London South

For the European Parliament constituency, see London South (European Parliament constituency).

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

London South Ontario electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created| 1926
District abolished| 1999
First contested| 1926
Last contested| 1995

London South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1926 and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was re-established in 1955 and existed until 1999 when it was abolished again.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

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London South

Assembly | Years | Member | Party
17th |  1926–1929 |  | John Cameron Wilson | Conservative
18th |  1929–1934
Merged with London North into London from 1934 to 1955
25th |  1955–1959 |  | George Ernest Jackson | Progressive Conservative
26th |  1959–1963 | John White
27th |  1963–1967
28th |  1967–1971
29th |  1971–1975
30th |  1975–1977 |  | John Ferris | Liberal
31st |  1977–1981 |  | Gordon Walker | Progressive Conservative
32nd |  1981–1985
33rd |  1985–1987 |  | Joan Smith | Liberal
34th |  1987–1990
35th |  1990–1995 |  | David Winninger | New Democratic
36th |  1995–1999 |  | Bob Wood | Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into London North Centre before the 1999 election

## Electoral history (1975-1999)

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1975 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | John Ferris | 14,496 | 40.94
| Progressive Conservative | John Eberhard | 13,937 | 39.37
| New Democratic | Edith Welch | 6,971 | 19.69
1977 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Walker | 16,011 | 42.39 | +3.02
| Liberal | John Ferris | 13,800 | 36.53 | -4.41
| New Democratic | Tom Olien | 7,964 | 21.08 | +1.39
1981 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Walker | 19,714 | 54.7% | +12.3%
| Liberal | Frank Green | 11,116 | 30.9% | -5.6%
| New Democratic | Dale Green | 5,187 | 14.4% | -6.7%
1985 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Joan Smith | 24,522 | 51.0% | +20.1%
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Walker | 17,839 | 37.1% | -17.6%
| New Democratic | David Winninger | 5,080 | 10.6% | -3.8%
| Freedom | Robert Metz | 614 | 1.3% | +1.3%
1987 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Joan Smith | 20,046 | 55.5% | +4.5%
| Progressive Conservative | Vaughan Minor | 7,723 | 21.4% | -15.7%
| New Democratic | David Winninger | 7,074 | 19.6% | +9.0%
| Family Coalition | Paul Picard | 861 | 2.4% | +2.4%
| Freedom | Robert Metz | 430 | 1.2% | -0.1%
1990 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| New Democratic | David Winninger | 17,438 | 42.4% | +22.8%
| Liberal | Joan Smith | 11,787 | 28.7% | -26.8%
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Wood | 9,828 | 23.9% | +2.5%
| Family Coalition | Paul Picard | 1,427 | 3.5% | +1.1%
| Freedom | Robert Metz | 635 | 1.5% | +0.3%
1995 Ontario general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Bob Wood | 18,161 | 44.4% | +20.5%
| New Democratic | David Winninger | 10,729 | 26.2% | -16.2%
| Liberal | Joan Smith | 10,693 | 26.1% | -2.6%
| Family Coalition | Rudy Polci | 387 | 0.9% | -2.6%
| Freedom | Maureen Battaglia | 340 | 0.8% | -0.7%
| Independent | Mark Simpson | 323 | 0.8% | +0.8%
| Green | Sven Biggs | 2-2 | 0.5% | +0.5%
| Natural Law | James Hea | 111 | 0.3% | +0.3%

## References

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1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
* For John Cameron Wilson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Cameron Wilson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For George Ernest Jackson's Legislative Assembly information see "George Ernest Jackson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For John White's Legislative Assembly information see "John White, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For John Ferris's Legislative Assembly information see "John Ferris, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For Gordon Walker's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Walker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For Joan Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "Joan Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For David Winninger's Legislative Assembly information see "David Winninger, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
* For Bob Wood's Legislative Assembly information see "Bob Wood, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.