Perth—Middlesex
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Perth—Middlesex was an electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1997 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

 from 1999 to 2007.

This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Lambton—Middlesex
Lambton—Middlesex
Lambton—Middlesex is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

, London—Middlesex
London—Middlesex
London—Middlesex was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario....

 and Perth—Wellington—Waterloo
Perth—Wellington—Waterloo
Perth—Wellington—Waterloo was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings. It consisted of the County of Perth and the northeast part of the County of Middlesex.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London
Elgin—Middlesex—London
Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons.It was created in 1996 from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex, and London—Middlesex ridings.-Members of Parliament:...

, Middlesex—Kent—Lambton and Perth—Wellington
Perth—Wellington
Perth—Wellington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings....

 ridings.

Federal election results

|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|RICHARDSON, John
John Richardson (politician)
BGen John Alexander "Jack" Richardson was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2002. His career was in education and defence...


|align="right"| 19,583

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|SCHELLENBERGER, Gary
Gary Schellenberger
Gary Ralph Schellenberger is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Perth—Wellington for the Conservative Party....


|align="right"|11,073

|Reform
Reform Party of Canada
The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....


|BLOOMFIELD, Garnet M.
|align="right"|9,180

|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|HAM, Linda
|align="right"| 3,806

|Christian Heritage
Christian Heritage Party of Canada
The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles...


|HARRIS, Jamie
|align="right"|858
|-

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|RICHARDSON, John Alexander
John Richardson (politician)
BGen John Alexander "Jack" Richardson was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2002. His career was in education and defence...


|align="right"| 16,988

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|SCHELLENBERGER, Gary
Gary Schellenberger
Gary Ralph Schellenberger is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Perth—Wellington for the Conservative Party....


|align="right"| 11,545

|Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...


|BLOOMFIELD, Garnet
|align="right"| 9,785

|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|DINICOL, Sam
|align="right"| 2,800

|Green
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...


|EBERHARDT, Eric
|align="right"| 689

|No affiliation
|KROESBERGEN, Tom
|align="right"| 141

|Canadian Action
Canadian Action Party
The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T...


|CARRUTHERS, Larry
|align="right"| 128
By-election on Mr. Richardson's resignation:

|-

|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....


|Gary Schellenberger
Gary Schellenberger
Gary Ralph Schellenberger is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Perth—Wellington for the Conservative Party....


|align="right"| 10,413

|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...


|Brian Innes
|align="right"| 9,412

|Canadian Alliance
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...


|Marian Meinen
|align="right"| 5,400

|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...


|Sam Dinicol
|align="right"| 4,703

|Christian Heritage
Christian Heritage Party of Canada
The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles...


|Ron Gray
Ron Gray
Ronald "Ron" O. Gray is a minor Canadian federal politician. He was the leader of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada from 1995 to 2008.-Early life:...


|align="right"| 902

Provincial election results


|-

|John Wilkinson
John Wilkinson (Canadian politician)
John Wilkinson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the predominantly rural riding of Perth—Wellington for the Liberal Party, and serves as provincial Minister of Environment....


|align="right"|17,017
|align="right"|42.71
|align="right"|+6.35
|-

|Bert Johnson
|align="right"|15,680
|align="right"|39.36
|align="right"|-12.64
|-

|Jack Verhulst
|align="right"|4,703
|align="right"|11.8
|align="right"|+4.61
|-

|John Cowling
|align="right"|1,201
|align="right"|3.01
|-

|Pat Bannon
|align="right"|857
|align="right"|2.15
|align="right"|-1.08
|-

|Robert Smink
|align="right"|384
|align="right"|0.96
|}


|-

|Bert Johnson
Bert Johnson
Bert Johnson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003....


|align="right"|22,065
|align="right"|52
|-

|John Wilkinson
|align="right"|15,428
|align="right"|36.36
|-

|Walter Edmund Vernon
|align="right"|3,053
|align="right"|7.19
|-

|Pat Bannon
|align="right"|1,369
|align="right"|3.23
|-

|Robert J.W. Smink
|align="right"|521
|align="right"|1.23
|}

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