London South

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London South
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1926
District abolished1999
First contested 1926
Last contested 1995

London South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1926 and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was re-established in 1955 and existed until 1999 when it was abolished again.

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Members of Provincial Parliament

London South
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
17th  1926–1929  John Cameron Wilson Conservative
18th  1929–1934
Merged with London North into London from 1934 to 1955
25th  1955–1959  George Ernest Jackson Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963 John White
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977   John Ferris Liberal
31st  1977–1981   Gordon Walker Progressive Conservative
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987   Joan Smith Liberal
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995   David Winninger New Democratic
36th  1995–1999   Bob Wood Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into London North Centre before the 1999 election

Electoral history (1975-1999)

1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Ferris 14,49640.94
Progressive Conservative John Eberhard13,93739.37
New Democratic Edith Welch6,97119.69
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Walker 16,01142.39+3.02
Liberal John Ferris 13,80036.53-4.41
New Democratic Tom Olien7,96421.08+1.39
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Walker19,71454.7%+12.3%
Liberal Frank Green11,11630.9%-5.6%
New Democratic Dale Green5,18714.4%-6.7%
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joan Smith 24,52251.0%+20.1%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Walker17,83937.1%-17.6%
New Democratic David Winninger 5,08010.6%-3.8%
Freedom Robert Metz6141.3%+1.3%
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joan Smith20,04655.5%+4.5%
Progressive Conservative Vaughan Minor7,72321.4%-15.7%
New Democratic David Winninger7,07419.6%+9.0%
Family Coalition Paul Picard8612.4%+2.4%
Freedom Robert Metz4301.2%-0.1%
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Winninger17,43842.4%+22.8%
Liberal Joan Smith11,78728.7%-26.8%
Progressive Conservative Bob Wood 9,82823.9%+2.5%
Family Coalition Paul Picard1,4273.5%+1.1%
Freedom Robert Metz6351.5%+0.3%
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bob Wood18,16144.4%+20.5%
New Democratic David Winninger10,72926.2%-16.2%
Liberal Joan Smith10,69326.1%-2.6%
Family Coalition Rudy Polci3870.9%-2.6%
Freedom Maureen Battaglia3400.8%-0.7%
Independent Mark Simpson3230.8%+0.8%
Green Sven Biggs2-20.5%+0.5%
Natural Law James Hea1110.3%+0.3%

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References

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For John Cameron Wilson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Cameron Wilson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For George Ernest Jackson's Legislative Assembly information see "George Ernest Jackson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John White's Legislative Assembly information see "John White, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John Ferris's Legislative Assembly information see "John Ferris, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Gordon Walker's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Walker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Joan Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "Joan Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For David Winninger's Legislative Assembly information see "David Winninger, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Bob Wood's Legislative Assembly information see "Bob Wood, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.