Riding profile

Elgin--St. Thomas--London South

Federal riding — ON · Mixed · southwestern on

The question

Elgin--St. Thomas--London South: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Liberal

Toss-up

Probability
59%
Mean margin (pts)
1.4
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 42.8%
  • Conservative 42.4%
  • NDP 3.5%
  • PPC 2.3%
  • Green 0.9%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Liberal Conservative NDP PPC
HereElgin--St. Thomas--London South 42.8%42.4%3.5%2.3%
Provincial averageOntario 49.1% −6.3 35.3% +7.2 4.8% −1.3 1.1% +1.2
National averageCanada 48.0% −5.2 32.1% +10.3 10.6% −7.1 1.0% +1.3

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Elgin--St. Thomas--London South, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 43% vote share, against 42% for the Conservative Party, and the race could swing. Linguistic profile: 0% francophone, 94% anglophone.

Sitting member

Andrew Lawton

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
7.0 pts
Turnout
68.8%
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.5 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Andrew Lawton Elected Conservative 32,565 50.1 Journalist
David Goodwin Liberal 28,010 43.1 Director - AGF Investments
Paul Pighin NDP 3,118 4.8 Landscaper
Stephen Campbell PPC 1,256 1.9 Information Technology

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.2%
  • Anglophone 93.7%
  • Non-francophone (other) 6.1%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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