London—Middlesex (also known as Middlesex East riding) was a federal electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario.

London—Middlesex
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1996
First contested1979
Last contested1993

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.

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—Adelaide, London—Fanshawe and Perth—Middlesex ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Huron—Middlesex, London East
and Middlesex—London—Lambton
31st  1979–1980     Nelson Elliott Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984     Garnet Bloomfield Liberal
33rd  1984–1988     Terry Clifford Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Pat O'Brien Liberal
Riding dissolved into Elgin—Middlesex—London, London West,
London—Adelaide, London—Fanshawe and Perth—Middlesex

Electoral history

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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Nelson Elliott 14,339 38.7%
Liberal Garnet Bloomfield 13,714 36.9%
New Democratic Bill Lloyd 8,855 23.8%
Independent Robert J. Paton 164 0.4%
Independent Rudy Terracina 40 0.1%
Marxist–Leninist Susan Mary Beland 37 0.1%
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Garnet Bloomfield 15,682
Progressive Conservative Bill Frank 11,897
New Democratic Bill Lloyd 8,672
Libertarian Robert Metz 156
Marxist–Leninist Susan Mary Beland 47
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Terry Clifford 18,586
Liberal Garnet Bloomfield 11,202
New Democratic David N. Cunningham 9,753
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Terry Clifford 18,534
Liberal Garnet Bloomfield 18,526
New Democratic Michael Wyatt 11,103
Not affiliated Dawn Hemingway 195
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pat O'Brien 27,232
Reform Mark Simpson 9,826
Progressive Conservative Ed Holder 9,088
New Democratic Carolyn Davies 2,646
National David Howell 563
Christian Heritage Stan Winters 539
Green Sven Biggs 236
Natural Law David Goodman 226
Canada Party Arun D. Sehgal 153
Marxist–Leninist Peter Ewart 56
Abolitionist Marva Foster 44

Parliamentary website:Middlesex East Parliamentary website: London-Middlesex

See also

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