CANADA VOTES 2025: Your election guide for the London area
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A federal election has been called, and voters will go to the polls on April 28.
Consult this guide for a list of candidates, poll trackers and other information that will help inform your decision when you go to the ballot box.
The House of Commons expanded to 343 seats in 2023. Five new ridings were added to keep pace with Canada's growing population. In the London area, there are new riding names, and the boundary lines have changed.
Some south London voters will now vote in a riding that takes in St. Thomas and a rural area, named Elgin-St. Thomas-London South.
The newly named riding of London-Middlesex takes in urban voters north of the city, plus a large area that wraps around the city from Thorndale in the east, north to Lucan, and west toward Parkhill.
Another riding with a new name is London North, formerly London North Centre. It now includes voters in Old South, but loses voters in the north of the city.
Check with Elections Canada to confirm your riding.
More names will be added to this list as they're posted to the Elections Canada website. Incumbents are indicated with an asterisk.
Political polls are a mainstay in any election campaign, and their frequency will increase once the election gets underway. Keep track of the polls with this election tool.
CBC's Poll Tracker collects data from several Canadian pollsters, including Liaison Strategies, Leger, Ipsos, Angus Reid Institute, Nanos Research, EKOS Research, Innovative Research Group, Mainstreet Research and Abacus Data.
There are multiple ways to cast your vote. From Elections Canada:
WARNING: This story contains references to missing and murdered Indigenous people. Resources can be found at the bottom of this story.
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