London (electoral district)

London was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario.

It consisted initially of the City of London, Ontario.

In 1914, it was redefined to exclude parts of the former township of London, which was now a part of the city.

In 1924, it was redefined as consisting of that part of the city of London lying west of and south of a line following (from the north) Adelaide Street and Oxford Street, the east side of Wolsley Barracks area, Middleton Avenue, Glasgow Street, Lorne Avenue, Burbrook Place, Dundas Street, Swinyard Street, Pine Street, Elm Street, Trafalgar Street, Adelaide Street, the south branch of the River Thames, Beverly Street, and Wellington Street south to the south boundary of the city.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		John Carling	Liberal-Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874		John Walker	Liberal
	1875–1878		James Fraser	Liberal-Conservative
4th	1878–1882		John Carling	Liberal-Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892		Charles Hyman	Liberal
	1892–1896		John Carling	Liberal-Conservative
8th	1896–1900		Thomas Beattie	Conservative
9th	1900–1904		Charles Hyman	Liberal
10th	1904–1907
	1907–1908		Thomas Beattie	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1914
	1915–1917		William Gray	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Hume Cronyn	Conservative
14th	1921–1925		John White	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1938		Frederick Betts	Conservative
	1938–1940		Robert Manion	Conservative
19th	1940–1945		Allan Johnston	Liberal
20th	1945–1949		Park Manross	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Alex Jeffery	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		Robert Mitchell	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958		Ernest Halpenny	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		John Irvine	Progressive Conservative
27th	1965–1968

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between London West and London East ridings.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	1,114
	Unknown	Peacock	266

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	1,101
	Unknown	MacMahon	797

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Walker	1,269
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	1,208

By-election on 18 February 1875 Walker unseated, 9 September 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	James Harshaw Fraser	1,228
	Unknown	Samuel Peters	1,100

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	1,407
	Liberal	John Walker	1,343

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	1,485
	Unknown	John Campbell	1,238

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	2,013
	Liberal	Charles S. Hyman	1,974

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	C. S. Hyman	2,037
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling	1,854

By-election on 26 February 1892 Election annulled
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Carling
	Liberal	C. S. Hyman

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	2,325
	Liberal	C. S. Hyman	2,284

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	C. S. Hyman	2,812
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	2,265
	Independent	Robert Roadhouse	236

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	C. S. Hyman	4,302
	Conservative	William Gray	4,278

By-election on 13 June 1905 Hyman appointed Minister of Public Works, 22 May 1905
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	C. S. Hyman	4,581
	Conservative	William Gray	4,251

By-election on 29 October 1907 Hyman resigned 11 April 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	3,209
	Liberal	J. D. Jacobs	2,174

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	4,121
	Unknown	John Wiley McCandless	2,987

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Beattie	5,263
	Unknown	John Millar McEvoy	3,352

By-election on 1 February 1915 Beattie died 2 December 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Gray	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Hume Cronyn	11,136
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	George Sutton Gibbons	6,783

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	9,730
	Liberal	Charles Ross Somerville	7,974
	Progressive	Arthur Mould	4,252

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	12,260
	Liberal	Edgar Sydney Little	7,777
	Labour	John Colert	2,405

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	12,249
	Liberal	William John Stevenson	11,404

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Franklin White	13,981
	Liberal	Jared Vining	9,698

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Cronyn Betts	10,911
	Liberal	George Arthur Porte Brickenden	8,628
	Reconstruction	John Franklin White	3,814
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	3,041
	Independent	George Albert Wenige	2,101
	Independent Liberal	Clifford Hamilton Reason	1,203
	Independent	Hugh Allan Stevenson	406

By-election on 14 November 1938 Betts died 7 May 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert James Manion	11,364
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	8,166

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan Johnston	15,824
	National Government	Thomas Kingsmill	12,534
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	3,762

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Park Manross	16,766
	Liberal	Allan Johnston	13,421
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Orlan Hall	4,901
	Labor–Progressive	Arthur Mould	225

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alex Jeffery	16,427
	Progressive Conservative	Park Manross	14,988
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett O. Hall	4,532

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Weld Mitchell	15,254
	Liberal	S. Floyd Maine	12,869
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gwen Pemberton	2,748
	Labor–Progressive	Allison Grant Campbell	662

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Halpenny	19,804
	Liberal	Hugh Mackenzie	11,110
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gwen Pemberton	2,714

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Halpenny	24,276
	Liberal	Hugh Alexander Mackenzie	9,107
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E.O. Hall	2,598

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Halpenny	16,096
	Liberal	Harry Quigley	11,084
	New Democratic	John Gelleta	3,679
	Social Credit	Larry Wilcocks	447

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Irvine	15,700
	Liberal	Clarence M. Peterson	14,262
	New Democratic	Paddy O'Brien	3,335
	Social Credit	Lloyd H. Alford	599

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Irvine	13,763
	Liberal	Margaret Fullerton	11,164
	New Democratic	Clayton Fee	4,412
	Independent	Albert W. Plumb	422
	Communist	Thomas Morris	271

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Parliamentary website