On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Perth-Wellington.
Candidates
Liberals: Stewart Skinner
Progressive Conservatives: Randy Pettapiece*
NDP: Romayne Smith Fullerton
Green: Chris Desjardins
Geography
History
Perth-Wellington is a relatively new riding, created in 2006 from parts of Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey, Perth-Middlesex and Waterloo-Wellington ridings. PC candidate Randy Pettapiece took this riding from Liberal incumbent John Wilkinson last election by just over 600 votes.
By the numbers
There is a strong German heritage in this riding, with 7.16% of people listing it as their mother tongue. 66.7% of people stayed at the same address between 2006 and 2011, the fifth most in southern Ontario.
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A swing riding that has moved towards the Tories in the past decade, Perth-Wellington is a seat the PCs need to keep if they hope to win.
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