London West (federal electoral district)

Template:Short description Template:For-multi Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district

London West (Template:Langx) 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, Wellington Road, the Thames River and the North Thames River, Dundas Street, Colborne Street, Huron Street and Richmond Street.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the southern limit of the city along Wharncliffe Road South, Commissioners Road East, Wellington Road, the Thames River, the North Thames River, the Medway River, Western Road and Richmond Street.

In 1996, it was redefined 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 London and Port Stanley Electric Railway, the Thames River, Wharncliffe Road, Oxford Street, Wonderland Road North and Hutton Road.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding lost territory to London North Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding lost the neighbourhoods of South London and Highland north of Commissioners Road to the new riding of London Centre, and lost the area north of Fanshawe Park Road to Middlesex—London.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ethnic groups: 70.4% White, 3.2% Latin American, 5.6% Arab, 5.8% South Asian, 3.7% Black, 3.1% Chinese, 3.1% Indigenous, 1.3% West Asian, 1.1% Korean
Languages: 72.7% English, 4.2% Arabic, 3.0% Spanish, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.1% French, 1.0% Portuguese
Religions: 51.3% Christian (22.3% Catholic, 5.4% United Church, 5.1% Anglican, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.4% Baptist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 12.3% Other), 9.3% Muslim, 1.6% Hindu, 35.3% None
Median income: $42,800 (2020)

Average income: $55,300 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Template:CanMP Template:CanMP nodata Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP row Template:CanMP end

Election results

Template:Image frame

Template:2025 Canadian federal election/London West

Party		Vote	%
2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation				CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Liberal	20,781	36.87
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Conservative	19,247	34.15
Template:Canadian party colour \|	New Democratic	12,895	22.88
Template:Canadian party colour \|	People's	2,814	4.99
Template:Canadian party colour \|	Others	625	1.11

Template:2021 Canadian federal election/London West Template:2019 Canadian federal election/London West

Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:Canadian election result/total Template:Canadian election result/total Template:Canadian election result/total Template:Canadian election result/total Template:CANelec/gain Template:CANelec/source