Kitchener South—Hespeler (provincial electoral district)
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 97,673 | ||
Electors (2015 Federal) | 72,359 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 111 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 879.9 | ||
Census division(s) | Waterloo | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Kitchener, Cambridge |
Kitchener South—Hespeler (French: Kitchener-Sud—Hespeler) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, which is represented for the first time in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario following the 42nd Ontario general election.
Geography[]
Kitchener South—Hespeler was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts following the passage of the Representation Act, 2015[2] using the boundaries set out by the 2013 Federal Representation Order.
The new Kitchener South—Hespeler electoral district includes:
- The portion of the City of Cambridge lying northerly of Ontario Highway 401
- The portion of the City of Kitchener lying:
- Southerly of the Conestoga Parkway
- Easterly of Fischer-Hallman Road
- Westerly of Ontario Highway 8 between the Conestoga Parkway and Fairway Road
- Westerly of the border between the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener between Fairway Road and Ontario Highway 401
Prominement Places[]
Kitchener South - Hespeler is home to several prominent places for the region including:
- Conestoga College's Doon and Cambridge Campuses
- MacLennan Park
- Huron Natural Area
- Hespeler Village
- Chicoppe Skil Hill
- Toyota Manufacturing Plant - major employer for the region
- Loblaws Distribution Centre - major employer for the region
- CF Fairview
- Sportsworld Shopping Centre
- Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory
- Homer Watson House & Gallery
- Grand Valley Instuition for Women
- Ken Sieling Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village
Members of Provincial Parliament[]
Kitchener South-Hespeler | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Kitchener South—Hespeler Riding created from Kitchener—Conestoga , Kitchener Centre and Cambridge |
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42nd | 2018–Present | Amy Fee | Progressive Conservative |
Electoral history[]
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Amy Fee | 16,511 | 38.86 | |||||
New Democratic | Fitz Vanderpool | 15,741 | 37.05 | |||||
Liberal | Surekha Shenoy | 6,335 | 14.91 | |||||
Green | David Weber | 3,198 | 7.53 | |||||
Libertarian | Nathan Andre Lajeunesse | 423 | 1.00 | |||||
Independent | Narine Sookram | 275 | 0.65 | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] |
Notes[]
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ "Representation Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 31, Sched. 1". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Ontario provincial electoral districts
- Cambridge, Ontario
- Politics of Kitchener, Ontario