Kitchener Centre (provincial electoral district)
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
New Democratic | ||
First contested | 1999 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2006) | 107,540 | ||
Electors (2018) | 80,514 | ||
Area (km²) | 46 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,337.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Waterloo | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Kitchener |
Kitchener Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Geography[]
The district includes the north-central part of the city of Kitchener, Ontario.
History[]
The provincial electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of and when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
Members of Provincial Parliament[]
Kitchener Centre | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created from and | ||||
37th | 1999–2003 | Wayne Wettlaufer | Progressive Conservative | |
38th | 2003–2007 | John Milloy | Liberal | |
39th | 2007–2011 | |||
40th | 2011–2014 | |||
41st | 2014–2018 | Daiene Vernile | ||
42nd | 2018–present | Laura Mae Lindo | New Democratic |
Election results[]
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Laura Mae Lindo | 20,512 | 43.38 | +20.57 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mary Henein Thorn | 13,080 | 27.66 | +0.68 | ||||
Liberal | Daiene Vernile | 9,499 | 20.09 | -23.05 | ||||
Green | Stacey Danckert | 3,234 | 6.84 | +1.07 | ||||
Libertarian | Jason Erb | 439 | 0.93 | -0.37 | ||||
None of the Above | Chris Carr | 429 | 0.91 | |||||
Communist | Marty Suter | 87 | 0.18 | |||||
Total valid votes | 47,280 | 100.0 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[1] |
2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Daiene Vernile | 18,472 | 43.14 | +3.91 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Wayne Wettlaufer | 11,550 | 26.98 | -11.42 | ||||
New Democratic | Margaret Johnston | 9,765 | 22.81 | +3.99 | ||||
Green | Ronnie Smith | 2,472 | 5.77 | +3.38 | ||||
Libertarian | Patrick Bernier | 557 | 1.30 | +0.69 | ||||
Total valid votes | 42,816 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.66 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | John Milloy | 15,392 | 39.23 | -6.65 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dave Macdonald | 15,069 | 38.40 | +12.87 | ||||
New Democratic | Cameron Dearlove | 7,385 | 18.82 | +1.23 | ||||
Green | Mark Vercouteren | 938 | 2.39 | -5.91 | ||||
Libertarian | Patrick Bernier | 240 | 0.61 | |||||
Independent | Mark Corbiere | 137 | 0.35 | |||||
Freedom | Bugra Atsiz | 77 | 0.20 | |||||
Total valid votes | 39,238 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 172 | 0.44 | ||||||
Turnout | 39,410 | 49.16 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 80,170 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -9.76 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] |
2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | John Milloy | 17,484 | 45.90 | +3.28 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Matt Stanson | 9,717 | 25.51 | -12.04 | ||||
New Democratic | Rich Moffit | 6,707 | 17.61 | +1.79 | ||||
Green | Daniel Logan | 3,162 | 8.30 | +4.27 | ||||
Family Coalition | William J. Berhardt | 599 | 1.57 | |||||
Independent | John D. McGuire | 425 | 1.12 | |||||
Total valid votes | 38,094 | 100.0 |
2003 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | John Milloy | 18,280 | 42.60 | +2.68 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Wayne Wettlaufer | 16,120 | 37.57 | -12.58 | ||||
New Democratic | Ted Martin | 6,781 | 15.80 | +8.04 | ||||
Green | Luigi D'agnillo | 1,728 | 4.03 | +2.78 | ||||
Total valid votes | 42,909 | 100.0 |
1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Wayne Wettlaufer | 22,593 | 50.15 | |||||
Liberal | Berry Vrbanovic | 17,984 | 39.92 | |||||
New Democratic | David Brohman | 3,494 | 7.76 | |||||
Green | Susan Koswan | 561 | 1.25 | |||||
Natural Law | Roy Anderson | 204 | 0.45 | |||||
Independent | Irvine James Conner | 109 | 0.24 | |||||
Independent | Julian Ichim | 107 | 0.24 | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,052 | 100.0 |
2007 electoral reform referendum[]
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 22,283 | 59.9 | |
Mixed member proportional | 14,932 | 40.1 | |
Total valid votes | 37,215 | 100.0 |
References[]
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the returns, 037 Kitchener Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kitchener Centre" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.[permanent dead link]
Sources[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Ontario provincial electoral districts
- Politics of Kitchener, Ontario