London North Centre (provincial electoral district)

London North Centre
Ontario electoral district
	London North Centre shown within southwestern Ontario
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Deb Matthews; Liberal
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District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	117,899
Electors (2011)	94,684
Area (km²)	64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,842.2
Census division(s)	Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	London

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

2014 Ontario general election
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]

2011 Ontario general election
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]

2007 Ontario general election
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

2003 Ontario general election
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

1999 Ontario general election
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)

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[1] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 044 London North Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[2] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - London North Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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