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	$90,397.33
	Liberal	Khalil Ramal	17,214	31.44	+19.41	$47,724.86
	Conservative	Suzanna Dieleman	14,891	27.20	−6.72	$57,368.78
	Green	Matthew Peloza	1,604	2.93	−0.05	$1,194.57
	Independent	Ali Hamadi	352	0.64	–	$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,745	100.00		$224,287.69
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 Schools Conseil scolaire Viamonde H.B.Beal C.C.H. London Central

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 Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology Westervelt College

Culture

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

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

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

Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

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