London North
London North was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was first created for the 1926 provincial election when the London riding was divided in two sections, and then eliminated prior to the 1934 provincial election when the city was re-configured as a single seat. London North was re-established for the 1955 provincial election and retained until 1999, when most of its territory was integrated into the new riding of London North Centre.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1926 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1926 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
The riding was Progressive Conservative bastion for most of its history, and was represented by both Premier John Robarts and cabinet minister Gordon Walker at different times. Marvin Shore won the riding as a Liberal in 1975, and crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives the following year. Liberal Ronald Van Horne won it back for his party in 1977, and held it until his retirement in 1988. Progressive Conservative Dianne Cunningham was its final representative.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| LondonNorth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | James Moore | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Merged with London South into London from 1934 to 1955 | ||||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | John Robarts | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | |||
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Gordon Walker | ||
| 30th | 1975–1976 | Marvin Shore | Liberal | |
| 1976–1977 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Ronald Van Horne | Liberal | |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1988 | |||
| 1988–1990 | Dianne Cunningham | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into London North Centre before the 1999 election | ||||
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ronald Van Horne | 15,033 | 47.0% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Marvin Shore | 10,631 | 33.2% | ||
| New Democratic | David Cunningham | 6,130 | 19.2% | ||
| Libertarian | Greg Utas | 201 | 0.6% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ronald Van Horne | 15,444 | 49.6% | +2.6% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Browne | 11,825 | 38.0% | +4.8% | |
| New Democratic | Sam Maumur | 3,864 | 12.4% | -6.8% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ronald Van Horne | 20,536 | 54.4% | +4.8% | |
| Progressive Conservative | George Auold | 11,433 | 30.3% | -7.7% | |
| New Democratic | Marion Boyd | 5,191 | 13.8% | +1.4% | |
| Freedom | Robert Smeenk | 566 | 1.5% | +1.5% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ronald Van Horne | 22,452 | 57.8% | +3.4% | |
| New Democratic | Diane Whiteside | 7,961 | 20.5% | +6.7% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Lucky Clark | 7,177 | 18.5% | -11.8% | |
| Family Coalition | Elvin Mizzau | 711 | 1.8% | +1.8% | |
| Freedom | Barry Malcolm | 537 | 1.4% | -0.1% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dianne Cunningham | 18,079 | 41.3% | +22.8% | |
| New Democratic | Carolyn Davies | 14,005 | 32.0% | +11.5% | |
| Liberal | Steve Buchanan | 9,990 | 22.8% | -35.0% | |
| Family Coalition | Bob Maniuk | 1,095 | 2.5% | +0.7% | |
| Freedom | Jack Plant | 601 | 1.4% | +0.0% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dianne Cunningham | 23,195 | 52.7% | +11.4% | |
| Liberal | Larry Crossan | 11,112 | 25.2% | +2.4% | |
| New Democratic | Carolyn Davies | 8,167 | 18.5% | -13.5% | |
| Family Coalition | Graeme Benedetti | 777 | 1.8% | -0.7% | |
| Green | John Beverley | 365 | 0.8% | +0.8% | |
| Freedom | Jack Plant | 334 | 0.8% | -0.6% | |
| Natural Law | Rita Varrin | 101 | 0.2% | +0.2% | |
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For James Moore's Legislative Assembly information see "James Moore, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Robarts's Legislative Assembly information see "John Robarts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Gordon Walker's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Walker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Marvin Shore's Legislative Assembly information see "Marvin Shore, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Ronald Van Horne's Legislative Assembly information see "Ronald Van Horne, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Dianne Cunningham's Legislative Assembly information see "Dianne Cunningham, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.