Kitchener-Waterloo Matthew Rae, who has served one term as an MPP, successfully keeps his seat in this expansive rural Ontario riding that encompasses Perth County, the Town of Minto, and the townships of Mapleton and Wellington North.
Rae is set to begin his second term as MPP for the riding
· Posted: Feb 27, 2025 9:05 PM EST | Last Updated: February 28, 2025 Estimated 1 minute
Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae is anticipated to keep his seat in that riding. (Joe Pavia/CBC)
Progressive Conservative incumbent Matthew Rae has won a second term in Perth-Wellington.
With all 59 polls reporting:
Rae has 20,752 votes. Liberal Ashley Fox has 12,547 votes. NDP’s Jason Davis has 5,5780 votes. Green’s Ian Morton has 3,299 votes. James Montgomery of the New Blue Party has 1,284 votes. Sarah Zenuh of the Ontario Party has 458 votes. Rob Smink of the Freedom Party of Ontario has 229 votes.
Rae has represented the riding for one term so far. Throughout this period, he held two positions as parliamentary assistant: most recently to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and prior to that to the Minister of Education.
Riding history
The riding of Perth-Wellington was created in 2003 from portions of three different ridings: Dufferin-Peel-Wellington-Grey, Perth-Middlesex and Waterloo-Wellington ridings. Liberal John Wilkinson served this riding from 2003 until 2011. Progressive Conservative Randy Pettapiece took over in 2011 and remained until he chose not to seek re-election in 2022. Rae secured the seat in that same year.Source link
