Ontario electoral district | |||
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Perth-Wellington in relation to other southern Ontario ridings | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative |
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District created | 2006 | ||
First contested | 2007 | ||
Last contested | 2011 | ||
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 |
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.
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Parliament | Years | Member and margin of victory | Party | ||
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39th | 2007–2011 | 15.2% | John Wilkinson | Liberal | |
40th | 2011-Present | 1.8% | Randy Pettapiece | Progressive Conservative |
Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Randy Pettapiece | 14,282 | 40.6 | +8.6 | ||
Liberal | John Wilkinson | 13,652 | 38.8 | -6.8 | ||
New Democrat | Ellen Papenburg | 5,596 | 15.9 | +5.8 | ||
Green | Chris Desjardins | 877 | 2.5 | -5.3 | ||
Family Coalition | Irma DeVries | 611 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
Freedom | Robby Smink | 158 | 0.4 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 35,176 | 100.0 |
Note: the 2011 election was held on October 6, 2011.
Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
Liberal | John Wilkinson | 18,249 | 47.2 | - | ||
Progressive Conservative | John Rutherford | 12,391 | 32.0 | - | ||
New Democrat | Donna Hansen | 3,922 | 10.1 | - | ||
Green | Anita Payne | 2,997 | 7.8 | - | ||
Family Coalition | Pat Bannon | 760 | 2.0 | - | ||
Independent | Kevin Allman | 216 | 0.6 | - | ||
Freedom | Robby Smink | 143 | 0.4 | - | ||
Total valid votes | 38,678 | 100.0 |
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 |
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