London—Fanshawe (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see London—Fanshawe (provincial electoral district).

London—Fanshawe is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

London—Fanshawe

Ontario electoral district
From the 2015 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kurt Holman Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	119,334
Electors (2015)	85,124
Area (km²)[2]	124
Pop. density (per km²)	962.4
Census division(s)	Middlesex
Census subdivision(s)	London (part)

Geography

The district consists of the southeast part of the City of London.

Specifically, it consists of the part of the city lying east and north of a line drawn from the northern limit of the city south along Highbury Avenue North, west along the Thames River (South Branch), south along the Canadian National Railway, west along Commissioners Road East, south along Wharncliffe Road South, east along Southdale Road East, south along White Oak Road, east along Exeter Road, north along Meg Drive, west along Jalna Boulevard, north along Ernest Avenue, east along Bradley Avenue, north along Highbury Avenue South, east along Arran Place and Bradley Avenue to the eastern limit of the city.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of London East and London—Middlesex. From 1997 until 2005 it was represented by Liberal/Independent Member of Parliament Pat O'Brien.

It consisted initially of the part of the City of London lying east and north of a line drawn from the northern limit of the city south along Highbury Avenue and Highway 126, west along the Thames River, south along the Canadian National Railway tracks, west along Commissioners Road East, south along Wharncliffe Road South, east along Southdale Road East, south along White Oak Road, east along Exeter Road, north along Meg Drive, west along Jalna Boulevard, north along Ernest Avenue, east along Bradley Avenue, north along the Highbury Avenue, east along Arran Place and Bradley Avenue to the eastern limit of the city.

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

This riding gained territory from London North Centre and Elgin—Middlesex—London during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Ethnic groups: 67.7% White, 5.8% Arab, 5.4% Black, 5.0% South Asian, 4.4% Indigenous, 3.2% Latin American, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Filipino, 1.0% Chinese, 1.0% West Asian

Languages: 72.4% English, 4.1% Arabic, 2.8% Spanish, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.5% Polish, 1.1% French, 1.0% Punjabi

Religions: 48.5% Christian (22.6% Catholic, 3.9% Anglican, 3.8% United Church, 1.6% Baptist, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.3% Presbyterian, 12.3% Other), 8.7% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 1.1% Sikh, 38.1% None

Median income: $37,600 (2020)

Average income: $43,120 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
London—Fanshawe Riding created from London East and London—Middlesex
36th	1997–2000		Pat O'Brien	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2005
	2005–2006			Independent
39th	2006–2008		Irene Mathyssen	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Lindsay Mathyssen
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present		Kurt Holman	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in London—Fanshawe (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kurt Holman	23,765	40.64	+16.37
	Liberal	Najam Naqvi	17,820	30.48	+7.43
	New Democratic	Lindsay Mathyssen	16,112	27.55	–15.95
	People's	Daniel Buta	776	1.33	–7.85
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			58,473	63.04
Eligible voters			92,752
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+4.47
Source: CBC[4], Elections Canada[5]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lindsay Mathyssen	22,336	43.44	+2.65	$87,156.27
	Conservative	Mattias Vanderley	12,486	24.28	-0.50	$27,879.92
	Liberal	Mohamed Hammoud	11,882	23.11	-3.74	$34,106.52
	People's	Kyle Free	4,718	9.18	+7.14	$6,247.35
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,422	99.02	-0.06	$120,013.52
Total rejected ballots			511	0.98	+0.06
Turnout			51,933	56.62	-3.09
Eligible voters			91,727
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.58
Source: Elections Canada[6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,236	43.50
	Conservative	12,406	24.27
	Liberal	11,780	23.05
	People's	4,692	9.18

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lindsay Mathyssen	22,671	40.79	+3.01	$87,107.75
	Liberal	Mohamed Hammoud	14,924	26.85	-4.59	$87,821.00
	Conservative	Michael van Holst	13,770	24.78	-2.42	$45,864.85
	Green	Tom Cull	2,781	5.00	+2.07	$6,691.69
	People's	Bela Kosoian	1,132	2.04		$2,704.60
	Independent	Stephen Campbell	297	0.53		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,575	99.08
Total rejected ballots			518	0.92	+0.41
Turnout			56,093	59.71	-3.33
Eligible voters			93,944
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.80
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	20,684	37.78	−12.06	$90,397.33
	Liberal	Khalil Ramal	17,214	31.44	+19.41	$47,724.86
	Conservative	Suzanna Dieleman	14,891	27.20	−6.72	$57,368.78
	Green	Matthew Peloza	1,604	2.93	−0.05	$1,194.57
	Independent	Ali Hamadi	352	0.64	–	$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,745	99.49		$224,287.69
Total rejected ballots			283	0.51	–
Turnout			55,028	63.03	–
Eligible voters			87,298
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−15.74
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	23,655	49.85
	Conservative	16,098	33.92
	Liberal	5,709	12.03
	Green	1,412	2.98
	Others	581	1.22

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	21,689	50.89	+7.83	–
	Conservative	Jim Chahbar	14,294	33.55	+2.71	–
	Liberal	Roger Caranci	4,893	11.48	−7.46	–
	Green	Matthew Peloza	1,202	2.82	−3.65	–
	Christian Heritage	G.J. Rancourt	535	1.26	+0.59	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,613	100.00
Total rejected ballots			236	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			42,849	57.64	+2.53
Eligible voters			74,338	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	17,672	43.06	+8.56	$72,219
	Conservative	Mary Lou Ambrogio	12,659	30.84	+1.82	$73,601
	Liberal	Jacquie Gauthier	7,774	18.94	−13.70	$62,713
	Green	Daniel O'Neail	2,656	6.47	+2.60
	Christian Heritage	Leonard Vanderhoeven	276	0.67	–	$568
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,037	100.00	$82,792
Rejected ballots			194	0.47	+.0.01
Turnout			41,231	55.11	−7.12

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	16,067	34.50	+4.1
	Liberal	Glen Pearson	15,199	32.64	−5.5
	Conservative	Dan Mailer	13,495	28.98	+2.7
	Green	David McLaughlin	1,803	3.87	−0.1
Total valid votes			46,564	100.00
Rejected ballots			215	0.46
Turnout			46,779	62.23

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	15,664	38.1	−16.7
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	12,511	30.4	+19.0
	Conservative	John Mazzilli	10,811	26.3	−7.5
	Green	Ed Moore	1,634	4.0
	Progressive Canadian	Derrall Bellaire	453	1.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Cameron Switzer	65	0.2
Total valid votes			41,138	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	19,677	54.8	+3.6
	Alliance	Robert Vaughan	7,998	22.3	+5.2
	Progressive Conservative	Derrall Bellaire	4,119	11.5	−2.3
	New Democratic	Andrew Sadler	4,107	11.4	−5.4
Total valid votes			35,901	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pat O'Brien	20,497	51.2
	Reform	Scott Bowman	6,838	17.1
	New Democratic	Irene Mathyssen	6,754	16.9
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Thrasher	5,499	13.7
	Green	Heidi Strasser	442	1.1
Total valid votes			40,030	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada