| 1997 Canadian federal election: Perth—Middlesex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Richardson | 19,583 | 44.01 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Schellenberger | 11,073 | 24.88 | |||||
| Reform | Garnet M. Bloomfield | 9,180 | 20.63 | |||||
| New Democratic | Linda Ham | 3,806 | 8.55 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Jamie Harris | 858 | 1.93 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 44,500 | 100.00 | ||||||