London North

For the European Parliament constituency, see London North (European Parliament constituency).

London North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1926
District abolished	1996
First contested	1926
Last contested	1995

London North was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was first created for the 1926 provincial election when the London riding was divided in two sections, and then eliminated prior to the 1934 provincial election when the city was re-configured as a single seat. London North was re-established for the 1955 provincial election and retained until 1999, when most of its territory was integrated into the new riding of London North Centre.

The riding was Progressive Conservative bastion for most of its history, and was represented by both Premier John Robarts and cabinet minister Gordon Walker at different times. Marvin Shore won the riding as a Liberal in 1975, and crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives the following year. Liberal Ronald Van Horne won it back for his party in 1977, and held it until his retirement in 1988. Progressive Conservative Dianne Cunningham was its final representative.

Members of Provincial Parliament

London North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
17th	1926–1929		James Moore	Progressive Conservative
18th	1929–1934
Merged with London South into London from 1934 to 1955
25th	1955–1959		John Robarts	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		Gordon Walker
30th	1975–1976		Marvin Shore	Liberal
	1976–1977			Progressive Conservative
31st	1977–1981		Ronald Van Horne	Liberal
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1988
	1988–1990		Dianne Cunningham	Progressive Conservative
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into London North Centre before the 1999 election

Electoral history

1977 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Van Horne	15,033	47.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Marvin Shore	10,631	33.2%
	New Democratic	David Cunningham	6,130	19.2%
	Libertarian	Greg Utas	201	0.6%

1981 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Van Horne	15,444	49.6%	+2.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Browne	11,825	38.0%	+4.8%
	New Democratic	Sam Maumur	3,864	12.4%	-6.8%

1985 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Van Horne	20,536	54.4%	+4.8%
	Progressive Conservative	George Auold	11,433	30.3%	-7.7%
	New Democratic	Marion Boyd	5,191	13.8%	+1.4%
	Freedom	Robert Smeenk	566	1.5%	+1.5%

1987 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Van Horne	22,452	57.8%	+3.4%
	New Democratic	Diane Whiteside	7,961	20.5%	+6.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Lucky Clark	7,177	18.5%	-11.8%
	Family Coalition	Elvin Mizzau	711	1.8%	+1.8%
	Freedom	Barry Malcolm	537	1.4%	-0.1%

1990 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	18,079	41.3%	+22.8%
	New Democratic	Carolyn Davies	14,005	32.0%	+11.5%
	Liberal	Steve Buchanan	9,990	22.8%	-35.0%
	Family Coalition	Bob Maniuk	1,095	2.5%	+0.7%
	Freedom	Jack Plant	601	1.4%	+0.0%

1995 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	23,195	52.7%	+11.4%
	Liberal	Larry Crossan	11,112	25.2%	+2.4%
	New Democratic	Carolyn Davies	8,167	18.5%	-13.5%
	Family Coalition	Graeme Benedetti	777	1.8%	-0.7%
	Green	John Beverley	365	0.8%	+0.8%
	Freedom	Jack Plant	334	0.8%	-0.6%
	Natural Law	Rita Varrin	101	0.2%	+0.2%