London East

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1 London East electoral district
2 Members of Parliament
3 Electoral history
4 The Former village of London East
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] London East electoral district

London East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of London East and Middlesex ridings.

It was initially defined as consisting of the eastern parts of the City of London, Ontario, and the Township of London. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the City of London.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between London West, London—Adelaide and London—Fanshawe ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

Charles Turner, Liberal (1968-1984)
Jim Jepson, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
Joe Fontana, Liberal (1988-1997)

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TURNER, Charles	11,823
	Progressive Conservative	MATTHEWS, Donald	10,079
	New Democrat	RICHMOND, Alec	9,703
	National Socialist	WEICHE, Martin K.	89

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TURNER, Charles R.	14,022
	Progressive Conservative	MATTHEWS, Don	12,957
	New Democrat	BOLTON, Kenneth C.	10,355

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TURNER, Charles R.	18,429
	Progressive Conservative	MACKENZIE, Doug	9,029
	New Democrat	FUNK, Ray	8,949
	Communist	LUTZ, Charles H.	98
	Independent	PEDDE, Sieg	72
	Marxist-Leninist	HAQ, Ellen	30

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TURNER, Charlie	16,331
	Progressive Conservative	COURCHENE, Tom	13,386
	New Democrat	MARTIN, Rob	8,531
	Libertarian	UTAS, Greg R.	79
	Marxist-Leninist	DAGENAIS, Carol	56

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	TURNER, Charlie	17,861
	Progressive Conservative	HOWARD, Bob	11,031
	New Democrat	MARTIN, Rob	8,055
	Libertarian	EMERY, Marc	197
	Marxist-Leninist	DAGENAIS, Carol	31

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	JEPSON, Jim	18,154
	New Democrat	BARTH, Joe	10,324
	Liberal	GLEESON, Al	9,948

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FONTANA, Joe	19,547
	Progressive Conservative	JEPSON, Jim	19,445
	New Democrat	BOYD, Marion	12,667
	Not affiliated	EWART, Peter	201

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FONTANA, Joe	28,279
	Progressive Conservative	ALDER, Rob	9,237
	Reform	CHENG, Paul	8,704
	New Democrat	MARROQUIN, Alfredo	2,614
	National	CECIL-SMITH, Bill	830
	Green	CULBERT, Jeff	567
	Natural Law	HILL, Jim	282
	Canada Party	PLUMB, Al	108
	Commonwealth	TARLETON, Sid	31

[edit] The Former village of London East

'London East' was also the name of a village which was amalgamated into London on 20 August 1885. The boundries of London East were Adelaide Street. to the West, Oxford Street to the North, Highbury Avenue to the East and the South branch of the Thames River to the South.