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Perth—Wellington is a federal electoral district in southwestern
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding consists of: :* Perth County including the City of Stratford and the Town of St Marys, and :* the Town of Minto, the Townships of Mapleton and Wellington North in the County of Wellington.


Demographics

(Other languages, 2016: 7.8% German, 1.9% Dutch)


History

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of
Perth—Middlesex 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 ...
(76%),
Waterloo—Wellington Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003. It continued to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until the 2007 provin ...
(17%) and
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. Federal electoral district The federal riding was created as a result of redist ...
(7%) ridings. It did not undergo any boundary changes in the 2012 electoral redistribution.


Members of Parliament


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian federal electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members ...
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Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that provinc ...


References


External links

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Riding history from the
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2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
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