Kitchener—Conestoga

Kitchener—Conestoga
Ontario electoral district
	Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tim Louis; Liberal
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	93,827
Electors (2015)	67,890
Area (km²)	949
Pop. density (per km²)	98.9
Census division(s)	Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)	Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich

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 MP 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]

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		Party
Kitchener—Conestoga Riding created from Waterloo—Wellington, Kitchener Centre and Cambridge
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[]

Graph of election results in Kitchener—Conestoga (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

hide2021 Canadian federal election
The 2021 general election will be held on September 20.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Owen Bradley
	People's	Kevin Dupuis
	Conservative	Carlene Hawley
	Liberal	Tim Louis
	New Democratic	Narine Dat Sookram
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada^[4]

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
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
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+0.54
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

hide2015 Canadian federal election
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^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
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

hide2011 Canadian federal election
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	–	–

hide2008 Canadian federal election
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

hide2006 Canadian federal election
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

hide2004 Canadian federal election
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 – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "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

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[tyee102319-3] Cheung, Christopher (October 23, 2019). "Liberals Prove Kings of Tight Ridings. And More Election Crunching". The Tyee. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

[4] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[5] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[6] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[7] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015

[8] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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