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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
2004

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
75,217

District created
  
2003

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Ontario

Perth—Wellington

MP
  
John Nater Conservative

Census divisions
  
Perth County, Wellington County, Minto

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:

Contents

  • Perth County, Ontario including the City of Stratford, Ontario and the Town of St. Marys, Ontario, and
  • the Town of Minto, the Townships of Mapleton and Wellington North in the County of Wellington.

    • Demographics

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

    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 (76%), Waterloo—Wellington (17%) and Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (7%) ridings. It did not undergo any boundary changes in the 2012 electoral redistribution.

    References

    Perth—Wellington Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA