Perth—Wellington—Waterloo

Perth—Wellington—Waterloo was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Perth, Waterloo and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.

Perth—Wellington—Waterloo

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	1996
First contested	1988
Last contested	1993

The riding consisted of the County of Perth, the townships of Wellesley and Wilmot in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and the Village of Drayton and the townships of Maryborough and Peel in the County of Wellington.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Perth, Waterloo and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe
34th	1988–1993		Harry Brightwell	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		John Richardson	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington

Electoral history

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Brightwell	17,974	39.10
	Liberal	Mike Stinson	17,013	37.01
	New Democratic	Linda Ham	8,727	18.98
	Christian Heritage	Stan Puklicz	2,009	4.37
	Libertarian	Joe Yundt	249	0.54
Total valid votes			45,972	100.0
Source(s) "Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Ontario (1988-1997)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richardson	20,125	43.26	+6.25
	Reform	Jeff Gerber	12,185	26.19	–
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Brightwell	10,835	23.29	-15.81
	New Democratic	Stephanie Levesque	1,909	4.10	-14.88
	Christian Heritage	Sid Vander Heide	647	1.39	-2.98
	National	Ted Owen	486	1.04	–
	Natural Law	Tom Lanier	184	0.40	–
	Libertarian	Joe Yundt	152	0.33	-0.21
Total valid votes			46,523	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.03
Source(s) "Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Ontario (1988-1997)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada