Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district)
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Ontario electoral district | |||
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Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative |
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District created | 2006 | ||
First contested | 2007 | ||
Last contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 114,405 | ||
Electors (2011) | 84,665 | ||
Area (km²) | 939.96 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 121.7 | ||
Census divisions | Waterloo | ||
Census subdivisions | Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich |
Kitchener—Conestoga is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 114,405.
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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 south of a line (from west to east) Conestoga Parkway, King Street East, the King Street Bypass and the Grand River.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Kitchener—Conestoga | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created | ||||
38th | 2007–2011 | Leeanna Pendergast | Liberal | |
40th | 2011–2014 | Michael Harris | Progressive Conservative | |
41st | 2014–Present |
Election results
Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Harris | 17,083 | 36.39 | -7.82 | ||||
Liberal | Wayne Wright | 15,664 | 33.34 | -2.16 | ||||
New Democratic | James Villeneuve | 9,958 | 21.19 | +3.62 | ||||
Green | David Weber | 3,277 | 6.97 | +4.22 | ||||
Libertarian | David Schumm | 1,001 | 2.13 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 46,983 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.83 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[1] |
Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Harris | 18,017 | 44.18 | +7.15 | ||||
Liberal | Leeanna Pendergast | 14,476 | 35.50 | -6.32 | ||||
New Democratic | Mark Cairns | 7,165 | 17.57 | +5.92 | ||||
Green | Robert Rose | 1,121 | 2.75 | -4.44 | ||||
Total valid votes | 40,779 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 244 | 0.59 | ||||||
Turnout | 41,023 | 46.62 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 87,992 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.74 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Leeanna Pendergast | 16,315 | 41.82 | +2.03 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Harris | 14,450 | 37.04 | -5.83 | ||||
New Democratic | Mark Cairns | 4,545 | 11.65 | -0.08 | ||||
Green | Colin Jones | 2,805 | 7.19 | |||||
Family Coalition | Len Solomon | 510 | 1.31 | |||||
Libertarian | Larry Stevens | 246 | 0.63 | |||||
Freedom | David Driver | 145 | 0.37 | |||||
Total valid votes | 39,016 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +3.93 |
^ Change based on redistributed results
2007 electoral reform referendum
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 24,287 | 63.7 | |
Mixed member proportional | 13,872 | 36.3 | |
Total valid votes | 38,159 | 100.0 |
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