Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)
For the federal electoral district, see Perth—Wellington.
Ontario electoral district | |||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
Election results
Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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** 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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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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.
- ↑ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 070 Perth-Wellington". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Perth—Wellington" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
Coordinates: 43°48′04″N 80°56′20″W / 43.801°N 80.939°W
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