, and London—Middlesex ridings. This riding lost territory to London—Fanshawe during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Elgin—Middlesex—London Riding created from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex and London—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000	Gar Knutson	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Gar Knutson	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Joe Preston	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present	Karen Vecchio

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Karen Louise Vecchio	28,023	49.22	–8.83	$127,082.90
	Liberal	Lori Baldwin-Sands	17,642	30.99	+17.57	$31,815.89
	New Democratic	Fred Sinclair	8,771	15.41	–8.67	$8,149.29
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	1,783	3.13	+0.11	$1,839.04
	Christian Heritage	Michael Hopkins	529	0.93		$7,634.70
	Rhinoceros	Lou Bernardi	185	0.32	–	$24.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,933	100.00		$219,553.30
Total rejected ballots			230	0.40
Turnout			57,163	68.96
Eligible voters			82,892
	Conservative hold		Swing		–13.20
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,387	58.05
	New Democratic	11,774	24.08
	Liberal	6,559	13.41
	Green	1,478	3.02
	Others	701	1.43

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Preston	29,147	57.55	+9.17	–
	New Democratic	Fred Sinclair	12,439	24.56	+5.32	–
	Liberal	Graham Warwick	6,812	13.45	-10.07	–
	Green	John Fisher	1,529	3.02	-3.80	–
	Christian Heritage	Carl Hiemstra	582	1.15	-0.15	–
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	140	0.28	+0.08	–
Total valid votes			50,649	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			170	0.33	-0.07
Turnout			50,819	62.90	+3.24
Eligible voters			80,796	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Preston	22,970	48.38	+2.8	$77,732
	Liberal	Suzanne van Bommel	11,169	23.52	-2.8	$79,198
	New Democratic	Ryan Dolby	9,135	19.24	0.0	$12,502
	Green	Noel Burgon	3,241	6.82	+1.2
	Christian Heritage	Carl Hiemstra	619	1.30	-0.7	$9,598
	Independent	Michael van Holst	243	0.51	–	$1,875
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	96	0.20	0.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,473	100.0	$85,544
Total rejected ballots			190	0.40
Turnout			47,663	59.66

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Preston	23,416	45.6	+1.8
	Liberal	Crispin Colvin	13,507	26.3	-7.9
	New Democratic	Tim McCallum	9,873	19.2	+4.6
	Green	Jonathan Martyn	2,878	5.6	+1.2
	Christian Heritage	Ken DeVries	1,049	2.0	-0.7
	Progressive Canadian	Phill Borm	504	1.0
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	105	0.2	-0.1
Total valid votes			51,332	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Preston	20,333	43.8	-8.7
	Liberal	Gar Knutson	15,860	34.2	-6.2
	New Democratic	Tim McCallum	6,763	14.6	+9.4
	Green	Julie-Ann Stodolny	2,033	4.4	+3.4
	Christian Heritage	Ken DeVries	1,246	2.7	+1.8
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	146	0.3
Total valid votes			46,381	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gar Knutson	17,890	40.4	+0.4
	Alliance	Bill Walters	17,202	38.8	+15.8
	Progressive Conservative	Delia Reiche	6,080	13.7	-12.0
	New Democratic	Tim McCallum	2,319	5.2	-2.1
	Green	John R. Fisher	431	1.0	-0.2
	Independent	Ken DeVries	407	0.9	-1.9
Total valid votes			44,329	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gar Knutson	17,890	40.0
	Progressive Conservative	Luella Watson	11,499	25.7
	Reform	John Van Der Veen	10,307	23.0
	New Democratic	Cynthia Nurse	3,260	7.3
	Christian Heritage	Ron Steenbergen	1,275	2.8
	Green	John R. Fisher	508	1.1
Total valid votes			44,739	100.0

References

"(Code 35020) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Elgin—Middlesex—London, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Website of the Conservative Party Electoral District Association for Elgin-Middlesex-London

Coordinates: 42°47′N 81°13′W / 42.78°N 81.21°W / 42.78; -81.21

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Elgin—Middlesex—London, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.

[5] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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New Democratic	Essex London—Fanshawe Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Liberal	London North Centre London West

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Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont