London North Centre (provincial electoral district)

London North Centre is an electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. London North Centre was created from London North to match the federal riding in 1996.

Its population in 2006 was 115,250 and the average family income was $71,995.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Population	107,672
Electors	91,328
Area (km²)	64
Population density (people per km²)	1682.4

Ethnic groups: 86.8% White, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Black, 1.8% South Asian, 1.7% Aboriginal, 1.2% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Arab
Languages: 79.8% English, 1.4% French, 18.0% Other
Religions: 38.5% Protestant, 27.3% Catholic, 22.6% No religion, 3.0% Muslim, 2.8% Other Christian, 2.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Jewish
Average income: $31,174

Geography

It consists of the part of the City of London east of Wonderland Road North and Wharncliffe Road, north of Oxford Street West and the Thames River and west of Highbury Avenue North. The district includes the University of Western Ontario and Victoria, University, and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Wonderland Road, Oxford Street, Wharncliffe Road, and south branch of the Thames River form its western boundary with the district of London West, Highbury Avenue and the south branch of the Thames its eastern and southern boundaries with London—Fanshawe, and the north city limit its boundary with Lambton—Kent—Middlesex riding to the north.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

London North Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from London North, London Centre and Middlesex
37th	1999–2003		Dianne Cunningham	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Deb Matthews	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	16,379	35.98	-7.93
	New Democratic	Judy Bryant	13,853	30.43	+7.72
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Branscombe	12,016	26.40	-2.53
	Green	Kevin Labonte	2,445	5.37	+2.05
	Freedom	Salim Mansur	639	1.40	+0.78
	Communist	Dave McKee	115	0.25	–
	Pauper	Michael Spottiswood	70	0.15	+0.03
Total valid votes			45,517	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.82
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	19,167	43.91	-2.76
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Branscombe	12,628	28.93	+4.45
	New Democratic	Steve Holmes	9,914	22.71	+6.20
	Green	Kevin Labonte	1,451	3.32	-9.02
	Freedom	Mary Lou Ambrogio	269	0.62
	Libertarian	Jordan van Klinken	169	0.39
	Independent	Michael Spottiswood	54	0.12
Total valid votes			43,652	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			217	0.49
Turnout			43,869	47.87
Eligible voters			91,638
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.61
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	21,669	46.67	+3.24
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Alder	11,366	24.48	-4.44
	New Democratic	Steve Holmes	7,667	16.51	-8.02
	Green	Brett McKenzie	5,730	12.34	+10.66
Total valid votes			46,432	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	20,212	43.43	+22.54
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	13,460	28.92	-11.29
	New Democratic	Rebecca Coulter	11,414	24.53	-11.93
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	780	1.68	+0.88
	Family Coalition	Craig Smith	432	0.93	-0.09
	Freedom	Lisa Turner	242	0.52	+0.18
Total valid votes			46,540	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	18,320	40.21
	New Democratic	Marion Boyd	16,611	36.46
	Liberal	Roger Caranci	9,518	20.89
	Family Coalition	Andrew Jezierski	466	1.02
	Green	Jeff Culbert	366	0.80
	Freedom	Robert Metz	156	0.34
	Natural Law	Stephen Porter	120	0.26
Total valid votes			45,557	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes
	First Past the Post	26,700	59.7
	Mixed member proportional	18,003	40.3
	Total valid votes	44,703	100.0

References

↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 044 London North Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - London North Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

External links

London North Centre Progressive Conservative Association (Provincial)

London, Ontario

Features

Transportation

Communities

Education

Primary/Secondary	London District School Board Catholic District School Board Schools Conseil scolaire Viamonde H.B.Beal C.C.H. London Central

Libraries	London Public Library D. B. Weldon Library

Post Secondary	Fanshawe College‎ University of Western Ontario‎ Huron University College Brescia University College King's University College Westervelt College

Culture

Athletics	London City EBBA London Majors London Knights London Nationals London Lightning Western Mustangs

Recreation	Boler Mountain Forest City Velodrome Budweiser Gardens Labatt Memorial Park London Ice House Norm Aldridge Field TD Waterhouse Stadium UWO Formula Racing

Shopping	CF Masonville Place Westmount Mall White Oaks Mall

Attractions

National Historic Sites	Banting House Middlesex County Court House Wolseley Barracks

Buildings	Aeolian Hall City Centre Towers Crystal Palace Barracks Eldon House Museum London Museum of Ontario Archaeology One London Place St. Paul's Cathedral St.Peter's Cathedral Basilica Grand Theatre Labatt Brewing Company

Festivals	Home County Folk Festival London Balloon Festival London Fringe Theatre Festival Hawk Rocks the Park Sunfest Western Fair

Parks	Springbank Park Victoria Park

Media

List of municipalities in Ontario

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 43°06′N 81°18′W / 43.1°N 81.3°W / 43.1; -81.3

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