Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)

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For the federal electoral district, see Perth—Wellington.

Ontario electoral district

Perth—Wellington in relation to other southern Ontario ridings

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Randy Pettapiece
Progressive Conservative

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

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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member and margin of victory			Party
39th	2007–2011	15.2%		John Wilkinson	Liberal
40th	2011–Present	1.8%		Randy Pettapiece	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Pettapiece	14,282	40.6	+8.6
	Liberal	John Wilkinson	13,652	38.8	-6.8
	New Democratic	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	0.0
Total valid votes			35,176	100.0

Note: the 2011 election was held on October 6, 2011.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	John Wilkinson	18,249	47.2
	Progressive Conservative	John Rutherford	12,391	32.0
	New Democratic	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

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

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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

Coordinates: 43°48′04″N 80°56′20″W / 43.801°N 80.939°W / 43.801; -80.939

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