Perth—Middlesex

Perth—Middlesex was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.

This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Lambton—Middlesex, London—Middlesex and Perth—Wellington—Waterloo ridings. It consisted of:

• the County of Perth (including the City of Stratford and the Town of St Mary's) and
• the northeast part of the County of Middlesex (consisting of the Townships of McGillivray, East Williams, Lobo, Biddulph and West Nissouri).

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London, Middlesex—Kent—Lambton and Perth—Wellington ridings.

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	RICHARDSON, John	19,583	44.01
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	11,073	24.88
	Reform	BLOOMFIELD, Garnet M.	9,180	20.63
	New Democratic	HAM, Linda	3,806	8.55
	Christian Heritage	HARRIS, Jamie	858	1.93
Total valid votes			44,500	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	RICHARDSON, John Alexander	16,988	40.37	-3.64
	Progressive Conservative	SCHELLENBERGER, Gary	11,545	27.44	+2.56
	Alliance	BLOOMFIELD, Garnet	9,785	23.26	+2.63
	New Democratic	DINICOL, Sam	2,800	6.65	-1.90
	Green	EBERHARDT, Eric	689	1.64	–
	No affiliation	KROESBERGEN, Tom	141	0.34	–
	Canadian Action	CARRUTHERS, Larry	128	0.30	–
Total valid votes			42,076	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.10

Canadian federal by-election, 21 May 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	10,413	33.78	+6.34
	Liberal	Brian Innes	9,412	30.53	-9.84
	Alliance	Marian Meinen	5,400	17.52	-5.74
	New Democratic	Sam Dinicol	4,703	15.25	+8.60
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	902	2.92	–
Total valid votes			30,830	100.00	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.09
By-election called upon Mr. Richardson's resignation.

Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Wilkinson	17,017	42.71	+6.36
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Johnson	15,680	39.36	-12.64
	New Democratic	Jack Verhulst	4,703	11.81	+4.61
	Green	John Cowling	1,201	3.01	–
	Family Coalition	Pat Bannon	857	2.15	-1.08
	Freedom	Robert Smink	384	0.96	–
Total valid votes			39,842	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.50%

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Johnson	22,065	52.00
	Liberal	John Wilkinson	15,428	36.35
	New Democratic	Walter Edmund Vernon	3,053	7.19
	Family Coalition	Pat Bannon	1,369	3.23
	Freedom	Robert J.W. Smink	521	1.23
Total valid votes			42,436	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results