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
MPP	Matthew Rae; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	2006
First contested	2007
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	107,905
Electors (2018)	78,738
Area (km²)	3,615
Pop. density (per km²)	29.8
Census division(s)	Perth, Wellington
Census subdivision(s)	Minto, Wellington North, North Perth, Mapleton, West Perth, Perth East, Stratford, Perth South, St. Marys

LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Matthew Rae
Progressive Conservative

District created2006

First contested2007

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.

The riding 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]

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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	2018–2022
43rd	2022–2025		Matthew Rae	Progressive Conservative
44th	2025–present		Matthew Rae	Progressive Conservative

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Matthew Rae	20,752	47.0	+0.2
	Liberal	Ashley Fox	12,547	28.4	+12.3
	New Democratic	Jason Davis	5,580	12.6	–9.4
	Green	Ian Morton	3,299	7.5	+1.2
	New Blue	James Montgomery	1,284	2.9	–3.0
	Ontario Party	Sarah Zenuh	458	1.0	–1.4
	Freedom	Rob Smink	229	0.5	+0.1
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout				53.3	+3.2
Eligible voters			82,788
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–6.0
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Matthew Rae	19,468	46.80	−3.87	$78,758
	New Democratic	Jo-Dee Burbach	9,170	22.04	−8.66	$56,081
	Liberal	Ashley Fox	6,708	16.13	+5.32	$30,153
	Green	Laura Bisutti	2,627	6.32	+0.45	$426
	New Blue	Bob Hosken	2,457	5.91		$7,326
	Ontario Party	Sandy William MacGregor	985	2.37		$846
	Freedom	Robby Smink	182	0.44	+0.17	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,597	99.45	+0.87	$117,096
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			229	0.55	-0.87
Turnout			41,826	50.09	-10.26
Eligible voters			83,638
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.40
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Pettapiece	23,736	50.67	+11.71
	New Democratic	Michael O'Brien	14,385	30.71	+11.79
	Liberal	Brendan Knight	5,062	10.81	-22.29
	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	-0.23
	Alliance	Andrew Stanton	89	0.19	n/a
Total valid votes			46,843	98.58
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			673	1.42	-0.14
Turnout			47,516	60.35	+4.69
Eligible voters			78,738
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.04
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Pettapiece	15,992	38.96	-1.13
	Liberal	Stewart Skinner	13,585	33.10	-6.43
	New Democratic	Romayne Smith Fullerton	7,764	18.91	+3.14
	Green	Chris Desjardins	2,005	4.88	+2.40
	Family Coalition	Irma DeVries	746	1.82	+0.13
	Libertarian	Scott Marshall	411	1.00
	Independent	Matthew Murphy	343	0.84
	Freedom	Robby Smink	202	0.49	+0.05
Total valid votes			41,048	98.44
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			650	1.56
Turnout			41,698	55.66
Eligible voters			74,914
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.75
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)

Election results

2007 electoral reform referendum

See also

References

Related Articles

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

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