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London—Middlesex (electoral District)
London—Middlesex (also known as Middlesex East riding) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Middlesex East riding was created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, London East and Middlesex—London—Lambton ridings. It initially consisted of the Townships of Biddulph, London, North Dorchester, Westminster and West Nissouri (excluding the Village of Belmont) and the southeast part of the City of London, Ontario, London. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1977 to "London-Middlesex". In 1987, the Village of Belmont and the Village of Lucan were added. The City of London portion of the riding was redefined. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, London West, London North Centre, London—Adelaide, London—Fanshawe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London—Middlesex (electoral District)
London—Middlesex (also known as Middlesex East riding) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Middlesex East riding was created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, London East and Middlesex—London—Lambton ridings. It initially consisted of the Townships of Biddulph, London, North Dorchester, Westminster and West Nissouri (excluding the Village of Belmont) and the southeast part of the City of London, Ontario, London. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1977 to "London-Middlesex". In 1987, the Village of Belmont and the Village of Lucan were added. The City of London portion of the riding was redefined. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, London West, London North Centre, London—Adelaide, London—Fanshawe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London North Centre
London North Centre (french: London-Centre-Nord; formerly known as London—Adelaide) is a federal electoral district in the city of London in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Demographics (2016) Ethnic groups: 79.4% White, 4.9% Chinese, 4.8% South Asian, 2.7% Black, 2.6% Arab, 2.3% Aboriginal, 1.9% Latin American, 1.4% Korean, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Filipino Knowledge of languages: 98.1% English, 8.1% French, 3.6% Mandarin, 3.2% Spanish, 2.8% Arabic, 1.5% Polish, 1.4% Hindi,1.3% German, 1.3% Korean 1.2% Italian, 1.1% Portuguese Mother tongues: 73.6% English, 3.2% Mandarin, 2.1% Arabic, 1.8% Spanish 1.3% French, 1.2% Korean, 1.2% Polish Religion (2011): 59.4% Christian (25.3% Catholic, 23.4% Protestant, 8.7% Other Christian, 2.0% Christian Orthodox), 33.0% No religious affiliation, 3.4% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 1.0% Buddhist Median income: $53,712 Geography It consists of the part of the City of London eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat O'Brien (Canadian Politician)
Patrick Wayne O'Brien (born January 13, 1948 in London, Ontario) is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada. Elected as a Liberal, he ended his career in 2005 as the independent Member of Parliament (MP) for London—Fanshawe. O'Brien graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Western Ontario in 1971, and earned his Master of Education from UWO in 1981. He has served as a high school history teacher and was a member of London City Council from 1982 to 1993. He was also a school trustee from 1980 to 1982. He was elected to Parliament as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1993 election, and was re-elected in the 1997, 2000, and 2004 elections. From 2000 to 2003, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Trade. Before leaving the party, O'Brien was often considered as representing the right-wing of the Liberal party. He was one of the fiercest opponents of same-sex marriage in the Liberal caucus, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Clifford
Terrence (Terry) Clifford (born 12 November 1938) is a Canadian former educator and politician. Clifford served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Acton, Ontario, Terry was an educator and school principal by career. He was educated at Universities of; Guelph, Toronto and Cornell. Throughout more than 25 years in education, Mr. Clifford taught elementary, secondary and university levels. He innovated several programs, authored a mathematics text series and has accepted Provincial awards for outstanding community leadership both as a teacher and Principal. Mr. Clifford served almost 10 years in public service. He represented the Ontario riding of London—Middlesex where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliament The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12, 1988, until September 8, 1993. The membership was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet Bloomfield
Garnet McCallum Bloomfield (8 April 1929 – 1 August 2018) was Canadian politician who was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career. He represented the London—Middlesex electoral district after winning that riding in the 1980 federal election. His previous attempt to win the riding in 1979 was unsuccessful. Bloomfield served only in the 32nd Canadian Parliament before his defeat in 1984 federal election by Terry Clifford of the Progressive Conservative party. He also campaigned at the riding in the 1988 federal election but was again unsuccessful against Clifford, losing by only 8 votes. After switching membership to the Reform Party, he contested the 1997 federal election in the Perth—Middlesex electoral district but lost to the Liberal and Progressive Conservative candidates there. The same result occurred when he campaigned again in Perth—Middlesex in the 2000 federal election as a candidate for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Elliott
Nelson Pearce Elliott (6 August 1925 – 1 April 2017) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career. He represented the London—Middlesex electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election. After serving one term, the 31st Canadian Parliament The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark ..., Elliott left national politics in 1980 and did not campaign in that year's election. External links * References 1925 births 2017 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth—Middlesex
Perth—Middlesex was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Lambton—Middlesex, London—Middlesex and Perth—Wellington—Waterloo ridings. It consisted of: :* the County of Perth (including the City of Stratford and the Town of St Mary's) and :* the northeast part of the County of Middlesex (consisting of the Townships of McGillivray, East Williams, Lobo, Biddulph and West Nissouri). The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, Middlesex—Kent—Lambton and Perth—Wellington ridings. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Federal election results Provincial election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London—Fanshawe
London—Fanshawe is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Geography The district consists of the southeast part of the City of London. 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 East and London—Middlesex. From 1997 until 2005 it was represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London West
London West (french: London-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in London, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Geography The district includes the northwest part of the City of London. In 2003, 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 electoral district was created in 1966 from London, Middlesex East, and from Middlesex West. It initially consisted of the part of the City of London west of a line drawn from north to south along Adelaide Street, Dundas Street, Wellington Street and Wellington Road. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city west of a line drawn from south to north along Southdale Road, We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
