New Democrat Lindsay Mathyssen has been elected to London-Fanshawe, taking over a seat her mother had held for years.
Since 2006, Irene Mathyssen had been victorious at every election, but she announced that she would not be seeking re-election in 2019. Mathyssen’s daughter Lindsay Mathyssen got the nomination and her election cements the NDP’s hold on the riding.
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Prior to NDP’s success, Pat O’Brien and the Liberals took the win in the 2004, 2000 and 1997 federal elections.
The riding represents a section of Middlesex and London. London—Fanshawe’s estimated population is 119,334 (2011). The number of electors is 85,124 (2015).