Perth—Wellington

For the provincial electoral district, see Perth—Wellington (provincial electoral district).

Perth—Wellington

Ontario electoral district
File:Perth-Wellington.png Perth—Wellington in relation to other southern Ontario ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	John Nater Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	104,912
Electors (2015)	75,217
Area (km²)	3,580.14
Pop. density (per km²)	29.3
Census divisions	Perth, Wellington
Census subdivisions	Minto, Wellington North, North Perth, Mapleton, West Perth, Perth East, Stratford, Perth South, St. Marys

Perth—Wellington is a federal electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding consists of:

• the County of Perth (including the City of Stratford and the Town of St. Mary's), and
• the Town of Minto and the Townships of Mapleton and Wellington North in the County of Wellington.

Demographics

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals

Group	2011 Census
	Population	% of total
Aboriginal	1,895	1.9
Visible Minority	2,070	2.0
All other	98,800	96.1
Total	102,765	100.0

Population by mother tongue

Group	2011 Census
	Population	% of total
English	89,950	86.9
French	645	0.6
English and French	100	0.1
All other	12,850	12.4
Total	103,545	100.0

(Other languages, 2011: 7.2% German, 2.2% Dutch)

Mobility over previous five years

Group	2011 Census
	Population	% of total
At the same address	67,290	69.9
In the same constituency	14,620	15.2
In the same province	12,880	13.3
From another province	605	0.6
From another country	910	1.0
Total aged 5 or over	96,305	100.0

Religions: 79.3% Christian (18.6% Catholic, 15.6% United Church, 8.7% Presbyterian, 7.5% Lutheran, 5.7% Anglican, 2.1% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 19.8% Other), 19.8% No religion
Median individual income (2010): $31,468
Average individual income (2010): $37,380

History

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Perth—Middlesex (72%), Waterloo—Wellington (20%) and Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (8%) ridings. It did not undergo any boundary changes in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Perth—Wellington Riding created from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington
38th	2004–2006		Gary Schellenberger	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present		John Nater

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Nater	22,255	43.0	-11.5	–
	Liberal	Stephen McCotter	19,420	37.5	+19.5	–
	New Democratic	Ethan Rabidoux	7,756	15.0	-6.3	–
	Green	Nicole Ramsdale	1,347	2.6	-2.0	–
	Christian Heritage	Irma DeVries	794	1.5	-0.2	–
	No affiliation	Roger Fuhr	217	0.4	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,789	100.0		$207,816.50
Total rejected ballots			–	–
Turnout			51,789	68.1%	+4.6%
Eligible voters			76,097
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.5%
Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	25,281	54.5	+6.5	$82,570
	New Democratic	Ellen Papenburg	9,861	21.3	+4.3	$17,764
	Liberal	Bob McTavish	8,341	18.0	-5.7	$40,957
	Green	John Cowling	2,112	4.6	-4.5	$4.790
	Christian Heritage	Irma DeVries	806	1.7	-0.4	$8,010
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,401	100.00		$84,700
Total rejected ballots			179	–
Turnout			46,580	63.5%
Eligible voters			73,391
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.1%

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	20,709	48.0	+1.9	$68,139
	Liberal	Sandra Gardiner	10,225	23.7	-1.9	$29,238
	New Democratic	Kerry McManus	7,234	17.0	-1.8	$23,081
	Green	John Cowling	3,884	9.0	+2.5	$13,365
	Christian Heritage	Irma DeVries	898	2.1	-0.8	$8,662
	Marxist–Leninist	Julian Ichim	98	0.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,048	100.0		$82,152
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.9%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	22,004	46.1	+4.1
	Liberal	David Cunningham	12,301	25.8	-7.6
	New Democratic	Keith Dinicol	8,876	18.6	+3.0
	Green	John Cowling	3,117	6.5	+0.3
	Christian Heritage	Irma DeVries	1,396	2.9	+0.1
Total valid votes			47,694	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.9%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary Schellenberger	18,879	42.0
	Liberal	Brian Innes	15,032	33.4
	New Democratic	Robert Roth	7,027	15.6
	Green	John Cowling	2,770	6.2
	Christian Heritage	Irma Nicolette Devries	1,273	2.8
Total valid votes			44,981	100.0

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada