Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)

Perth—Wellington
Ontario electoral district
	File:Perth-Wellington.png Perth—Wellington in relation to other southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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District created	2006
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	103,874
Electors (2007)	72,944
Area (km²)	3,782
Pop. density (per km²)	27.5
Census divisions	Perth, Wellington
Census subdivisions	Minto, Wellington North, North Perth, Mapleton, West Perth, Perth East, Stratford, Perth South, St. Marys

Perth—Wellington is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

It consists of the County of Perth, and the Town of Minto and the townships of Mapleton and Wellington North in the County of Wellington.^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Perth—Wellington
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington
39th	2007–2011		John Wilkinson	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Randy Pettapiece	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Randy Pettapiece	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Pettapiece	15,996	39.00	-1.09
	Liberal	Stewart Skinner	13,510	32.94	-6.59
	New Democratic	Romayne Smith Fullerton	7,768	18.94	+3.18
	Green	Chris Desjardins	2,000	4.88	+2.40
	Family Coalition	Irma DeVries	789	1.92	+0.23
	Libertarian	Scott Marshall	411	1.00
	Independent	Matthew Murphy	343	0.84
	Freedom	Robby Smink	198	0.48	+0.04
Total valid votes			41,015	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.75
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Pettapiece	14,845	40.09	+8.05
	Liberal	John Wilkinson	14,635	39.53	-7.65
	New Democratic	Ellen Papenburg	5,836	15.76	+5.62
	Green	Chris Desjardins	918	2.48	-5.27
	Family Coalition	Irma DeVries	627	1.69	-0.27
	Freedom	Robby Smink	164	0.44	+0.07
Total valid votes			37,025	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			144	0.39
Turnout			37,169	51.89
Eligible voters			71,629
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.85
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Wilkinson	18,249	47.18
	Progressive Conservative	John Rutherford	12,391	32.04
	New Democratic	Donna Hansen	3,922	10.14
	Green	Anita Payne	2,997	7.75
	Family Coalition	Pat Bannon	760	1.96
	Independent	Kevin Allman	216	0.56
	Freedom	Robby Smink	143	0.37
Total valid votes			38,678	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	25,480	67.6
	Mixed member proportional	12,218	32.4
	Total valid votes	37,698	100.0

Sources

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Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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