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London North Centre is an electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. London North Centre was created from London North to match the federal riding in 1996.

London North Centre

Ontario electoral district
Location in London
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Terence Kernaghan New Democratic
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	125,360
Electors (2018)	99,488
Area (km²)	60
Pop. density (per km²)	2,089.3
Census division(s)	Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	London

Its population in 2006 was 115,250 and the average family income was $71,995.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Population	107,672
Electors	91,328
Area (km²)	64
Population density (people per km²)	1682.4

Ethnic groups: 86.8% White, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Black, 1.8% South Asian, 1.7% Aboriginal, 1.2% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Arab
Languages: 79.8% English, 1.4% French, 18.0% Other
Religions: 38.5% Protestant, 27.3% Catholic, 22.6% No religion, 3.0% Muslim, 2.8% Other Christian, 2.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Jewish
Average income: $31,174

Geography

Elections Ontario's definition of London North Centre consists of that part of the City of London described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with Highbury Avenue North; thence southerly along said avenue to the Canadian National Railway situated southerly of Brydges Street; thence westerly, southwesterly and southeasterly along said railway to the Thames River (South Branch); thence generally westerly along said river to the Canadian National Railway; thence westerly along said railway to the Thames River; thence generally southwesterly along said river to Wonderland Road South; thence generally northerly along said road and Wonderland Road North to the northerly limit of said city; thence northeasterly along said limit to the point of commencement.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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

London North Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from London North, London Centre and Middlesex
37th	1999–2003		Dianne Cunningham	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Deb Matthews	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Terence Kernaghan	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Terence Kernaghan	17,082	39.65	-7.95
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Pribil	13,051	30.29	-0.27
	Liberal	Kate Graham	9,013	20.92	+5.21
	Green	Carol Dyck	2,064	4.79	+0.18
	New Blue	Tommy Caldwell	1,200	2.79
	Ontario Party	Darrel Grant	368	0.85
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	160	0.37	-0.06
	Consensus Ontario	George Le Mac	147	0.34
Total valid votes			43,085	99.51
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			210	0.49
Turnout			43,295	41.28
Eligible voters			104,888
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[1]

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Terence Kernaghan	25,757	47.60
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Truppe	16,701	30.86
	Liberal	Kate Graham	8,501	15.71
	Green	Carol Dyck	2,493	4.61
	Libertarian	Calvin McKay	299	0.55
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	234	0.43
	Communist	Clara Sorrenti	128	0.24
Total valid votes			54,113	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	16,379	35.98	-7.93
	New Democratic	Judy Bryant	13,853	30.43	+7.72
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Branscombe	12,016	26.40	-2.53
	Green	Kevin Labonte	2,445	5.37	+2.05
	Freedom	Salim Mansur	639	1.40	+0.78
	Communist	Dave McKee	115	0.25	–
	Pauper	Michael Spottiswood	70	0.15	+0.03
Total valid votes			45,517	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.82
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	19,167	43.91	-3.26
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy Branscombe	12,628	28.93	+5.21
	New Democratic	Steve Holmes	9,914	22.71	+6.06
	Green	Kevin Labonte	1,451	3.32	-9.13
	Freedom	Mary Lou Ambrogio	269	0.62	–
	Libertarian	Jordan van Klinken	169	0.39	–
	Pauper	Michael Spottiswood	54	0.12	–
Total valid votes			43,652	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			217	0.49
Turnout			43,869	47.87
Eligible voters			91,638
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.61
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	21,669	47.17	+3.74
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Alder	10,897	23.72	-5.20
	New Democratic	Steve Holmes	7,649	16.65	-7.88
	Green	Brett McKenzie	5,720	12.45	+10.77
Total valid votes			45,935	100.00

2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deb Matthews	20,212	43.43	+22.54
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	13,460	28.92	-11.29
	New Democratic	Rebecca Coulter	11,414	24.53	-11.93
	Green	Bronagh Joyce Morgan	780	1.68	+0.88
	Family Coalition	Craig Smith	432	0.93	-0.09
	Freedom	Lisa Turner	242	0.52	+0.18
Total valid votes			46,540	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Cunningham	18,320	40.21
	New Democratic	Marion Boyd	16,611	36.46
	Liberal	Roger Caranci	9,518	20.89
	Family Coalition	Andrew Jezierski	466	1.02
	Green	Jeff Culbert	366	0.80
	Freedom	Robert Metz	156	0.34
	Natural Law	Stephen Porter	120	0.26
Total valid votes			45,557	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes
	First Past the Post	26,700	59.7
	Mixed member proportional	18,003	40.3
	Total valid votes	44,703	100.0

References

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results

External links

• London North Centre Progressive Conservative Association (Provincial)
• Map of riding for 2018 election

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