Perth (provincial electoral district)

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

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

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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

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### Notes

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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

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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.