The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario has unveiled its roadmap that would see the city incorporated into a new riding to be known as London South – St. Thomas.
It would stretch north to Commissioners Road and the Thames River, east to Springwater Road to include Belmont and Mapleton, south to John Wise Line and west to Sunset/Westdel Bourne/Wonderland Road but would not include Lambeth.
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Karen Vecchio is hosting a Zoom meeting Wednesday evening at 7 as part of her local outreach.
Elgin-Middlesex-London riding would no longer exist, instead, a much larger riding of Elgin-Middlesex-Thames – with a population of 117,400 – which includes Port Stanley, Port Burwell, Rodney, Ridgetown, Glencoe, Strathroy, Harrietsville and Mossley would be created.
Vecchio says the changes are about population and not about communities.
The aim of the new electoral boundaries proposed by the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario is to have all ridings in the province fairly equal in population, around the 115,500 mark.
Vecchio is hosting a Zoom meeting Wednesday evening at 7 to gather public input. To register for the free Zoom meeting click here.
Written by Ian McCallum
