The London Beat London, Ontario’s stream of consciousness
The 42nd Ontario general election is scheduled to be held on June 7, 2018. Here are the candidates, the demographics, the riding map and where possible, the twitter accounts for the controversial London West (provincial electoral district):
London West
Current representative:
New Democratic Party, Peggy Sattler
Sattler took 22,243 (40.36%) of the 55,106 votes in the 2014 election. Progressive Conservative Jeff Bennett had 16,295 (29.57%), and Liberal Nick Steinburg had 13,070 (23.72%).
Source and full election results: Elections Ontario via Wikipedia
2018 Candidates:
New Democratic Party, Peggy Sattler
Progressive Conservative, Andrew Lawton
Liberal, Jonathan Hughes
Green, Pamela Reid
Libertarian, Jacques Boudreau
Demographics:
Population (2011): 127,985
Electors (2011): 95,265
Area (km²): 86
Pop. density (per km²): 1,488.2
Census divisions: Middlesex County
Census subdivisions: London
Riding Map:
By Earl Andrew – MS Paint, CC BY-SA 3.0
More detailed map available at the Elections Canada website.
Also from the Elections Canada website, a description of the London-North Centre boundary:
Consisting of that part of the City of London described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Dingman Creek; thence generally easterly along said creek to the westerly production of Southdale Road West; thence easterly along said production and Southdale Road West to Wharncliffe Road South; thence northerly along said road to Commissioners Road East; thence easterly along said road to the Canadian National Railway; thence northwesterly 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 generally southwesterly along the northerly and westerly limits of said city to the point of commencement.
Twitter Accounts:
Our London West #ONDP campaign is off to a great start! Many thx to the crews who’ve been out all morning putting up signs. Get your sign today! #LdnOnt https://t.co/tC9Y6gThxK #Change4Better pic.twitter.com/CotUH859Ak
— Peggy Sattler (@PeggySattlerNDP) May 9, 2018
Beautiful canvassing weather in London West. Change is in the 28-day forecast. #fordnation #onpoli pic.twitter.com/W8yLUo12iZ
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) May 9, 2018
Yes consistency of gross incompetence and corruption. https://t.co/ewIgqqNdI7
— Jacques Boudreau (@voteboudreau) May 9, 2018
Sorry, no twitter account found for Jonathan Hughes or Pamela Reid.
