Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Perth—Wellington.

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.

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	2022
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

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

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–present		Matthew Rae

Election results

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 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

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

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

2011 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario general election
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

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

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results
• Map of riding for 2018 election