04-29-2025 12:45 a.m.
In the latest from Elections Canada, John Nater has secured his seat for a fourth term.
Currently sitting at 180 polls out of 222, Nater received 55.1 per cent of the vote or just about 25,500 votes.
A total of 46,204 votes have been counted so far in Perth-Wellington.
Liberal Mackey got 39.5 per cent of the vote, coming in at a strong second with almost 19,000 votes.
And in third was NDP Kruchkywich with 4.6 per cent of the vote or 2,208 ballots cast in his name.
Neighbouring ridings also voted conservative, yet a Liberal government will be in power federally with Mark Carney as Prime Minister.
Polling numbers will change as final votes are counted.
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11:05 p.m.
With 50 polls reporting 9,339 votes, Nater continues his strong lead with 4,945 votes or 52.9 per cent of the vote.
Liberals are trailing in second at 40.2 per cent of the vote, or 3,758 votes.
NDP is in third with 4.8 per cent of the vote, or 452 votes.
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10:50 p.m.
20 polls reporting with over 4,000 votes cast and Nater is in the lead with 54.5 per cent of the vote, with more than 2,180 votes.
Mackey has dropped to 39 per cent share of the vote, with more than 1,561 votes.
Kruchkywich has jumped to 4.3 per cent of the vote, with 172 votes.
Baker has 2.2 per cent of the total vote.
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10:45 p.m.
The first 10 polling stations have reported in the ballots cast.
Conservative Nater leads with 954 votes or 49.8 per cent share of the vote.
Liberal Mackey has been a close second all night with 43.8 per cent share of the vote or 838 votes.
NDP’s Kruchkywich has 82 votes or 4.3 per cent.
Keep checking back for more updates as they become available.
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10:10 p.m.
The first poll has reported in and Conservative Nater has 45.8 per cent share of the vote.
Liberal Mackey is a close second with 41.7 per cent share of the vote.
NDP’s Kruchkywich has 8.3 per cent of the first poll votes.
Stay tuned for more polling numbers as they become available.
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9:30 p.m.
Polls have now closed in Ontario and the results will begin coming in for the riding.
There are 222 polls that need to report votes in Perth-Wellington.
Taking a look at the riding’s statistics from the 2021 election, the Conservative’s won with 26,984 votes of the total vote.
There were 85,049 eligible voters in Perth-Wellington during the last election, with a 65.8 per cent voter turnout.
The riding has been conservative lead since 2004, under the leadership of Gary Schellenberger until Nater’s election in 2015.
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8:30 p.m.
Conservative John Nater is seeking reelection in the Perth-Wellington riding.
Nater was elected as the Member of Parliament for Perth—Wellington in the 42nd Canadian Federal Election in 2015 and has been MP since.
There are three other candidates running for MP in the riding.
This includes Liberal’s David Mackey, NDP’s Kevin Kruchkywich and Wayne Baker (People’s Party of Canada).
Nater won in the 2021 federal election with 48.6 per cent of the vote, with Liberal Brendan Knight in second with 13,684 votes and Kruchkywich in third with 9,552 votes.
A total of 55,577 valid votes were cast in the previous federal election.
