London West (provincial electoral district)

London West
Ontario electoral district
	Location in London
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Peggy Sattler; New Democratic
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District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	126,110
Electors (2018)	98,749
Area (km²)	78
Pop. density (per km²)	1,616.8
Census division(s)	Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	London

London West is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

Geography

The district includes the northwest part of the City of London.

In 2005, it was defined to consist of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the city along Dingman Creek, Southdale Road West, Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, the Canadian National Railway, the Thames River, Wharncliffe Road North, Oxford Street West and Wonderland Road North.

History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of London South, London North and London Centre, when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. It initially consisted of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the city along Dingman Creek, Southdale Road West, Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, the London and Port Stanley Electric Railway, the Thames River, Wharncliffe Road, Oxford Street, Wonderland Road North and Hutton Road.

In 2005, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

The long-time MPP Chris Bentley resigned his seat in the legislature effective on February 14, 2013. He was replaced by Peggy Sattler in the August 1st by-election. Sattler was subsequently re-elected in 2018 and 2022.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

London West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from London South, London North, and London Centre
37th	1999–2003		Bob Wood	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Christopher Bentley	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2013
40th	2013–2014		Peggy Sattler	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–present

Election results

General elections (2014–present)

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Peggy Sattler	22,510	45.13	−10.21	$126,499
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Paolatto	16,886	33.85	+4.81	$92,003
	Liberal	Vanessa Lalonde	6,077	12.18	+2.27	$27,325
	Green	Colleen McCauley	1,713	3.43	−0.31	$2,016
	New Blue	Kristopher Hunt	1,277	2.56		$5,424
	Ontario Party	Cynthia Workman	521	1.04		$2,767
	Libertarian	Jacques Y. Boudreau	434	0.87	−0.07	$0
	Consensus Ontario	Brad Harness	267	0.54	+0.02	$0
	Freedom	Mike Mcmullen	197	0.39	+0.04	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,882	99.49	+0.84	$144,777
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			257	0.51	-0.84
Turnout			50,139	48.62	-11.94
Eligible voters			103,410
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−7.51
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peggy Sattler	32,644	55.33	+14.97
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Lawton	17,133	29.04	-0.53
	Liberal	Jonathan Hughes	5,847	9.91	-13.81
	Green	Pamela Reid	2,211	3.75	-0.44
	Libertarian	Jacques Boudreau	552	0.94
	Consensus Ontario	Brad Harness	304	0.52
	Freedom	Tracey Pringle	209	0.35	-1.81
	Communist	Michael Lewis	96	0.16
Total valid votes			58,996	98.65
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			805	1.35	+0.21
Turnout			59,801	60.56	+4.53
Eligible voters			98,749
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peggy Sattler	22,243	40.36	-1.52
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Bennett	16,295	29.57	-3.17
	Liberal	Nick Steinburg	13,070	23.72	+7.87
	Green	Keith McAlister	2,310	4.19	-0.06
	Freedom	Al Gretzky	1,188	2.16	-2.80
Total valid votes			55,106	98.86	-0.40
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			633	1.14	+0.40
Turnout			55,739	56.03	+16.86
Eligible voters			98,749
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.82
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election in London West was called when Chris Bentley resigned his seat in the wake of the scandal regarding the cancellation of the gas plants in the 2011 election.

Ontario provincial by-election, August 1, 2013 Resignation of Chris Bentley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peggy Sattler	15,704	41.88	+20.16
	Progressive Conservative	Ali Chahbar	12,426	32.74	+3.26
	Liberal	Ken Coran	5,965	15.85	-29.81
	Freedom	Al Gretzky	1,856	4.96	+4.36
	Green	Gary Brown	1,608	4.25	+1.84
	Libertarian	Geoffrey Serbee	117	0.31
Total valid votes			37,676	99.26
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			279	0.74
Turnout			37,955	39.17
Eligible voters			96,905
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.45
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2013 nomination contests

Candidate	Residence	December 1, 2012
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Ali Chahbar	London	X

Candidate	Residence	March 25, 2013
Green Party of Ontario
Gary Brown	London	X

Candidate	Residence	May 22, 2013^[4]
Ontario New Democratic Party
Jeff Buchanan	London
Mohamed Salih	London
Peggy Sattler	London	X
Jennifer White	London

Candidate	Residence	June 18, 2013
Freedom Party of Ontario
Al Gretzky	London	X

Candidate	Residence	July 2, 2013^[5]
Ontario Liberal Party
Ken Coran	London	X

General elections (1999–2011)

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	22,610	45.65	-6.77
	Progressive Conservative	Ali Chahbar	14,603	29.49	+5.24
	New Democratic	Jeff Buchanan	10,757	21.72	+10.49
	Green	Gary Brown	1,194	2.41	-8.06
	Freedom	Tim Hodges	300	0.61	+0.13
	Republican	Chris Gupta	61	0.12	-0.09
Total valid votes			49,525	100.0
Total rejected ballots			224	0.45
Turnout			49,749	53.01
Eligible voters			93,852
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.00
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	25,967	52.42	+1.91
	Progressive Conservative	Allison Graham	12,011	24.25	-6.82
	New Democratic	Paul Pighin	5,562	11.23	-4.05
	Green	Gary Brown	5,184	10.47	+8.85
	Family Coalition	Andrew Jezierski	267	0.54
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	234	0.47	-0.46
	Independent	Mike Reynolds	201	0.41
	Republican	Chris Gupta	106	0.21
Total valid votes			49,532	100.0
Difference			13,956	28.18
Total rejected ballots			356	0.71
Turnout			49,888	57.83
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.37
Source: ^[7] ^ Change based on redistributed results ^[8]

v t e 2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Bentley	25,581	51.46	+7.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	15,463	31.11	-13.81
	New Democratic	Patti Dalton	7,403	14.89	+5.76
	Green	Laura Wythe	805	1.62	+1.01
	Freedom	Bill Frampton	460	0.93	+0.46
Total valid votes			49,712	100.0

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Wood	22,761	44.92
	Liberal	Darrel Skidmore	22,467	44.34
	New Democratic	Sandra McNee	4,628	9.13
	Green	Jeremy Price	308	0.61
	Freedom	Jack Plant	236	0.47
	Natural Law	Ernie Merkley	133	0.26
	Libertarian	Gayle Remisch	133	0.26
Total valid votes			50,666	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes
	First Past the Post	30,585	63.7
	Mixed member proportional	17,421	36.3
	Total valid votes	48,006	100.0

Sources

^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 045 London West" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Elections Ontario (2013). "2013 By-election results - London West". Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Sattler wins London West NDP nomination".
^ "Coran off to rocky start on Day 1 of campaign".
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - London West" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "London West poll by poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
^ "045-London West".

External links

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[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 045 London West" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] Elections Ontario (2013). "2013 By-election results - London West". Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Sattler wins London West NDP nomination".

[5] "Coran off to rocky start on Day 1 of campaign".

[6] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - London West" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "London West poll by poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2013-07-03.

[8] "045-London West".

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