Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)

Perth—Wellington
Ontario electoral district
	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 (2016)	107,908
Electors (2007)	72,944
Area (km²)	3,782
Pop. density (per km²)	28.5
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	2014–2018
42nd	2018–present

Election results

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Pettapiece	23,736	50.67	+11.67
	New Democratic	Michael O'Brien	14,385	30.71	+11.77
	Liberal	Brendan Knight	5,062	10.81	-22.13
	Green	Lisa Olsen	2,746	5.86	+0.98
	Libertarian	Scott Marshall	380	0.81	-0.19
	Consensus Ontario	Paul McKendrick	320	0.68	n/a
	Freedom	Rob Smeenk	125	0.27	-0.21
	Alliance	Andrew Stanton	89	0.19	n/a
Total valid votes			46,843	100.00
Eligible voters			75,420
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.05
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2014 Ontario general election
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[3]

2011 Ontario general election
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[4]

2007 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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

"Perth-Wellington". www.elections.on.ca. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 070 Perth-Wellington". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Perth—Wellington" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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[1] "Perth-Wellington". www.elections.on.ca. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[3] Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 070 Perth-Wellington". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[4] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Perth—Wellington" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario