London—Fanshawe

Specifically, it consists of the part of the city lying east and north of a line drawn from the northern limit of the city south along Highbury Avenue North, west along the Thames River (South Branch), south along the Canadian National Railway, west along Commissioners Road East, south along Wharncliffe Road South, east along Southdale Road East, south along White Oak Road, east along Exeter Road, north along Meg Drive, west along Jalna Boulevard, north along Ernest Avenue, east along Bradley Avenue, north along Highbury Avenue South, east along Arran Place and Bradley Avenue to the eastern limit of the city.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of London East and London—Middlesex. From 1997 until 2005 it was represented by Liberal/Independent Member of Parliament Pat O'Brien.

It consisted initially of the part of the City of London lying east and north of a line drawn from the northern limit of the city south along Highbury Avenue and Highway 126, west along the Thames River, south along the Canadian National Railway tracks, west along Commissioners Road East, south along Wharncliffe Road South, east along Southdale Road East, south along White Oak Road, east along Exeter Road, north along Meg Drive, west along Jalna Boulevard, north along Ernest Avenue, east along Bradley Avenue, north along the Highbury Avenue, east along Arran Place and Bradley Avenue to the eastern limit of the city.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding gained territory from London North Centre and Elgin—Middlesex—London during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
London—Fanshawe Riding created from London East and London—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000	Pat O'Brien	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2005
38th	2005–2006		Independent
39th	2006–2008	Irene Mathyssen	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Irene Mathyssen of the New Democratic Party who was first elected in the 2006 election. She replaced Pat O'Brien, an Independent and former Liberal who did not stand for reelection. Mathyssen was re-elected in the 2008 Canadian federal election, the only incumbent MP in the region to increase both the popular vote count and vote percentage. In the 2011 Canadian federal election, Mathyssen was elected for her third term and was the only MP in the City elected by a majority of the eligible voters who cast a ballot, with 50.9% of the vote.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	20,684	37.78	-12.06	–
	Liberal	Khalil Ramal	17,214	31.44	+19.41	–
	Conservative	Suzanna Dieleman	14,891	27.20	-6.72	–
	Green	Matthew Peloza	1,604	2.93	-0.05	–
	Independent	Ali Hamadi	352	0.64	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,745	100.00		$223,660.70
Total rejected ballots			283	0.51	–
Turnout			55,028	64.14	–
Eligible voters			85,788
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.74
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	23,655	49.85
	Conservative	16,098	33.92
	Liberal	5,709	12.03
	Green	1,412	2.98
	Others	581	1.22

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	21,689	50.89	+7.83	–
	Conservative	Jim Chahbar	14,294	33.55	+2.71	–
	Liberal	Roger Caranci	4,893	11.48	-7.46	–
	Green	Matthew Peloza	1,202	2.82	-3.65	–
	Christian Heritage	G.J. Rancourt	535	1.26	+0.59	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,613	100.00
Total rejected ballots			236	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			42,849	57.64	+2.53
Eligible voters			74,338	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	17,672	43.06	+8.56	$72,219
	Conservative	Mary Lou Ambrogio	12,659	30.84	+1.82	$73,601
	Liberal	Jacquie Gauthier	7,774	18.94	-13.70	$62,713
	Green	Daniel O'Neail	2,656	6.47	+2.60
	Christian Heritage	Leonard Vanderhoeven	276	0.67	–	$568
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,037	100.00	$82,792
Rejected ballots			194	0.47	+.0.01
Turnout			41,231	55.11	-7.12

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	16,067	34.50	+4.1
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	15,199	32.64	-5.5
	Conservative	Dan Mailer	13,495	28.98	+2.7
	Green	David McLaughlin	1,803	3.87	-0.1
Total valid votes			46,564	100.00
Rejected ballots			215	0.46
Turnout			46,779	62.23

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	15,664	38.1	-16.7
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	12,511	30.4	+19.0
	Conservative	John Mazzilli	10,811	26.3	-7.5
	Green	Ed Moore	1,634	4.0
	Progressive Canadian	Derrall Bellaire	453	1.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Cameron Switzer	65	0.2
Total valid votes			41,138	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	19,677	54.8	+3.6
	Alliance	Robert Vaughan	7,998	22.3	+5.2
	Progressive Conservative	Derrall Bellaire	4,119	11.5	-2.3
	New Democratic	Andrew Sadler	4,107	11.4	-5.4
Total valid votes			35,901	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	20,497	51.2
	Reform	Scott Bowman	6,838	17.1
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	6,754	16.9
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Thrasher	5,499	13.7
	Green	Heidi Strasser	442	1.1
Total valid votes			40,030	100.0

References

"(Code 35042) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

External links

Ontario - 2006 Federal Elections

London, Ontario

Features

Transportation

Communities

Education

Primary/Secondary	London District School Board Catholic District School Board Conseil scolaire Viamonde Schools

Libraries	London Public Library D. B. Weldon Library

Post Secondary	Fanshawe College‎ University of Western Ontario‎ Huron University College Brescia University College King's University College Westervelt College

Culture

Athletics	London City EBBA London Majors London Knights London Nationals London Lightning London Rippers Western Mustangs

Recreation	Boler Mountain Forest City Velodrome Budweiser Gardens Labatt Memorial Park London Ice House Norm Aldridge Field TD Waterhouse Stadium UWO Formula Racing

Shopping	CF Masonville Place Westmount Mall White Oaks Mall

Attractions

National Historic Sites	Banting House Middlesex County Court House Wolseley Barracks

Buildings	Aeolian Hall City Centre Towers Crystal Palace Barracks Eldon House Museum London Museum of Ontario Archaeology One London Place St. Paul's Cathedral St.Peter's Cathedral Basilica Grand Theatre Labatt Brewing Company

Festivals	Home County Folk Festival London Balloon Festival London Fringe Theatre Festival Hawk Rocks the Park Sunfest Western Fair

Parks	Springbank Park Victoria Park

Media

List of municipalities in Ontario

Federal ridings in Southwestern Ontario

Conservative	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Sarnia—Lambton

New Democratic	Essex London—Fanshawe Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Liberal	London North Centre London West

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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