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Progressive Conservative Matthew Rae was re-elected on Thursday as the province’s governing party maintained its majority status.
Feb 27, 2025 • Last updated Feb 28, 2025 •
Joined by wife Meghan, Matthew Rae talks to supporters at the Mitchell Golf & Country Club after his victory in Perth-Wellington Feb. 27. (Andy Bader/Postmedia Network)
Perth-Wellington is staying blue.
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Progressive Conservative Matthew Rae was re-elected on Thursday as the province’s governing party, under Premier Doug Ford, maintained its majority after a snap election was called last month.
Rae, who first won in 2022 after succeeding Randy Pettapiece, received over 20,000 votes with most of the riding’s 59 polls reporting, about 8,000 more than Liberal Ashley Fox.
“Tonight, the good people of Perth-Wellington and Ontario have made their voices heard,” Rae said to supporters at the Mitchell Golf and Country Club with wife Meghan beside him. “They’ve chosen to re-elect a strong, stable majority Conservative government.”
Rae mentioned that the “challenges ahead of us in the province and country are great. We’re facing the greatest crisis since our country was founded.”
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The 34-year-old parliamentary assistant to the minister of municipal affairs and housing said he feels like he’s getting “whiplash” from ongoing tariff threats from U. S. President Donald Trump. He assured that the Ford government will be prepared whenever tariffs are put into effect.
“The world of our parents and grandparents is literally shifting under our feet, and we’re entering unchartered territory,” he stated. “We will work to ensure Ontario’s economy is the most competitive place to invest, create jobs and do business.”
Fox, a local nurse running for office again this time around, expressed satisfaction with her campaign efforts.<
“Honestly, we ran a very good campaign and had support across parties which is unheard of.”</
Davis Jason NDP candidate came in third with over five thousand one hundred votes.</
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“Davis noted that despite their situation he felt happy about how much effort everyone put in and all the great conversations they had.”
