Elgin—Middlesex—London (provincial electoral district)

Elgin—Middlesex—London is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from all of Elgin, and parts of Middlesex and London South.

When the riding was created, it included all of Elgin County plus the townships of Delaware and North Dorchester, and that part of London south of a line following Dingman Creek to Southdale Road to White Oak Road to Exeter Road to Meg Drive to Jalna Boulevard to Ernest Avenue to Bradley Avenue to the Wenige Expressway to Arran Place to Bradley Avenue.

In 2007, it lost Delaware Township, but gained all of Thames Centre.

Members

Elgin—Middlesex—London
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Elgin, Middlesex and London South
37th	1999–2003		Steve Peters	Liberal
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Jeff Yurek	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Jeff Yurek	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Yurek	20,946	46.36	-1.50
	New Democratic	Kathy Cornish	12,034	26.63	+4.36
	Liberal	Serge Lavoie	9,183	20.32	-6.49
	Green	John Fisher	2,236	4.95	+2.58
	Freedom	Clare Maloney	784	1.74	+1.05
Total valid votes			45,183	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.93
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Yurek	19,771	47.86	+17.40
	Liberal	Lori Baldwin-Sands	11,075	26.81	-22.26
	New Democratic	Kathy Cornish	9,201	22.27	+10.89
	Green	Eric Loewen	981	2.37	-5.85
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	283	0.69	-0.17
Total valid votes			41,311	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			154	0.37
Turnout			41,465	51.28
Eligible voters			80,858
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.83
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Steve Peters	20,069	49.07	-8.24
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Fehr	12,459	30.46	+0.21
	New Democratic	Brad James	4,653	11.38	+2.03
	Green	Devin Kelly	3,363	8.22	+6.67
	Freedom	Ray Monteith	353	0.86	-0.68
Total valid votes			40,897	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Steve Peters	24,914	57.31	+11.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Smith	13,149	30.25	-13.29
	New Democratic	Bryan K. Bakker	4,063	9.35	+1.53
	Green	John R. Fisher	673	1.55	+0.67
	Freedom	Ray Monteith	671	1.54	+0.62
Total valid votes			43,470	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Steve Peters	20,417	46.19
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Smith	19,246	43.54
	New Democratic	Dave La Pointe	3,455	7.82
	Freedom	Ray Monteith	405	0.92
	Green	John R Fisher	391	0.88
	Independent	Corey Janzen	284	0.64
Total valid votes			44,198	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,918	68.0
	Mixed member proportional	12,695	32.0
	Total valid votes	39,613	100.0

Sources

↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records, 021 Elgin-Middlesex-London" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Elgin—Middlesex—London" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 42°46′N 81°12′W / 42.77°N 81.20°W / 42.77; -81.20

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