The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Perth—Wellington
Federal riding · ON · No. 35085 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- John Nater Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 7,830 votes
- Turnout
- 71.2% of 90,478 electors
- Population
- 113,930 2021 census
- Area
- 3,782 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Boundaries unchanged in 2023Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area
- Area, largest first3,782 km² · 103rd of 343 in Canada
- Turnout71.2% of 90,478 electors voted · 125th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
John Nater
- Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole
IDid this riding change?
Essentially no. Today's Perth—Wellington covers almost exactly the same ground as the Perth—Wellington riding it replaced.
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
John Nater
Conservative
33,972
53.0% of valid votes
Margin
7,830
votes · +12.2 pts
Runner-up
David Mackey
Liberal
26,142
40.8% of valid votes
Conservative 53.0% · Liberal 40.8% · New Democratic 4.5% · People's 1.7%
Turnout71.2% of 90,478 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Nater | Conservative | 33,972 | 53.0% | 48.2% | +4.8 |
| David Mackey | Liberal | 26,142 | 40.8% | 24.5% | +16.3 |
| Kevin Kruchkywich | New Democratic | 2,909 | 4.5% | 17.1% | −12.6 |
| Wayne Baker | People's | 1,069 | 1.7% | 9.6% | −7.9 |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
6.1 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,909 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 7,830-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
37 of 186
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 3,916 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 6.1% of the 64,092 valid votes, 6.1 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative33,972
Liberal26,142
Still Conservative by 7,830 votes. Actual margin: 7,830.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 52.4% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative58.3%47.2%−11.1
Liberal34.5%47.7%+13.2
New Democratic5.2%3.9%−1.3
People's2.0%1.2%−0.8
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $85,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest153rd highest of 343
- Median age is 41.2 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest161st lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.6% — about 62 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest66th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 8.5% — about 49 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest100th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 73.7% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest140th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.5% — about 31 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest20th lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 35085ON · 2025
Perth—Wellington
John Nater
- Result
- Conservative hold by 7,830
- Turnout
- 71.2%
- Population
- 113,930
- Area
- 3,782 km²
Boundaries unchanged in 2023Area, largest firstTurnout
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