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 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 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.

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%

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