Perth—Middlesex
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Perth—Middlesex was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003.
This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Lambton—Middlesex, London—Middlesex and Perth—Wellington—Waterloo ridings. It consisted of the County of Perth and the northeast part of the County of Middlesex.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, Middlesex—Kent—Lambton and Perth—Wellington ridings.
[edit] Electoral history
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | RICHARDSON, John | 19,583 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | SCHELLENBERGER, Gary | 11,073 | |||
| Reform | BLOOMFIELD, Garnet M. | 9,180 | |||
| New Democratic Party | HAM, Linda | 3,806 | |||
| Christian Heritage | HARRIS, Jamie | 858 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | RICHARDSON, John Alexander | 16,988 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | SCHELLENBERGER, Gary | 11,545 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | BLOOMFIELD, Garnet | 9,785 | |||
| New Democratic Party | DINICOL, Sam | 2,800 | |||
| Green | EBERHARDT, Eric | 689 | |||
| No affiliation | KROESBERGEN, Tom | 141 | |||
| Canadian Action | CARRUTHERS, Larry | 128 | |||
By-election on Mr. Richardson's resignation:
| By-election on 21 May 2003 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Schellenberger | 10,413 | |||
| Liberal | Brian Innes | 9,412 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Marian Meinen | 5,400 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Sam Dinicol | 4,703 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 902 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
