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Originally Posted by haljackey
I find it hard to believe that hard-hit Elgin county really likes to go Conservative. You'd think they'd swing NDP but nope.
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They must remember what it was like to have Bob Rae and the NDP in power in Ontario. Experience has probably taught them that they wish to avoid a similar scenario for Canada as a whole. From what I have seen, blue-collar small business owners tend to vote Conservative, so if Elgin County has a lot of the small entrepreneurial types then it is no surprise that it went blue.
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Originally Posted by haljackey
Apparently another 30 ridings will be added to the country next election, and I'm assuming London will get one. Haven't looked into it in detail but you may no longer be in Preston's riding depending on where you live.
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I read somewhere that the city proper is expected to have about 380,000 people by the time the next census rolls around. Assuming this is accurate, if a new riding were created now then London would be slightly over-represented (we aim to have 1 seat per 100,000 people). Since the Tories are now in power, I think they would prefer to keep swing ridings under-represented. Most of the new ridings will probably be created in British Columbia, Alberta and elsewhere in Ontario. However, if Harper turns out to be more honest than the average politician, we may eventually see something like "London South" carved out of the rest of the city.