Quick Facts
Biography
Randy Pettapiece (born c. 1949) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Perth—Wellington. He has been an MPP since 2011.
Background
Pettapiece was born and raised on a farm near Cottam, Ontario. He owns a decorating business.
Politics
Pettapiece served two terms as a councillor for the township of North Perth, Ontario.
In the 2011 provincial election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Perth—Wellington. He defeated Liberal incumbent John Wilkinson by 210 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 election defeating Liberal candidate Stewart Skinner by 2,486 votes.
He is the party's critic for Community and Social Services and for Horse Racing.
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Pettapiece | 23,736 | 50.67 | +11.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael O'Brien | 14,385 | 30.71 | +11.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Brendan Knight | 5,062 | 10.81 | -22.13 | ||||
| Green | Lisa Olsen | 2,746 | 5.86 | +0.98 | ||||
| Libertarian | Scott Marshall | 380 | 0.81 | -0.19 | ||||
| Consensus Ontario | Paul McKendrick | 320 | 0.68 | n/a | ||||
| Freedom | Rob Smeenk | 125 | 0.27 | -0.21 | ||||
| Alliance | Andrew Stanton | 89 | 0.19 | n/a | ||||
| Total valid votes | 46,843 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 75,420 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Pettapiece | 15,996 | 39.00 | -1.09 | ||||
| Liberal | Stewart Skinner | 13,510 | 32.94 | -6.59 | ||||
| New Democratic | Romayne Smith Fullerton | 7,768 | 18.94 | +3.18 | ||||
| Green | Chris Desjardins | 2,000 | 4.88 | +2.40 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Irma DeVries | 789 | 1.92 | +0.23 | ||||
| Libertarian | Scott Marshall | 411 | 1.00 | |||||
| Independent | Matthew Murphy | 343 | 0.84 | |||||
| Freedom | Robby Smink | 198 | 0.48 | +0.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,015 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.75 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario | ||||||||
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Pettapiece | 14,282 | 40.6 | +8.6 | ||||
| Liberal | John Wilkinson | 13,652 | 38.8 | -6.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ellen Papenburg | 5,596 | 15.9 | +5.8 | ||||
| Green | Chris Desjardins | 877 | 2.5 | -5.3 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Irma DeVries | 611 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||||
| Freedom | Robby Smink | 158 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,176 | 100.0 | ||||||