Perth—Middlesex

Perth—Middlesex
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2003 by-election

Perth—Middlesex was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Lambton—Middlesex, London—Middlesex and Perth—Wellington—Waterloo
36th	1997–2000	John Richardson	Liberal
37th	2000–2002	John Richardson	Liberal
37th	2003–2004	Gary Schellenberger	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Elgin—Middlesex—London, Middlesex—Kent—Lambton and Perth—Wellington

Federal election results

1997 Canadian federal election
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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	16,988	40.37	-3.64
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	11,545	27.44	+2.56
	Alliance	Garnet Bloomfield	9,785	23.26	+2.63
	New Democratic	Sam Dinicol	2,800	6.65	-1.90
	Green	Eric Eberhardt	689	1.64	–
	No affiliation	Tom Kroesbergen	141	0.34	–
	Canadian Action	Larry Carruthers	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

2003 Ontario general election
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%

1999 Ontario general election
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

External links

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

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Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont

Perth—Middlesex

Members of Parliament

Federal election results

Provincial election results

See also

External links