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Riding Profile:

This southern Ontario riding borders Lake Erie in south, the city of London to the north and the Thames River in the northwest. Primarily rural, with an economy driven by manufacturing and agriculture, the riding is also known as tobacco country.

Following the 1999 riding redistribution, the new Elgin-Middlesex-London incorporated all of Elgin, almost 20 per cent of Middlesex and a small portion of London South.

Political History:

In the former riding of Elgin, Mitch Hepburn (premier from 1934 to 1942) sat as a Liberal and then as a Liberal-Independent. He was followed by PC candidate Ron McNeil, who won eight successive elections starting in 1959. The Conservative run came to an end in 1987, when the Liberals retook the seat.

In 1990, the NDP's Peter North won the seat and was appointed to the Bob Rae cabinet. After resigning from cabinet, North sat as an independent, and was re-elected as an unaffiliated member in 1995.