Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Ontario

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, Canada

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, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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It was created in 1996 from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex

Lambton—Middlesex

Lambton—Middlesex is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

, and London—Middlesex

London—Middlesex

London—Middlesex was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario....

 ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex Lambton—Middlesex Lambton—Middlesex is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario... , and London—Middlesex London—Middlesex London—Middlesex was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario....  prior to 1996
36th Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...	1997–2000		Gar Knutson Gar Knutson Thomas Garfield "Gar" Knutson, PC is a lawyer and former member of the Parliament of Canada, as well as a former cabinet minister....	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
37th Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....	2000–2004
38th Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...	2004–2006		Joe Preston Joe Preston (politician) Joseph "Joe" Preston is a Canadian politician and Conservative Member of Parliament representing Elgin—Middlesex—London riding.He defeated Liberal incumbent Gar Knutson in the 2004 federal election...	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
39th Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...	2006–2008
40th Canadian federal election, 2008 The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.



Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Website of the Conservative Party Electoral District Association for Elgin-Middlesex-London