London—Fanshawe (provincial electoral district)

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 Centre and Middlesex. 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.

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

London—Fanshawe
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from London Centre and Middlesex
37th	1999–2003		Frank Mazzilli	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Khalil Ramal	Liberal
39th	2007–2011		Khalil Ramal	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Teresa Armstrong	New Democratic
41st	2014–Present		Teresa Armstrong	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Teresa Armstrong	17,903	50.42	+9.65
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Robson	8,196	23.08	-3.44
	Liberal	Marcel Marcellin	7,066	19.90	-8.38
	Green	Wil Sorrell	1,378	3.88	+1.39
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	467	1.32	+0.87
	Libertarian	Tim Harnick	386	1.09	+0.16
	Independent	Ali Aref Hamadi	112	0.32	-0.24
Total valid votes			35,508	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.54
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Teresa Armstrong	13,953	40.77	+14.53
	Liberal	Khalil Ramal	9,678	28.28	-10.48
	Progressive Conservative	Cheryl Miller	9,075	26.52	-0.95
	Green	Bassam Lazar	852	2.49	-4.69
	Libertarian	Tim Harnick	320	0.93
	Independent	Ali Hamadi	192	0.56
	Freedom	Dave Durnin	155	0.45
Total valid votes			34,225	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			218	0.63
Turnout			34,443	45.82
Eligible voters			75,165
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.51
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Khalil Ramal	13,814	38.76	+2.89
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Chapman	9,790	27.47	-2.88
	New Democratic	Stephen Maynard	9,351	26.24	-4.81
	Green	Daniel O'Neail	2,559	7.18	+5.72
	Independent	Ma'in Sinan	129	0.36
Total valid votes			35,643	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Khalil Ramal	13,920	35.87	+0.83
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	12,051	31.05	+6.4
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Mazzilli	11,777	30.35	-8.18
	Green	Bryan Smith	568	1.46	+0.85
	Freedom	Mike Davidson	493	1.27	+0.53
Total valid votes			38,809	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Mazzilli	15,295	38.53
	Liberal	Peter Mancini	13,912	35.04
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	9,788	24.65
	Freedom	Lloyd Walker	293	0.74
	Green	Heidi Strasser	241	0.61
	Natural Law	Wanda Beaver	172	0.43
Total valid votes			39,701	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes
	First Past the Post	21,023	62.8
	Mixed member proportional	12,442	37.2
	Total valid votes	33,465	100.0

Sources

↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 043 London-Fanshawe" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapports des registres officiels - London—Fanshawe" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

External links

London-Fanshawe Provincial Liberal Association

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

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