London (federal electoral district)

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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1966
First contested 1867
Last contested 1965

London was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario.

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It consisted initially of the City of London, Ontario.

In 1914, it was redefined to exclude parts of the former township of London, which was now a part of the city.

In 1924, it was redefined as consisting of that part of the city of London lying west of and south of a line following (from the north) Adelaide Street and Oxford Street, the east side of Wolsley Barracks area, Middleton Avenue, Glasgow Street, Lorne Avenue, Burbrook Place, Dundas Street, Swinyard Street, Pine Street, Elm Street, Trafalgar Street, Adelaide Street, the south branch of the River Thames, Beverly Street, and Wellington Street south to the south boundary of the city.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1872   John Carling Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1874   John Walker Liberal
 1875–1878   James Harshaw Fraser Liberal–Conservative
4th  1878–1882 John Carling
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1892   C. S. Hyman Liberal
 1892–1896   John Carling Liberal–Conservative
8th  1896–1900   Thomas Beattie Conservative
9th  1900–1904   C. S. Hyman Liberal
10th  1904–1905
 1905–1907
 1907–1908   Thomas Beattie Conservative
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1914†
 1915–1917 William Gray
13th  1917–1921   Hume Cronyn Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   John Franklin White Conservative
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1938† Frederick Cronyn Betts
 1938–1940 Robert James Manion
19th  1940–1945   Allan Johnston Liberal
20th  1945–1949   Park Manross Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953   Alex Jeffery Liberal
22nd  1953–1957   Robert Weld Mitchell Progressive Conservative
23rd  1957–1958 Ernest Halpenny
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965 Jack Irvine
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into London West and London East

Electoral history

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Carling 1,114
UnknownJames [1] Peacock266
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Carling 1,101
UnknownMacMahon797
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Carling 1,101
UnknownMacMahon797
By-election on 18 February 1875

Walker unseated, 9 September 1874

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative James Harshaw Fraser 1,228
UnknownSamuel Peters1,100
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Carling 1,485
UnknownJohn Campbell1,238
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Carling 2,013
Liberal Charles S. Hyman 1,974
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal C. S. Hyman 2,037
Liberal–Conservative John Carling 1,854
By-election on 26 February 1892

Election annulled

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Carling  
Liberal C. S. Hyman  
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Beattie 2,325
Liberal C. S. Hyman 2,284
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal C. S. Hyman 2,812
Conservative Thomas Beattie 2,265
Independent Robert Roadhouse236
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal C. S. Hyman 4,302
Conservative William Gray 4,278


By-election on 13 June 1905

Hyman appointed Minister of Public Works, 22 May 1905

PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal C. S. Hyman 4,581
Conservative William Gray 4,251
By-election on 29 October 1907

Hyman resigned 11 April 1907

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Beattie 3,209
Liberal J. D. Jacobs2,174
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Beattie 4,121
UnknownJohn Wiley McCandless2,987
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Beattie 5,263
UnknownJohn Millar McEvoy3,352
By-election on 1 February 1915

Beattie died 2 December 1914

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative William Gray acclaimed
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) Hume Cronyn 11,136
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) George Sutton Gibbons6,783
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Franklin White 9,730
Liberal Charles Ross Somerville 7,974
Progressive Arthur Mould4,252
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Franklin White 12,260
Liberal Edgar Sydney Little 7,777
Labour John Colert2,405
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Franklin White 12,249
Liberal William John Stevenson11,404
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Franklin White 13,981
Liberal Jared Vining9,698
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Frederick Cronyn Betts 10,911
Liberal George Arthur Porte Brickenden8,628
Reconstruction John Franklin White 3,814
Co-operative Commonwealth Everett Orlan Hall3,041
Independent George Albert Wenige 2,101
Independent Liberal Clifford Hamilton Reason1,203
Independent Hugh Allan Stevenson 406
By-election on 14 November 1938

Betts died 7 May 1938

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Robert James Manion 11,364
Co-operative Commonwealth Everett Orlan Hall8,166
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Allan Johnston 15,824
National Government Thomas Kingsmill 12,534
Co-operative Commonwealth Everett Orlan Hall3,762
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Park Manross 16,766
Liberal Allan Johnston 13,421
Co-operative Commonwealth Everett Orlan Hall4,901
Labor–Progressive Arthur Mould225
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Alex Jeffery 16,427
Progressive Conservative Park Manross 14,988
Co-operative Commonwealth Everett O. Hall4,532
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Robert Weld Mitchell 15,254
Liberal S. Floyd Maine12,869
Co-operative Commonwealth Gwen Pemberton2,748
Labor–Progressive Allison Grant Campbell662
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Ernest Halpenny 19,804
Liberal Hugh Mackenzie11,110
Co-operative Commonwealth Gwen Pemberton2,714
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Ernest Halpenny 24,276
Liberal Hugh Alexander Mackenzie9,107
Co-operative Commonwealth E.O. Hall2,598
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Ernest Halpenny 16,096
Liberal Harry Quigley11,084
New Democratic John Gelleta3,679
Social Credit Larry Wilcocks447
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Jack Irvine 15,700
Liberal Clarence M. Peterson14,262
New Democratic Paddy O'Brien3,335
Social Credit Lloyd H. Alford599
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Jack Irvine 13,763
Liberal Margaret Fullerton11,164
New Democratic Clayton Fee4,412
Independent Albert W. Plumb422
Communist Thomas Morris271

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References

  1. Ottawa Citizen , September 6, 1867, pg 1