Elgin—Middlesex—London (federal electoral district)
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
District abolished | 2023 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 110,109 | ||
Electors (2015) | 82,062 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 2,640 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 41.7 | ||
Census division(s) | Elgin, Middlesex | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Aylmer, Bayham, Central Elgin, Dutton/Dunwich, London, Malahide, Southwold, St. Thomas, Thames Centre, West Elgin |
Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
It was created in 1996 from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex, and London—Middlesex ridings. This riding lost territory to London—Fanshawe during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be largely replaced by Elgin—St. Thomas—London South. Smaller parts will move to Middlesex—London.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]
Languages: 84.1% English, 2.9% German, 1.8% Plautdietsch
Religions: 59.0% Christian (17.9% Catholic, 8.7% United Church, 4.2% Anglican, 3.3% Baptist, 2.8% Anabaptist, 2.3% Presbyterian, 1.1% Reformed, 1.0% Pentecostal, 17.7% other), 2.6% Muslim, 36.7% none
Median income: $42,400 (2020)
Average income: $51,250 (2020)
Panethnic group | 2021[3] | 2016[4] | 2011[5] | |||||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
European[a] | 111,815 | 89.87% | 106,115 | 93.56% | 102,850 | 95.05% | ||||||||
Indigenous | 2,425 | 1.95% | 2,230 | 1.97% | 1,775 | 1.64% | ||||||||
Middle Eastern[b] | 2,410 | 1.94% | 925 | 0.82% | 625 | 0.58% | ||||||||
South Asian | 2,320 | 1.86% | 760 | 0.67% | 595 | 0.55% | ||||||||
African | 1,815 | 1.46% | 890 | 0.78% | 515 | 0.48% | ||||||||
Southeast Asian[c] | 1,225 | 0.98% | 815 | 0.72% | 765 | 0.71% | ||||||||
Latin American | 950 | 0.76% | 555 | 0.49% | 350 | 0.32% | ||||||||
East Asian[d] | 870 | 0.7% | 650 | 0.57% | 595 | 0.55% | ||||||||
Other/multiracial[e] | 595 | 0.48% | 485 | 0.43% | 135 | 0.12% | ||||||||
Total responses | 124,420 | 98.41% | 113,415 | 98.58% | 108,205 | 98.27% | ||||||||
Total population | 126,428 | 100% | 115,052 | 100% | 110,109 | 100% | ||||||||
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Elgin—Middlesex—London Riding created from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex and London—Middlesex | ||||
36th | 1997–2000 | Gar Knutson | Liberal | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | Joe Preston | Conservative | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–2019 | Karen Vecchio | ||
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present | |||
Riding dissolved into Elgin—St. Thomas—London South and Middlesex—London |
Election results
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2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Karen Vecchio | 31,472 | 49.9 | -0.3 | $102,347.57 | |||
Liberal | Afeez Ajibowu | 12,326 | 19.5 | -3.7 | $14,478.23 | |||
New Democratic | Katelyn Cody | 10,086 | 16.0 | -1.8 | $2,164.43 | |||
People's | Chelsea Hillier | 7,429 | 11.8 | +10.3 | none listed | |||
Green | Amanda Stark | 1,417 | 2.2 | -3.6 | $2,383.93 | |||
Christian Heritage | Michael Hopkins | 328 | 0.5 | – | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,058 | – | – | $124,204.20 | ||||
Turnout | 63,396 | 65.3 | -1.4 | |||||
Eligible voters | 97,098 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Karen Vecchio | 31,026 | 50.2 | +0.98 | $87,219.85 | |||
Liberal | Pam Armstrong | 14,324 | 23.2 | -7.79 | $41,162.50 | |||
New Democratic | Bob Hargreaves | 11,019 | 17.8 | +2.39 | $1,633.02 | |||
Green | Ericha Hendel | 3,562 | 5.8 | +2.67 | $0.00 | |||
People's | Donald Helkaa | 956 | 1.5 | - | none listed | |||
Christian Heritage | Peter Redecop | 618 | 1.0 | +0.07 | $5,961.40 | |||
Libertarian | Richard Styve | 249 | 0.4 | $468.95 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,754 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 475 | |||||||
Turnout | 62,229 | 66.7 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 93,347 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.39 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Karen Louise Vecchio | 28,023 | 49.22 | –8.83 | – | |||
Liberal | Lori Baldwin-Sands | 17,642 | 30.99 | +17.57 | – | |||
New Democratic | Fred Sinclair | 8,771 | 15.41 | –8.67 | – | |||
Green | Bronagh Joyce Morgan | 1,783 | 3.13 | +0.11 | – | |||
Christian Heritage | Michael Hopkins | 529 | 0.93 | – | ||||
Rhinoceros | Lou Bernardi | 185 | 0.32 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,933 | 100.00 | $218,764.77 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 230 | 0.40 | ||||||
Turnout | 57,163 | 68.96 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 82,892 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –13.20 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[10][11] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 28,387 | 58.05 | |
New Democratic | 11,774 | 24.08 | |
Liberal | 6,559 | 13.41 | |
Green | 1,478 | 3.02 | |
Others | 701 | 1.43 |
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Joe Preston | 29,147 | 57.55 | +9.17 | – | |||
New Democratic | Fred Sinclair | 12,439 | 24.56 | +5.32 | – | |||
Liberal | Graham Warwick | 6,812 | 13.45 | -10.07 | – | |||
Green | John Fisher | 1,529 | 3.02 | -3.80 | – | |||
Christian Heritage | Carl Hiemstra | 582 | 1.15 | -0.15 | – | |||
Canadian Action | Will Arlow | 140 | 0.28 | +0.08 | – | |||
Total valid votes | 50,649 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.33 | -0.07 | |||||
Turnout | 50,819 | 62.90 | +3.24 | |||||
Eligible voters | 80,796 | – | – |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Joe Preston | 22,970 | 48.38 | +2.8 | $77,732 | |||
Liberal | Suzanne van Bommel | 11,169 | 23.52 | -2.8 | $79,198 | |||
New Democratic | Ryan Dolby | 9,135 | 19.24 | 0.0 | $12,502 | |||
Green | Noel Burgon | 3,241 | 6.82 | +1.2 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Carl Hiemstra | 619 | 1.30 | -0.7 | $9,598 | |||
Independent | Michael van Holst | 243 | 0.51 | – | $1,875 | |||
Canadian Action | Will Arlow | 96 | 0.20 | 0.0 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,473 | 100.0 | $85,544 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 190 | 0.40 | ||||||
Turnout | 47,663 | 59.66 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Joe Preston | 23,416 | 45.6 | +1.8 | ||||
Liberal | Crispin Colvin | 13,507 | 26.3 | -7.9 | ||||
New Democratic | Tim McCallum | 9,873 | 19.2 | +4.6 | ||||
Green | Jonathan Martyn | 2,878 | 5.6 | +1.2 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Ken DeVries | 1,049 | 2.0 | -0.7 | ||||
Progressive Canadian | Phill Borm | 504 | 1.0 | |||||
Canadian Action | Will Arlow | 105 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 51,332 | 100.0 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Joe Preston | 20,333 | 43.8 | -8.7 | ||||
Liberal | Gar Knutson | 15,860 | 34.2 | -6.2 | ||||
New Democratic | Tim McCallum | 6,763 | 14.6 | +9.4 | ||||
Green | Julie-Ann Stodolny | 2,033 | 4.4 | +3.4 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Ken DeVries | 1,246 | 2.7 | +1.8 | ||||
Canadian Action | Will Arlow | 146 | 0.3 | |||||
Total valid votes | 46,381 | 100.0 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gar Knutson | 17,890 | 40.4 | +0.4 | ||||
Alliance | Bill Walters | 17,202 | 38.8 | +15.8 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Delia Reiche | 6,080 | 13.7 | -12.0 | ||||
New Democratic | Tim McCallum | 2,319 | 5.2 | -2.1 | ||||
Green | John R. Fisher | 431 | 1.0 | -0.2 | ||||
Independent | Ken DeVries | 407 | 0.9 | -1.9 | ||||
Total valid votes | 44,329 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Gar Knutson | 17,890 | 40.0 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Luella Watson | 11,499 | 25.7 | |||||
Reform | John Van Der Veen | 10,307 | 23.0 | |||||
New Democratic | Cynthia Nurse | 3,260 | 7.3 | |||||
Christian Heritage | Ron Steenbergen | 1,275 | 2.8 | |||||
Green | John R. Fisher | 508 | 1.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,739 | 100.0 |
See also
References
- "Elgin—Middlesex—London (federal electoral district) (Code 35020) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Elgin--Middlesex--London [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Elgin—Middlesex—London, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
- Website of the Conservative Party Electoral District Association for Elgin-Middlesex-London
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