Kitchener (electoral district)

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Kitchener
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested 1968
Last contested 1993

Kitchener was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Waterloo North and Waterloo South ridings.

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It initially consisted of the City of Kitchener, Ontario.

In 1976, it was redefined to exclude the northeastern part of the city.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Kitchener Centre and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

Members of Parliament

Kitchener
ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Waterloo North and Waterloo South
28th  1968–1972   Kieth Hymmen Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979 Patrick Flynn
31st  1979–1980   John Reimer Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984   Peter Lang Liberal
33rd  1984–1988   John Reimer Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997   John English Liberal
Riding dissolved into Kitchener Centre and Waterloo—Wellington

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Kieth Hymmen 16,471
New Democratic Morley Rosenberg12,799
Progressive Conservative Jack Young11,217
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Kieth Hymmen 18,351
Progressive Conservative Barney Lawrence18,104
New Democratic Mike Sheppard11,272
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Patrick Flynn 21,091
Progressive Conservative Barney Lawrence15,965
New Democratic Susan Surich10,859
Communist Theresa Crowley146
Marxist–Leninist Gail Margaret Rathwell112
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John Reimer 23,230
Liberal David Cooke16,900
New Democratic James Herman11,345
Libertarian Rodney C. Wilton214
Communist Paul Pugh83
Marxist–Leninist Jeff Conway81
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Peter Lang 19,502
Progressive Conservative John Reimer 17,990
New Democratic James Herman11,494
Libertarian Ron Bailey309
Rhinoceros Douglas Wright292
Marxist–Leninist Jeff Conway59
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John Reimer 26,710
Liberal Peter Lang 16,130
New Democratic Will Ferguson 13,873
Libertarian Gerald Myszkowiec306
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John Reimer 22,400
Liberal John English 19,344
New Democratic Sue Coulter11,571
Libertarian Joel Tarback211
Not affiliatedAnna Di Carlo114
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal John English 26,379
Reform Reg Gosse12,107
Progressive Conservative John Reimer 10,281
New Democratic Ian MacFarlane2,355
Christian Heritage Pat Schiebel474
Natural Law Katherine Finlay438
Libertarian Joel Tarback164

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