LONDON — Canadian Federal Election Results

LONDON was won by Progressive Conservative at the 1965 general election, with a margin of 2,599 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in LONDON from 1867 to 1965.

Full Election History, 1867–1965

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,114 80.7% Unknown (266) 848 (61.4 pts)
1872 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,101 58.0% Unknown (797) 304 (16.0 pts)
1874 Liberal Liberal 1,269 51.2% Liberal-Conservative (1,208) 61 (2.5 pts)
1878 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,407 51.2% Liberal (1,343) 64 (2.3 pts)
1882 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,485 54.5% Unknown (1,238) 247 (9.1 pts)
1887 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 2,013 50.5% Liberal (1,974) 39 (1.0 pts)
1891 Liberal Liberal 2,037 52.4% Liberal-Conservative (1,854) 183 (4.7 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 2,325 50.4% Liberal (2,284) 41 (0.9 pts)
1900 Liberal Liberal 2,812 52.9% Conservative (2,265) 547 (10.3 pts)
1904 Liberal Liberal 4,302 50.1% Conservative (4,278) 24 (0.3 pts)
1908 Conservative Conservative 4,121 58.0% Unknown (2,987) 1,134 (16.0 pts)
1911 Conservative Conservative 5,263 61.1% Unknown (3,352) 1,911 (22.2 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 11,136 62.1% Opposition (6,783) 4,353 (24.3 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 9,730 44.3% Liberal (7,974) 1,756 (8.0 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 12,260 54.6% Liberal (7,777) 4,483 (20.0 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 12,249 51.8% Liberal (11,404) 845 (3.6 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 13,981 59.0% Liberal (9,698) 4,283 (18.1 pts)
1935 Conservative Conservative 10,911 36.7% Liberal (8,628) 2,283 (7.7 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 15,824 49.3% National Government (12,534) 3,290 (10.2 pts)
1945 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 16,766 47.5% Liberal (13,421) 3,345 (9.5 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 16,427 45.7% Progressive Conservative (14,988) 1,439 (4.0 pts)
1953 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 15,254 48.4% Liberal (12,869) 2,385 (7.6 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,804 58.9% Liberal (11,110) 8,694 (25.9 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 24,276 67.5% Liberal (9,107) 15,169 (42.2 pts)
1962 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 16,096 51.4% Liberal (11,084) 5,012 (16.0 pts)
1963 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 15,700 46.3% Liberal (14,262) 1,438 (4.2 pts)
1965 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 13,763 45.8% Liberal (11,164) 2,599 (8.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,11480.7%
Unknown26619.3%

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,10158.0%
Unknown79742.0%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,26951.2%
Liberal-Conservative1,20848.8%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,40751.2%
Liberal1,34348.8%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,48554.5%
Unknown1,23845.5%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative2,01350.5%
Liberal1,97449.5%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,03752.4%
Liberal-Conservative1,85447.6%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,32550.4%
Liberal2,28449.6%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,81252.9%
Conservative2,26542.6%
Independent2364.4%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Liberal4,30250.1%
Conservative4,27849.9%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Conservative4,12158.0%
Unknown2,98742.0%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Conservative5,26361.1%
Unknown3,35238.9%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist11,13662.1%
Opposition6,78337.9%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,73044.3%
Liberal7,97436.3%
Progressive4,25219.4%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative12,26054.6%
Liberal7,77734.7%
Labour2,40510.7%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative12,24951.8%
Liberal11,40448.2%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative13,98159.0%
Liberal9,69841.0%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Conservative10,91136.7%
Liberal8,62829.1%
Reconstruction3,81412.8%
CCF3,04110.2%
Independent2,1017.1%
Independent Liberal1,2034.1%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,82449.3%
National Government12,53439.0%
CCF3,76211.7%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative16,76647.5%
Liberal13,42138.0%
CCF4,90113.9%
Labor-Progressive2250.6%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,42745.7%
Progressive Conservative14,98841.7%
CCF4,53212.6%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative15,25448.4%
Liberal12,86940.8%
CCF2,7488.7%
Labor-Progressive6622.1%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,80458.9%
Liberal11,11033.0%
CCF2,7148.1%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative24,27667.5%
Liberal9,10725.3%
CCF2,5987.2%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative16,09651.4%
Liberal11,08435.4%
NDP3,67911.8%
Social Credit4471.4%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative15,70046.3%
Liberal14,26242.1%
NDP3,3359.8%
Social Credit5991.8%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative13,76345.8%
Liberal11,16437.2%
NDP4,41214.7%
Independent4221.4%
Communist2710.9%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Liberal-Conservative margin 61.4 pts 1872: Liberal-Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1874: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 1878: Liberal-Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1882: Liberal-Conservative margin 9.1 pts 1887: Liberal-Conservative margin 1.0 pts 1891: Liberal margin 4.7 pts 1896: Conservative margin 0.9 pts 1900: Liberal margin 10.3 pts 1904: Liberal margin 0.3 pts 1908: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1911: Conservative margin 22.2 pts 1917: Unionist margin 24.3 pts 1921: Conservative margin 8.0 pts 1925: Conservative margin 20.0 pts 1926: Conservative margin 3.6 pts 1930: Conservative margin 18.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 7.7 pts 1940: Liberal margin 10.2 pts 1945: Progressive Conservative margin 9.5 pts 1949: Liberal margin 4.0 pts 1953: Progressive Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 25.9 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 42.2 pts 1962: Progressive Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1963: Progressive Conservative margin 4.2 pts 1965: Progressive Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965

Trend

LONDON has been contested at 27 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal-Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won LONDON in the 1965 general election?

Progressive Conservative won LONDON in 1965 with 13,763 votes (45.8%), a margin of 2,599 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won LONDON since 1867?

Since 1867, LONDON has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in LONDON?

The closest contested result on record for LONDON was 1904, when Liberal beat Conservative by 24 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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