London West (provincial electoral district)

For the European Parliament Constituency, see London West (European Parliament constituency).

For the federal electoral district, see London West.

London West (provincial electoral district)

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Chris Bentley Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,335
Electors (2011)	91,711
Area (km²)	86
Pop. density (per km²)	1,376
Census divisions	Middlesex
Census subdivisions	London

London West is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2006 was 118,335.

Geography

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

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It initially consisted 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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1999–2003		Robert Wood	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Christopher Bentley	Liberal
39th	2007–present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	22,616	45.7	-6.8
	Progressive Conservative	Ali Chahbar	14,601	29.5	+5.2
	New Democrat	Jeff Buchanan	10,757	21.7	+10.6
	Green	Gary Brown	1,194	2.4	-8.0
	Freedom	Tim Hodges	300	0.6	+0.2
	Republican	Chris Gupta	61	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			49,529	100.0

Note: These results are unofficial as of October 7, 2011. The official results will be published by the Chief Electoral Officer at a later date.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	26,089	52.5	+1.0
	Progressive Conservative	Allison Graham	12,085	24.3	-6.8
	New Democrat	Paul Pighin	5,534	11.1	-3.8
	Green	Gary Brown	5,181	10.4	+8.8
	Family Coalition	Andrew Jezierski	266	0.5	-
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	215	0.4	-0.5
	Independent	Mike Reynolds	206	0.4	-
	Republican	Chris Gupta	82	0.2	-
Total valid votes			49,658	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	25,581	51.5	+7.1
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	15,463	31.1	-13.8
	New Democrat	Patti Dalton	7,403	14.9	+5.8
	Green	Laura Wythe	805	1.6	+1.0
	Freedom	Bill Frampton	460	0.9	+0.5
Total valid votes			49,712	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	22,761	44.9	-
	Liberal	Darrel Skidmore	22,467	44.3	-
	New Democrat	Sandra McNee	4,628	9.1	-
	Green	Jeremy Price	308	0.6	-
	Freedom	Jack Plant	236	0.5	-
	Natural Law	Ernie Merkley	133	0.3	-
	Libertarian	Gayle Remisch	133	0.3	-
Total valid votes			50,666	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes
	First Past the Post	30,585	63.7
	Mixed member proportional	17,421	36.3
	Total valid votes	48,006	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results