London Centre

London Centre is a defunct Ontario provincial electoral district that was abolished in 1996. Its most notable representative was former Liberal Premier David Peterson, and was located in London, Ontario.

London Centre
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1975
District abolished1996
First contested1975
Last contested1995

Boundaries

Just prior to the 1975 election, the riding of London Centre was created. It consisted of the following boundary: commencing at the intersection of the Thames River and Highbury Avenue it went north along Highbury Avenue to Huron Street, west to Adelaide Street and then north to the North Thames River. It then went southwest following the river to Wharncliffe Road North and then south to Essex Street, then west to Platts Lane and south to Oxford Street. It then went east to Woodward Avenue and south to Mount Pleasant Avenue and then west to the Canadian National Railway line. It followed the railway southeast to the Thames River and then southeast following the river back to Highbury Avenue.[1] Minor changes were made in 1986 but essentially the riding still occupied the central part of the city.[2]

In 1996, a major electoral riding redistribution occurred which abolished the riding. Overall 130 seats were reduced to 103 which harmonized the provincial riding boundaries with those of the already existing federal ridings. A large portion of the riding was incorporated into the new riding of London North Centre. The southeast corner of the riding was incorporated into the riding of London—Fanshawe.[3]

Members of Provincial Parliament

London Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from parts of
London North and London South
before the 1975 election
30th  1975–1977     David Peterson Liberal
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995     Marion Boyd New Democratic
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[4]
Merged into the ridings of
London North Centre and London—Fanshawe
before the 1999 election

Electoral history

1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalDavid Peterson11,61740.4%
Progressive ConservativeEarle Terry9,01831.4%
New DemocraticPat Chefurka7,89627.5%
IndependentAgnes Shaw2190.8%
[5]
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalDavid Peterson12,80845.4%+5.0%
Progressive ConservativeFrank Ross8,91531.6%+0.2%
New DemocraticStu Ross6,27922.3%-5.2%
IndependentAgnes Shaw2000.7%
[6]
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalDavid Peterson12,31551.7%+6.3%
Progressive ConservativeRuss Monteith8,32934.9%+3.3%
New DemocraticDiane Risler3,18913.4%-8.9%
[7]
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalDavid Peterson13,89054.8%+3.1%
Progressive ConservativeBill Rudd6,71426.5%-8.4%
New DemocraticPeter Cassidy4,34017.1%+3.7%
FreedomMichelle McColm3,1371.6%+1.6%
[8]
1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalDavid Peterson18,19455.2%+0.4%
New DemocraticMarion Boyd9,26628.1%+11.0%
Progressive ConservativeDennis McKaig3,86411.7%-14.8%
Family CoalitionBrenda Rowe6952.1%+2.1%
FreedomLloyd Walker5891.8%+0.2%
IndependentStunning Bentley3751.1%+1.1%
[9]
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New DemocraticMarion Boyd17,83751.3%+23.2%
LiberalDavid Peterson9,67127.8%-27.4%
Progressive ConservativeMark Handelman5,34815.4%+3.7%
Family CoalitionJohn Van Geldersen9822.8%+0.7%
FreedomLloyd Walker5891.4%-0.4%
IndependentTerry Smart3750.8%+0.8%
CommunistIssam Mansour840.2%+0.2%
IndependentSidney Tarleton730.2%+0.2%
[10]
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New DemocraticMarion Boyd11,09636.8%-14.5%
Progressive ConservativePatrick McGuinness9,36431.0%+15.6%
LiberalRon Postian7,55925.1%-2.7%
Family CoalitionMike Dwyer1,0413.5%+0.7%
GreenJeff Culbert5331.8%+1.8%
FreedomLloyd Walker4521.5%+0.1%
Natural LawLiz Overall1340.4%+0.4%
[11]

References

  1. "The Representation Act, 1975, SO 1975, c 13". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. March 10, 1975. p. 112.
  2. "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. January 6, 1986. p. 369.
  3. "C 28: Fewer Politicians Act, 1996". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. December 9, 1996.
  4. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For David Peterson's Legislative Assembly information see "David Peterson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Marion Boyd's Legislative Assembly information see "Marion Boyd, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
  5. "Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings". The Globe and Mail. September 19, 1975. p. C12.
  6. "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.
  7. Canadian Press (March 20, 1981). "Winds of change, sea of security". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22.
  8. "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.
  9. "Results from individual ridings". The Windsor Star. September 11, 1987. p. F2.
  10. "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
  11. "Riding-by-riding tally in the 1995 Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. June 9, 1995. p. A11.
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