Perth (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Perth.

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Perth (provincial electoral district).

Perth (also known as Perth—Wilmot) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988. This riding was created in 1933 from Perth North and parts of Perth South ridings.

It initially consisted of the county of Perth, excluding the townships of Fullarton and Hibbert, but including the city of Stratford, the town of Mitchell, and the part of the village of Tavistock that lies in the county of Perth.

In 1947, Perth riding was redefined to consist of the county of Perth, excluding the townships of Fullarton, Logan, and Hibbert but including the city of Stratford and that part of the village of Tavistock contained in the township of Easthope South.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the county of Perth, excluding the township of Hibbert but including the city of Stratford and that part of the village of Tavistock contained in the township of Easthope South.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the County of Perth (excluding the Town of Palmerston and the Village of Tavistock), and that part of the County of Waterloo contained in the Township of Wilmot.

The name of electoral district was changed in 1970 to Perth—Wilmot.

Perth—Wilmot was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Oxford, Perth and Waterloo ridings.

The new riding of Perth consisted of County of Perth. Perth electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was incorporated into Perth—Wellington—Waterloo riding.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Perth
Riding created from Perth North and Perth South
18th	1935–1940	Fred Sanderson	Liberal
19th	1935–1940	Fred Sanderson	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Albert Bradshaw	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	James Corry	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Jay Monteith	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
Perth—Wilmot
29th	1972–1974	William H. Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979	William H. Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Perth, Oxford, and Waterloo
Perth
31st	1979–1980	William H. Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	William H. Jarvis
33rd	1984–1988	Harry Brightwell
Riding dissolved into Perth—Wellington—Waterloo

Electoral history

Perth, 1933 - 1970

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick George Sanderson	12,766
	Progressive Conservative	Gerrance Hastings Jose	7,551
	Reconstruction	Harry Watson	2,016
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Gerald Connor	1,211

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick George Sanderson	12,926
	Conservative	John Murray	8,451

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Albert James Bradshaw	10,961
	Liberal	Theodore Parker	10,785
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norman Garfield McCully	1,772

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Neilson Corry	10,901
	Progressive Conservative	Albert James Bradshaw	9,667
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Walter	1,697

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	12,959
	Liberal	James Neilson Corry	10,939

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	16,663
	Liberal	James C. Neilson	9,186

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	18,295
	Liberal	James C. Neilson	6,842
	Independent	Theodore R. Parker	859

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	15,108
	Liberal	Fred Hotson	8,839

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	15,328
	Liberal	R. Neill Bissonnette	10,442
	New Democratic	Thomas O. Soper	1,065

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	13,558
	Liberal	C. Isabel MacBeth	9,309
	New Democratic	Gerald Alan Pout-MacDonald	1,712

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Monteith	14,959
	Liberal	Bill Somerville	12,864
	New Democratic	Jack Bishop	3,009

Perth—Wilmot, 1970 - 1976

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Jarvis	19,859
	Liberal	C. Cy Cline	11,684
	New Democratic	Gary Gardiner	4,069

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Jarvis	17,636
	Liberal	J. David Bradshaw	13,997
	New Democratic	Joan E. Rankin	3,503

Perth, 1976 - 1987

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Jarvis	19,019
	Liberal	J. David Bradshaw	9,255
	New Democratic	John Davies	4,255

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Jarvis	15,172
	Liberal	Bob McTavish	12,077
	New Democratic	John Davies	4,635
	Marxist–Leninist	Salah Bachir	56

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Brightwell	19,186
	Liberal	Brian Innes	10,155
	New Democratic	Ian Munro	5,599

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