Kitchener—Waterloo
Ontario electoral district
Kitchener—Waterloo in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1996
District abolished2015
First contested1999
Last contested2014
Demographics
Population (2006)126,742
Electors (2007)92,313
Area (km²)91
Census division(s)Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)Waterloo, Kitchener

Kitchener—Waterloo was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2018. Its population in 2006 was 126,742. The riding was created in 1996 from parts of Waterloo North, Kitchener—Wilmot and Kitchener.

Geography

The district consists of the City of Waterloo and the northern part of the City of Kitchener.

The electoral district was created as part of the 1996 redistribution of provincial ridings to have the same borders as federal ridings, and first contested in 1999 general election.

It consisted initially of the City of Waterloo and the part of the City of Kitchener lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Lawrence Avenue and Victoria Street.

In 2003, the Kitchener part of the riding was redefined to be the part of the city lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Fischer Hallman Road and the Canadian National Railway situated north of Shadeland Crescent.

For the 2018 general election, the riding was dissolved into Waterloo, Kitchener Centre, and Kitchener—Conestoga.

Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Kitchener—Waterloo
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Waterloo North, Kitchener—Wilmot
and Kitchener
37th  1999–2003     Elizabeth Witmer Progressive Conservative
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2012
 2012–2014     Catherine Fife New Democratic
41st  2014–2018
Riding dissolved into Waterloo, Kitchener Centre,
and Kitchener—Conestoga

Election results

2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCatherine Fife20,53637.43-2.44
LiberalJamie Burton16,53430.14+6.15
Progressive ConservativeTracey Weiler14,45026.34-5.49
GreenStacey Danckert2,8595.21+1.94
LibertarianJames Schulz4380.78+0.49
FreedomNicholas Roy430.07+0.05
Total valid votes 54,860 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 6231.12
Turnout 55,48354.95
Eligible voters 100,972
New Democratic hold Swing -4.29
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 039 Kitchener—Waterloo" (PDF). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
Ontario provincial by-election, September 6, 2012
Resignation of Elizabeth Witmer
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCatherine Fife18,59939.87+23.20
Progressive ConservativeTracey Weiler14,85131.83-11.94
LiberalEric Davis11,19423.99-12.05
GreenStacey Danckert1,5253.27+0.63
LibertarianAllan Dettweiler1560.33
FreedomDavid Driver950.20-0.05
CommunistElizabeth Rowley850.18
IndependentGarnet Bruce770.17
People's Political PartyKevin Clarke480.10
PauperJohn Turmel230.05
Total valid votes 46,653100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1280.27
Turnout 46,78147.00
Eligible voters 99,544
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +17.57
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2012). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kitchener—Waterloo by-election" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeElizabeth Witmer21,66543.77+2.93
LiberalEric Davis17,83736.04+4.84
New DemocraticIsabel Cisterna8,25016.67-0.85
GreenJ. D. McGuire1,3082.64-6.63
IndependentPeter Davis3160.64
FreedomMelanie Motz1230.25
Total valid votes 49,499100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1680.34
Turnout 49,667 50.54 -3.09
Eligible voters 98,268
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.96
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeElizabeth Witmer20,74840.84-2.24
LiberalLouise Ervin15,84831.20-9.18
New DemocraticCatherine Fife8,90217.52+6.58
GreenJudy Greenwood-Speers4,7079.27+6.08
Family CoalitionLouis Reitzel5981.18-0.53
Total valid votes 50,803 100.00
Total rejected ballots 313
Turnout 51,116 53.63
Eligible voters 95,319
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeElizabeth Witmer23,95743.08-11.28
LiberalSean Strickland22,45640.38+5.16
New DemocraticDan Lajoie6,08410.94+4.84
GreenPauline Richards1,7743.19+1.56
Family CoalitionLou Reitzel9491.71-0.08
IndependentOwen Alastair Ferguson2420.44
IndependentJulian Ichim1530.28
Total valid votes 55,615 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeElizabeth Witmer27,83054.36
LiberalSean Strickland18,03435.22
New DemocraticTed Martin3,1226.10
Family CoalitionLou Reitzel9191.79
GreenJudy Greenwood-Speers8361.63
IndependentMatthew Albrecht2020.39
Natural LawRichard Beecroft1350.26
IndependentHelmut Braun1220.24
Total valid votes 51,200 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 28,641 57.1
Mixed member proportional 21,516 42.9
Total valid votes 50,157 100.0

Notes

Sources

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