Kitchener
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1967
District abolished1996
First contested1967
Last contested1995

Kitchener was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1967 to 1999, when it was abolished when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the city of Kitchener, Ontario.

History

Liberal Jim Breithaupt was the longest serving former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Kitchener since Canadian Confederation in 1867.[1] Liberal David R. Cooke held the seat for two terms between 1985 and 1990.[2] Will Ferguson took the seat in Bob Rae's New Democratic Party landslide election in 1990.[3] Ferguson resigned midterm and Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer won the 1994 by-election and held the seat until 1999 when the seat was redistributed into Kitchener Centre and Kitchener—Waterloo. Wettlaufer lost his seat in the provincial election of 2003.[4]

Members

Kitchener
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created out of Waterloo North and Waterloo South
28th  1967–1971     Jim Breithaupt Liberal
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987     David R. Cooke Liberal
34th  1987–1990
33rd  1990–1994     Will Ferguson New Democratic
33rd  1994–1995     Wayne Wettlaufer Progressive Conservative
34th  1995–1999
Riding dissolved into Kitchener Centre and Kitchener—Waterloo

Election results

1981 Ontario general election

Candidates Party Votes
Jim Breithaupt Liberal 12,592
Morley Rosenberg PC 7,982
Ian MacFarlane NDP 4,126

1985 Ontario general election

Candidates Party Votes
David Cooke Liberal 14,066
Don Travers PC 9,684
Tim Little NDP 5,654
Ed Halbach Independent Humanist 453
Albert Norris Independent 157

1990 Ontario general election

Candidates Party Votes %
Will Ferguson NDP 15,750 46.8%
David Cooke Liberal 9,731 28.9%
Ian Matthew PC 6,157 18.3%
John Meenan FCP 2,002 6.0%

1995 Ontario general election

Candidates Party Votes
Wayne Wettlaufer PC 13,374
Bryan Stortz Liberal 9,992
Sandi Ellis NDP 6,998
Lou Reitzel FCP 2,111
Bob Oberholtzer Independent 612
Frank Kerek Independent 223

References

  1. ↑ "James Breithaupt | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1967-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. ↑ "David Cooke | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1985-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. ↑ "William Ferguson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1990-09-06. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  4. ↑ "Wayne Wettlaufer | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
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