London South

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

London South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1926
District abolished	1999
First contested	1926
Last contested	1995

London South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1926 and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was re-established in 1955 and existed until 1999 when it was abolished again.

Members of Provincial Parliament

London South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
17th	1926–1929		John Cameron Wilson	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
Merged with London North into London from 1934 to 1955
25th	1955–1959		George Ernest Jackson	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963		John White
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		John Ferris	Liberal
31st	1977–1981		Gordon Walker	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Joan Smith	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		David Winninger	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Bob Wood	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into London North Centre before the 1999 election

Electoral history (1975-1999)

1975 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ferris	14,496	40.94
	Progressive Conservative	John Eberhard	13,937	39.37
	New Democratic	Edith Welch	6,971	19.69

1977 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Walker	16,011	42.39	+3.02
	Liberal	John Ferris	13,800	36.53	-4.41
	New Democratic	Tom Olien	7,964	21.08	+1.39

1981 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Walker	19,714	54.7%	+12.3%
	Liberal	Frank Green	11,116	30.9%	-5.6%
	New Democratic	Dale Green	5,187	14.4%	-6.7%

1985 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Smith	24,522	51.0%	+20.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Walker	17,839	37.1%	-17.6%
	New Democratic	David Winninger	5,080	10.6%	-3.8%
	Freedom	Robert Metz	614	1.3%	+1.3%

1987 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Smith	20,046	55.5%	+4.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Vaughan Minor	7,723	21.4%	-15.7%
	New Democratic	David Winninger	7,074	19.6%	+9.0%
	Family Coalition	Paul Picard	861	2.4%	+2.4%
	Freedom	Robert Metz	430	1.2%	-0.1%

1990 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	David Winninger	17,438	42.4%	+22.8%
	Liberal	Joan Smith	11,787	28.7%	-26.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	9,828	23.9%	+2.5%
	Family Coalition	Paul Picard	1,427	3.5%	+1.1%
	Freedom	Robert Metz	635	1.5%	+0.3%

1995 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	18,161	44.4%	+20.5%
	New Democratic	David Winninger	10,729	26.2%	-16.2%
	Liberal	Joan Smith	10,693	26.1%	-2.6%
	Family Coalition	Rudy Polci	387	0.9%	-2.6%
	Freedom	Maureen Battaglia	340	0.8%	-0.7%
	Independent	Mark Simpson	323	0.8%	+0.8%
	Green	Sven Biggs	2-2	0.5%	+0.5%
	Natural Law	James Hea	111	0.3%	+0.3%