it became part of the City of London. The rest was added to adjacent townships (Delaware Township to the west, South Dorchester Township to the east). The annexed areas formed Ward 8 on London City Council. Ben Veel, the final mayor of Westminster, was appointed as councillor until a by-election in March 1993. Veel was elected and served until the next municipal election in 1994. When the term expired, Ward 8 was eliminated and redistributed among the other seven wards. Most of the former town is excluded from London's current urban development area, but some portions annexed to the city are eligible for urban development and have been built on. The annexation solved infrastructure problems faced by the township subdivision of South Winds, now becoming able to be connected to city utilities without an interjurisdictional conundrum. Government and politics Westminster exists within the federal electoral district of London-Fanshawe and Elgin—Middlesex—London. The area north of Highway 401 is currently represented by Lindsay Mathyssen of the New Democratic Party, first elected in 2019. The area south of Highway 401 is currently represented by Karen Vecchio of the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2015. Provincially, the area is within the constituency of London-Fanshawe. It is currently represented by Teresa Armstrong of the New Democratic Party, first elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2014, 2018, and 2022. Westminster is also within the constituency of Elgin—Middlesex—London. It is currently represented by Rob Flack of the Progressive Conservative Party, first elected in 2022. In London's non-partisan municipal politics, the former town of Westminster is split among wards 9, 12 and 14, with a very narrow sliver in Ward 10. The Westminster neighbourhood is entirely within Ward 14. It is currently represented by Councillor Steve Hillier, first elected in 2018. See also List of townships in Ontario References Neighbourhoods in London, Ontario Former municipalities in Ontario 1988 establishments in Ontario 1993 disestablishments in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1993