Kitchener—Conestoga
Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 114,405. The riding is currently represented by Liberal Tim Louis. This was one of only two ridings in the country Conservatives won in the 2015 election while Liberals won in the 2019 election (the other being Milton).[3]
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 93,827 | ||
Electors (2015) | 67,890 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 949 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 98.9 | ||
Census division(s) | Waterloo | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich |
Geography
The district includes the townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot, and the southwestern part of the City of Kitchener, i.e., the part of the City of Kitchener lying west of Fischer-Hallman Road.
The electoral district was created in 2003 from Waterloo—Wellington, part of Kitchener Centre, and part of Cambridge. It was known as "Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich" from 2004 to 2005.
This riding lost almost half of its territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler but gained territory from Kitchener Centre, Kitchener—Waterloo and a fraction from Wellington—Halton Hills during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Kitchener—Conestoga Riding created from Waterloo—Wellington, Kitchener Centre and Cambridge |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Lynn Myers | Liberal | |
39th | 2006–2008 | Harold Albrecht | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
43rd | 2019–present | Tim Louis | Liberal |
Election results
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Tim Louis | 20,480 | 39.7 | -3.15 | $78,912.65 | |||
Conservative | Harold Albrecht | 20,115 | 39.0 | -4.22 | $90,924.77 | |||
New Democratic | Riani De Wet | 5,204 | 10.1 | +0.4 | none listed | |||
Green | Stephanie Goertz | 4,946 | 9.6 | +6.88 | none listed | |||
People's | Koltyn Wallar | 790 | 1.5 | – | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,535 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 361 | |||||||
Turnout | 51,896 | 69.6 | -0.24 | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,562 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Harold Albrecht | 20,649 | 43.29 | -11.12 | $126,202.90 | |||
Liberal | Tim Louis | 20,398 | 42.76 | +19.29 | $65,863.92 | |||
New Democratic | James Villeneuve | 4,653 | 9.75 | -8.50 | $13,161.73 | |||
Green | Bob Jonkman | 1,314 | 2.75 | -0.89 | $1,743.36 | |||
Libertarian | Richard Hodgson | 685 | 1.44 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,699 | 100.00 | $202,562.28 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 227 | 0.47 | – | |||||
Turnout | 47,926 | 69.84 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 68,623 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.21 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 21,914 | 54.41 | |
Liberal | 9,454 | 23.47 | |
New Democratic | 7,350 | 18.25 | |
Green | 1,469 | 3.65 | |
Others | 86 | 0.21 |
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Harold Albrecht | 28,902 | 54.12 | +4.80 | $87,677.43 | |||
New Democratic | Lorne Bruce | 11,665 | 21.84 | +6.81 | $9,277.86 | |||
Liberal | Robert Rosehart | 10,653 | 19.95 | -4.94 | – | |||
Green | Albert Ashley | 2,184 | 4.09 | -6.65 | – | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.80 | ||||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,404 | 100.00 | $92,867.94 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 171 | 0.32 | 0.00 | |||||
Turnout | 53,575 | 61.10 | +4.58 | |||||
Eligible voters | 87,689 | – | – |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Harold Albrecht | 23,525 | 49.32 | +8.10 | $84,798 | |||
Liberal | Orlando Da Silva | 11,876 | 24.89 | -13.59 | $75,077 | |||
New Democratic | Rod McNeil | 7,173 | 15.03 | +0.15 | $6,494 | |||
Green | Jamie Kropf | 5,124 | 10.74 | +5.33 | $33,066 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.85 | ||||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,698 | 100.00 | $88,113 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 153 | 0.32 | ||||||
Turnout | 47,851 | 56.52 | ||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.85 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Harold Albrecht | 20,615 | 41.22 | +5.86 | ||||
Liberal | Lynn Myers | 19,245 | 38.48 | -3.80 | ||||
New Democratic | Len Carter | 7,443 | 14.88 | -0.83 | ||||
Green | Kris Stapleton | 2,706 | 5.41 | -1.22 | ||||
Total valid votes | 50,009 | 100.00 | ||||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.83 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Lynn Myers | 17,819 | 42.29 | |||||
Conservative | Frank Luellau | 14,903 | 35.37 | |||||
New Democratic | Len Carter | 6,623 | 15.72 | |||||
Green | Kris Stapleton | 2,793 | 6.63 | |||||
Total valid votes | 42,138 | 100.00 |
References
- "(Code 35038) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2012
- Statistics Canada: 2012
- Cheung, Christopher (October 23, 2019). "Liberals Prove Kings of Tight Ridings. And More Election Crunching". The Tyee. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections