London North Centre

For the provincial electoral district, see London North Centre (provincial electoral district).

London North Centre

Ontario electoral district
London North Centre shown within southwestern Ontario (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Peter Fragiskatos Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	118,079
Electors (2015)	87,668
Area (km²)	63
Pop. density (per km²)	1,874.3
Census divisions	Middlesex
Census subdivisions	London

London North Centre (French: London-Centre-Nord; formerly known as London—Adelaide) is an electoral district in the city of London in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Demographics

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 Perth—Middlesex riding to the north.

History

The riding was created in 1996 as "London—Adelaide" from parts of London East, London West and London—Middlesex ridings. It was renamed "London North Centre" in 1997.

This riding lost territory to London—Fanshawe and gained territory from London West during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
London—Adelaide Riding created from London East, London West and London—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000		Joe Fontana	Liberal
London North Centre
37th	2000–2004		Joe Fontana	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2006
	2006–2008		Glen Pearson	Liberal
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Susan Truppe	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present		Peter Fragiskatos	Liberal

Election results

2008–present general elections

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Peter Fragiskatos	32,421	50.46	+16.22	–
	Conservative	Susan Truppe	19,989	31.11	-5.94	–
	New Democratic	German Gutierrez	9,422	14.66	-9.62	–
	Green	Carol Dyck	2,274	3.54	-0.50	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Marvin Roman	145	0.23	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,251	100.0		$227,732.91
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			87,668
Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Susan Truppe	19,468	36.96	+3.99	$88,641.34
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	17,803	33.80	-5.33	$64,078.28
	New Democratic	German Gutierrez	12,996	24.67	+7.20	$16,103.05
	Green	Mary Ann Hodge	2,177	4.13	-6.30	$9,128.59
	Animal Alliance	AnnaMaria Valastro	229	0.43	–	$71.19
Total valid votes			52,673	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots/Expense Limit			231	0.44	+0.03	$94,071.99
Turnout			52,904	59.69	–
Eligible voters			88,624	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	21,018	39.13	+4.27	$90,524
	Conservative	Paul Van Meerbergen	17,712	32.97	+8.49	$71,577
	New Democratic	Steve Holmes	9,387	17.47	+3.39	$13,795
	Green	Mary Ann Hodge	5,603	10.43	-15.41	$7,209
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,720	100.00	$93,856
Total rejected ballots			222	0.41
Turnout			53,942

2006 by-election

Lawn signs for all the major candidates decorate the intersection of Dundas and Egerton streets during the by-election

Long-time MP Joe Fontana resigned from the seat in 2006 in order to run in the London municipal election as a candidate for mayor, requiring a by-election to be held.

The election was called on October 22, 2006 with polling day falling on November 27.

The election result presented a major breakthrough for the Green Party, tripling its previous showing in the general election and placing slightly ahead of the candidate of the governing Conservative Party. The vote for party leader Elizabeth May was over five times the 4.5% national popular vote in the preceding federal election.

Canadian federal by-election, November 27, 2006 Resignation of Joe Fontana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	13,287	34.85%	−5.27
	Green	Elizabeth May	9,864	25.87%	+20.38
	Conservative	Dianne Haskett	9,309	24.42%	−5.48
	New Democratic	Megan Walker	5,388	14.13%	−9.62
	Progressive Canadian	Steven Hunter	145	0.38%	−0.09
	Independent	Robert Ede	77	0.20%	–
	Canadian Action	Will Arlow	53	0.14%	–
Total			38,123	100.00%

1997–2006 general elections

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	24,109	40.12	-2.96	$78,406
	Conservative	John Mazzilli	17,968	29.90	+2.46	$63,536
	New Democratic	Stephen Maynard	14,271	23.75	-0.39	$20,817
	Green	Stuart Smith	3,300	5.49	+0.72	$2,442
	Progressive Canadian	Rod Morley	283	0.47	+0.03	$2,852
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Mondaca	160	0.27	+0.14	$0.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	21,472	43.08	-8.46
	Conservative	Tim Gatten	13,677	27.44	-9.57
	New Democratic	Joe Swan	12,034	24.14	+15.24
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	2,376	4.77	+3.23
	Progressive Canadian	Rod Morley	220	0.44	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Gustavo Grandos-Ocon	67	0.13	–

^ Conservative change is from combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	22,795	51.54	-0.18
	Alliance	Nancy Branscombe	9,062	20.49	+5.30
	Progressive Conservative	Lorie Johnson	7,305	16.52	-0.95
	New Democratic	Colleen Redmond	3,936	8.90	-3.39
	Green	Jeremy McNaughton	681	1.54	+0.06
	Marijuana	Tim Berg	453	1.02	-

^ Canadian Alliance change is from Reform

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joe Fontana	23,891	51.72
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Henkel	8,072	17.47
	Reform	Tara Bingham	7,016	15.19
	New Democratic	Colleen Redmond	5,679	12.29
	Green	Jeff Culbert	685	1.48
	Christian Heritage	Ken Devries	375	0.81
	Independent	Michael Rubinoff	336	0.73
	Marxist–Leninist	Vera Cruise	138	0.30

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 35043) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
• Parliamentary website
• Elections Canada 2006 by-election site
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

External links

• London North Centre New Democratic Party Riding Association
• London North Centre Conservative Association
• London North Centre Greens
• London North Centre Conservative Candidate Susan Truppe (Federal)