Perth (provincial electoral district)

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

Perth

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1934
District abolished	1996
First contested	1934
Last contested	1995

Perth was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, which was created for the 1934 election. It was abolished prior to the 1999 election. It was merged into the riding of Perth-Middlesex.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Perth
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created in 1934 from Perth North and Perth South
19th	1934–1937		William Angus Dickson [nb 1]	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		J. Fred Edwards	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Hugh Edighoffer	Liberal
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Karen Haslam	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Bert Johnson	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Perth-Middlesex after 1996

References

Notes

1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For William Angus Dickson's Legislative Assembly information see "William Angus Dickson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For J. Fred Edwards's Legislative Assembly information see "J. Fred Edwards, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Hugh Edighoffer's Legislative Assembly information see "Hugh Edighoffer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Karen Haslam's Legislative Assembly information see "Karen Haslam, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Bert Johnson's Legislative Assembly information see "Bert Johnson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.