London Centre (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology.

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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

It has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
30th	1975–1977	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	David Peterson	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP |	Marion Boyd	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999

Electoral history

Ontario general election, 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Peterson	12,808	45.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Ross	8,915	31.6%
	New Democratic	Stu Ross	6,279	22.3%
	Independent	Agnes Shaw	200	0.7%

Ontario general election, 1981

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Peterson	12,315	51.7%	+6.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Russ Monteith	8,329	34.9%	+3.3%
	New Democratic	Diane Risler	3,189	13.4%	-8.9%

Ontario general election, 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Peterson	13,890	54.8%	+3.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Rudd	6,714	26.5%	-8.4%
	New Democratic	Peter Cassidy	4,340	17.1%	+3.7%
	Freedom	Michelle McColm	3,137	1.6%	+1.6%

Ontario general election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Peterson	18,194	55.2%	+0.4%
	New Democratic	Marion Boyd	9,266	28.1%	+11.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis McKaig	3,864	11.7%	-14.8%
	Family Coalition	Brenda Rowe	695	2.1%	+2.1%
	Freedom	Lloyd Walker	589	1.8%	+0.2%
	Independent	Stunning Bentley	375	1.1%	+1.1%

Ontario general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marion Boyd	17,837	51.3%	+23.2%
	Liberal	David Peterson	9,671	27.8%	-27.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Handelman	5,348	15.4%	+3.7%
	Family Coalition	John Van Geldersen	982	2.8%	+0.7%
	Freedom	Lloyd Walker	589	1.4%	-0.4%
	Independent	Terry Smart	375	0.8%	+0.8%
	Communist	Issam Mansour	84	0.2%	+0.2%
	Independent	Sidney Tarleton	73	0.2%	+0.2%

Ontario general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marion Boyd	11,096	36.8%	-14.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick McGuinness	9,364	31.0%	+15.6%
	Liberal	Ron Postian	7,559	25.1%	-2.7%
	Family Coalition	Mike Dwyer	1,041	3.5%	+0.7%
	Green	Jeff Culbert	533	1.8%	+1.8%
	Freedom	Lloyd Walker	452	1.5%	+0.1%
	Natural Law	Liz Overall	134	0.4%	+0.4%