Kitchener Centre

Kitchener Centre
Ontario electoral district
	Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mike Morrice; Green
;
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	105,258
Electors (2019)	83,884
Area (km²)	41.47
Pop. density (per km²)	2,538.2
Census division(s)	Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)	Kitchener

Kitchener Centre (French: Kitchener-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography[]

The district includes the north-central and north-eastern parts of the city of Kitchener, Ontario, including the downtown core.

Political geography[]

In 2008, the race in Kitchener was razor thin between the Conservatives and Liberals. Politically, the riding is split by the Conestoga Parkway. The area to the west of the Parkway tends to support the Liberals while the area to the east of the Parkway tends to vote for the Conservatives. The NDP also won a small handful of polls, scattered around the riding.^[3]

Demographics[]

According to the Canada 2016 Census^[4]

Ethnic groups: 81.0% White, 4.1% Black, 2.8% South Asian, 2.2% Indigenous, 2.1% Latin American, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.6% Arab, 1.4% Chinese
Languages: 75.4% English, 2.6% German, 1.7% Serbian, 1.7% French, 1.6% Arabic, 1.3% Romanian, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.1% Polish
Religions (2011): 66.1% Christian (27.4% Catholic, 6.3% Lutheran, 5.4% United Church, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 3.6% Anglican, 3.1% Presbyterian, 2.5% Baptist, 2.2% Pentecostal 11.7% Other), 3.9% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 26.5% None.^[5]
Median income: $32,546 (2015)
Average income: $40,904 (2015)

History[]

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Kitchener and Kitchener—Waterloo ridings.

It initially consisted of the part of the City of Kitchener bounded on the west by the western limit of the city, on the south by a line drawn from west to east along the Conestoga Parkway, Strasburg Road, Block Line Road, the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and Highway No. 8, on the east by the Grand River, and on the north by a line drawn from east to west along Victoria Street, Lawrence Avenue and Highland Road West.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Kitchener bounded on the west by the western limit of the city, on the north by a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Fischer Hallman Road and the Canadian National Railway situated northerly of Shadeland Crescent, on the east by the Grand River, and on the south by a line drawn from east to west along the King Street Bypass (Highway No. 8), King Street East and the Conestoga Parkway.

This riding lost territory to Kitchener—Conestoga and Kitchener South—Hespeler, and gained territory from Kitchener—Waterloo during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Kitchener Centre Riding created from Kitchener and Kitchener—Waterloo
36th	1997–2000	Karen Redman	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Stephen Woodworth	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Stephen Woodworth	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Raj Saini	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Raj Saini	Liberal
44th	2021–present	Mike Morrice	Green

Election results[]

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

hide2021 Canadian federal election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Mike Morrice	16,821	34.5	+8.5	none listed
	Conservative	Mary Henein Thorn	12,066	24.7	+0.9	none listed
	New Democratic	Beisan Zubi	8,438	17.3	+6	none listed
	Liberal	Raj Saini^[a]	7,873	16.1	-20.6	none listed
	People's	Diane Boskovic	3,413	7.0	+6.8	none listed
	Animal Protection	Ellen Papenburg	149	0.3	-0.1	none listed
Total valid votes			–	–	–
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			48,760	59.35	–
Eligible voters			82,159	–	–
	Green gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.28
Source: Elections Canada^[6]

^ Saini withdrew his candidacy, but after closure of nominations, so remained listed as the Liberal candidate on the ballot.

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raj Saini	20,316	36.69	-12.09	$71,251.01
	Green	Mike Morrice	14,394	25.99	+22.94	$72,289.70
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	13,191	23.82	-6.54	$86,969.26
	New Democratic	Andrew Moraga	6,238	11.27	-5.34	$15,354.69
	People's	Patrick Bernier	1,033	1.87	–	none listed
	Animal Protection	Ellen Papenburg	202	0.36	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,374	99.17	-0.28
Total rejected ballots			465	0.83	+0.28
Turnout			55,839	66.57	-0.93
Eligible voters			83,884	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-17.52
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raj Saini	25,504	48.78	+16.49	$101,034.78
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	15,872	30.36	-10.00	$127,440.14
	New Democratic	Susan Cadell	8,680	16.60	-5.32	$56,988.49
	Green	Nicholas Wendler	1,597	3.05	-1.52	$1,292.98
	Libertarian	Slavko Miladinovic	515	0.99	–	$9.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Julian Ichim	112	0.21	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,280	99.44		$209,737.44
Total rejected ballots			292	0.56	–
Turnout			52,572	67.50
Eligible voters			77,887
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.25
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[11]^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,967	40.36
	Liberal	15,175	32.29
	New Democratic	10,305	21.93
	Green	2,152	4.58
	Others	396	0.84

hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	21,119	42.40	+5.70	$84,217.49
	Liberal	Karen Redman	15,592	31.30	-4.64	$79,800.33
	New Democratic	Peter Thurley	10,742	21.57	+3.48	$38,822.94
	Green	Byron Williston	1,972	3.96	-4.55	$4,298.33
	Independent	Alan Rimmer	199	0.40		$1,916.45
	Communist	Martin Suter	93	0.19	-0.10	$502.09
	Marxist–Leninist	Mark Corbiere	92	0.18	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,809	99.58	$87,274.51
Total rejected ballots			209	0.42	+0.01
Turnout			50,018	63.15	+5.12
Eligible voters			80,480	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.17

hide2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	16,480	36.69	+4.56	$75,291
	Liberal	Karen Redman	16,141	35.94	-7.32	$74,745
	New Democratic	Oz Cole-Arnal	8,152	18.08	-0.35	$26,622
	Green	John Bithell	3,818	8.51	+2.89	$2,612
	Independent	Amanda Lamka	215	0.47	–
	Communist	Martin Suter	127	0.28	-0.26	$373
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,933	100.00	$84,756
Total rejected ballots			183	0.41	-0.05
Turnout			45,091	57.03	-7.67
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.94

hide2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karen Redman	21,715	43.26	-3.8
	Conservative	Steven Cage	16,131	32.13	+4.6
	New Democratic	Richard Walsh-Bowers	9,250	18.43	-0.9
	Green	Tony Maas	2,822	5.62	+0.2
	Communist	Martin Suter	274	0.54
Total valid votes			50,192	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232	0.46
Turnout			50,426	64.70

hide2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karen Redman	21,264	47.1	-5.7
	Conservative	Thomas Ichim	12,412	27.5	-12.4^[a]
	New Democratic	Richard Walsh-Bowers	8,717	19.3	+12.4
	Green	Karol Vesely	2,450	5.4
	Independent	Mark Corbiere	277	0.6
Total valid votes			45,120	100.0

^ Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

hide2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karen Redman	23,511	52.8	+4.8
	Alliance	Eloise Jantzi	11,603	26.1	+6.2^[a]
	Progressive Conservative	Steven Daniel Gadbois	6,162	13.8	-8.9
	New Democratic	Paul Royston	3,058	6.9	-2.5
	Communist	Martin Suter	167	0.4
Total valid votes			44,501	100.0

^ Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

hide1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Karen Redman	23,089	48.0
	Progressive Conservative	John Reimer	10,960	22.8
	Reform	Ronald Albert Wilson	9,550	19.9
	New Democratic	Lucy Harrison	4,503	9.4
Total valid votes			48,102	100.0

References[]

"(Code 35037) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
2001 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2016
^ Statistics Canada: 2016
^ "Riding « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections".
^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35045&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Kitchener%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35045&Data=Count&SearchText=Kitchener%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1^{[bare URL]}
^ "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.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener Centre, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ Elections Canada Downloadable XLS

External links[]

Coordinates: 43°27′22″N 80°28′46″W / 43.4562°N 80.4794°W / 43.4562; -80.4794

[6] Saini withdrew his candidacy, but after closure of nominations, so remained listed as the Liberal candidate on the ballot.

[14] Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

[15] Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

[1] Statistics Canada: 2016

[2] Statistics Canada: 2016

[3] "Riding « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections".

[4] ttps://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35045&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Kitchener%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0^{[bare URL]}

[5] ttps://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35045&Data=Count&SearchText=Kitchener%20Centre&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1^{[bare URL]}

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

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

[9] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[10] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener Centre, 30 September 2015

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

[12] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[13] Elections Canada Downloadable XLS

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