London West (federal electoral district)

For the European Parliament Constituency, see London West (European Parliament constituency). For the Ontario provincial electoral district, see London West (provincial electoral district).

London West (French: London-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in London, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

London West

Ontario electoral district
Map showing the location of London West within Southwestern Ontario (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Arielle Kayabaga Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	119,090
Electors (2015)	91,601
Area (km²)[2]	82
Pop. density (per km²)	1,452.3
Census division(s)	Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	London

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 electoral district was created in 1966 from London, Middlesex East, and from Middlesex West.

It initially consisted of the part of the City of London west of a line drawn from north to south along Adelaide Street, Dundas Street, Wellington Street and Wellington Road.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city west of a line drawn from south to north along Southdale Road, Wellington Road, the Thames River and the North Thames River, Dundas Street, Colborne Street, Huron Street and Richmond Street.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the southern limit of the city along Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, Wellington Road, the Thames River, the North Thames River, the Medway River, Western Road and Richmond Street.

In 1996, it was redefined 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 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.

This riding lost territory to London North Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Ethnic groups: 70.4% White, 3.2% Latin American, 5.6% Arab, 5.8% South Asian, 3.7% Black, 3.1% Chinese, 3.1% Indigenous, 1.3% West Asian, 1.1% Korean
Languages: 72.7% English, 4.2% Arabic, 3.0% Spanish, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.1% French, 1.0% Portuguese
Religions: 51.3% Christian (22.3% Catholic, 5.4% United Church, 5.1% Anglican, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.4% Baptist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 12.3% Other), 9.3% Muslim, 1.6% Hindu, 35.3% None
Median income: $42,800 (2020)

Average income: $55,300 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
London West Riding created from London, Middlesex East and Middlesex West
28th	1968–1972		Judd Buchanan	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1980
	1981–1984		Jack Burghardt
33rd	1984–1988		Tom Hockin	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Sue Barnes	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Ed Holder	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Kate Young	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present		Arielle Kayabaga

Election results

Graph of election results in London West (parties that never received 2% of the vote are omitted)

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arielle Kayabaga
	Conservative	Adam Benni
	New Democratic	Shinade Allder
	People's	Bradley Zylstra
	Libertarian	Jacques Boudreau
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	20,781	36.87
	Conservative	19,247	34.15
	New Democratic	12,895	22.88
	People's	2,814	4.99
	Others	625	1.11

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arielle Kayabaga	25,308	36.88	-6.08	$91,373.14
	Conservative	Rob Flack	22,273	32.46	+4.53	$114,644.53
	New Democratic	Shawna Lewkowitz	16,858	24.57	+3.22	$72,003.76
	People's	Mike McMullen	3,409	4.97	+3.33	$17,546.25
	Libertarian	Jacques Y. Boudreau	773	1.13	+0.4	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			68,621	99.25
Total rejected ballots			517	0.74	+0.27
Turnout			69,138	68.49	-3.00
Eligible voters			100,947
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.31
Source: Elections Canada[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kate Young	30,622	42.96	-2.85	$115,818.09
	Conservative	Liz Snelgrove	19,910	27.93	-7.40	$66,281.02
	New Democratic	Shawna Lewkowitz	15,220	21.35	+6.53	$65,779.29
	Green	Mary Ann Hodge	3,827	5.37	+2.55	$10,163.23
	People's	Mike Mcmullen	1,171	1.64	–	$0.00
	Libertarian	Jacques Boudreau	523	0.73	-0.34	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			71,273	99.31
Total rejected ballots			496	0.69	+0.27
Turnout			71,769	71.49	-1.85
Eligible voters			100,387
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.27
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kate Young	31,167	45.82	+19.09	$126,846.59
	Conservative	Ed Holder	24,036	35.33	-9.74	$193,780.18
	New Democratic	Matthew Rowlinson	10,087	14.83	-10.59	$56,369.31
	Green	Dimitri Lascaris	1,918	2.82	+0.14	$31,948.87
	Libertarian	Jacques Y. Boudreau	732	1.08	–	–
	Communist	Michael Lewis	87	0.13	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			68,027	99.58		$234,461.82
Total rejected ballots			286	0.42	–
Turnout			68,313	73.35	–
Eligible voters			93,138
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+14.41
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,296	45.07
	Liberal	15,595	26.73
	New Democratic	14,830	25.42
	Green	1,563	2.68
	Others	59	0.10

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Holder	27,675	44.49	+5.40	–
	Liberal	Doug Ferguson	16,652	26.77	-8.64	–
	New Democratic	Peter Ferguson	16,109	25.90	+11.33	–
	Green	Brad Arthur Corbett	1,703	2.74	-7.01	–
	United	Rod Morley	65	0.10	–	–
Total valid votes			62,204	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			273	0.44	+0.08	–
Turnout			62,477	67.49	+4.35
Eligible voters			92,572	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Holder	22,556	39.09	+3.4	$90,739
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	20,435	35.41	-2.5	$72,288
	New Democratic	Peter Lawrence Ferguson	8,409	14.57	-6.9	$18,620
	Green	Monica Jarabek	5,601	9.75	+4.9	$15,205
	Progressive Canadian	Steve Hunter	414	0.71	+0.3	$750
	Christian Heritage	Leslie Bartley	253	0.43	–	$39
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,697	100.00	$92,384
Total rejected ballots			211	0.36
Turnout			57,908	63.14

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	23,019	37.9	-7.6
	Conservative	Al Gretzky	21,690	35.7	+4.2
	New Democratic	Gina Barber	13,056	21.5	+4.2
	Green	Monica Jarabek	2,900	4.8	+0.1
	Progressive Canadian	Steve Hunter	328	0.5	-0.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizer	59	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			60,724	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	25,061	45.5	-3.9
	Conservative	Mike Menear	17,335	31.5	-9.9
	New Democratic	Gina Barber	9,522	17.3	+9.8
	Green	Rebecca Bromwich	2,611	4.7	+3.5
	Progressive Canadian	Steve Hunter	511	0.9
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	67	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			55,107	100.0

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	23,794	49.4	+0.8
	Alliance	Salim Mansur	10,162	21.1	+3.7
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Lang	9,788	20.3	-1.2
	New Democratic	George Goodlet	3,596	7.5	-2.9
	Green	Jeremy Price	614	1.3	+0.3
	Canadian Action	Richard Goos	162	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	80	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			48,196	100.0

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	24,710	48.6	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Mazzilli	10,958	21.5	-2.0
	Reform	Terry Biggs	8,839	17.4	-2.7
	New Democratic	Sandra McNee	5,291	10.4	+6.4
	Christian Heritage	Stan Winters	515	1.0	+0.5
	Green	Rachelle Small	497	1.0	+0.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Villamizar	83	0.2
Total valid votes			50,893	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Barnes	31,084	48.3	+10.8
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	15,169	23.6	-22.1
	Reform	Todd Christensen	12,900	20.1
	New Democratic	Margaret Hoff	2,551	4.0	-12.1
	National	Michael van Holst	1,219	1.9
	Green	Heidi Strasser	401	0.6
	Natural Law	Mark Hawkins	381	0.6
	Christian Heritage	Ken DeVries	308	0.5
	Canada Party	Tom Ha	178	0.3
	Independent	Ivan W. Kasiurak	111	0.2
	Abolitionist	Judith Foster	33	0.1
Total valid votes			64,335	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	28,392	45.7	-5.7
	Liberal	Mary Copps-Sutherland	23,321	37.5	+5.2
	New Democratic	Bruce Lundgren	10,007	16.1	-0.2
	Libertarian	Hubert Ramolla	435	0.7
Total valid votes			62,155	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	34,517	51.4	+6.6
	Liberal	Jack Burghardt	21,701	32.3	-14.4
	New Democratic	Bruce Lundgren	10,911	16.3	+8.2
Total valid votes			67,129	100.0

By-election on 13 April 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Burghardt	21,952	46.8	+2.6
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hockin	21,022	44.8	+4.0
	New Democratic	Bruce Lundgren	3,802	8.1	-6.3
	Independent	Denise Sweeney Seguin	87	0.2
	Independent	Roger J. Smith	44	0.1
	Independent	John Turmel	37	0.1
Total valid votes			46,944	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	27,118	44.2	+1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Don McDougall	25,031	40.8	-0.7
	New Democratic	Paddy Musson	8,817	14.4	-1.4
	Rhinoceros	Stewart Showers	224	0.4
	Libertarian	Richard Keys	159	0.3	-0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	John Stafford	35	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			61,384	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	25,258	42.4	-13.7
	Progressive Conservative	John McGarry	24,746	41.5	+10.3
	New Democratic	Paddy Musson	9,378	15.7	+3.3
	Libertarian	Richard Keys	187	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	John Stafford	44	0.1
Total valid votes			59,613	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	32,188	56.08	+6.12
	Progressive Conservative	Peter White	17,893	31.18	-3.75
	New Democratic	John Crook	7,142	12.44	-2.67
	Independent	Vay Jonynas	170	0.30
Total valid votes			57,393	100.00

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	29,474	49.96	+0.63
	Progressive Conservative	John F. Bennett	20,611	34.93	-6.92
	New Democratic	Jim Bolton	8,914	15.11	+6.29
Total valid votes			58,999	100.00

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Judd Buchanan	21,764	49.33
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Irvine	18,462	41.85
	New Democratic	Gwen Pemberton	3,891	8.82
Total valid votes			44,117	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "London West (federal electoral district) (Code 35044) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Sources

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - London West [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
4. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
5. "September 20, 2021 General Election Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for London West, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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