Kitchener Centre (provincial electoral district)

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Kitchener Centre
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Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Aislinn Clancy
Green
First contested 1999
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)105,260
Electors (2018)82,445
Area (km²)42
Pop. density (per km²)2,506.2
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.

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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 Kitchener and Kitchener—Wilmot when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Kitchener Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Kitchener and Kitchener—Wilmot
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  2018–2022   Laura Mae Lindo New Democratic
43rd  2022–2023
 2023–present   Aislinn Clancy Green

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, November 30, 2023
Resignation of Laura Mae Lindo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Aislinn Clancy 11,33447.99+35.19
New Democratic Debbie Chapman6,31226.73-13.86
Progressive Conservative Rob Elliott3,10913.16-13.51
Liberal Kelly Steiss1,8217.71-7.01
New Blue Paul Simoes5322.25-2.96
Libertarian Gene Balfour1780.75
None of the Above Mark Dickson610.26
Special Needs Lionel Wayne Poizner480.20
Electoral ReformPeter House430.18
Independent Albert Michel Benlolo340.14
Public BenefitJonathan Davis330.14
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski230.10
Populist Mario Greco220.09
Independent Paul Stewart180.08
Independent Ali Engering160.07
Independent John Turmel 130.06
Independent Spencer Rocchi110.05
People's FrontRaymond Samuels80.03
Total valid votes23,61699.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1560.66-0.01
Turnout23,77227.28-18.94
Eligible voters87,151
Green gain from New Democratic Swing +24.53
Source: Elections Ontario [1] [2]
2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Laura Mae Lindo 15,78940.592.80$69,851
Progressive Conservative Jim Schmidt10,37626.670.99$73,765
Liberal Kelly Steiss5,72814.725.37$53,771
Green Wayne Mak4,98012.80+5.96$16,108
New Blue Peter Beimers2,0295.22 $3,767
Total valid votes/Expense limit38,90299.33+0.91$118,646
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2620.67-0.91
Turnout39,16446.21-12.06
Eligible voters84,304
New Democratic hold Swing 0.90
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Laura Mae Lindo 20,51243.38+16.59
Progressive Conservative Mary Henein Thorn13,08027.66+2.46
Liberal Daiene Vernile 9,49920.09-20.36
Green Stacey Danckert3,2346.84+0.57
Libertarian Jason Erb4390.93
None of the Above Chris Carr4290.91
Communist Marty Suter870.18
Total valid votes47,28098.42
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots7571.58
Turnout48,03758.27
Eligible voters 82,445
New Democratic notional gain from Liberal Swing +18.48
Source: Elections Ontario [3]

^ Change based on redistributed results

2014 general election redistributed results [4]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 16,07840.45
  New Democratic 10,64826.79
  Progressive Conservative 10,01825.20
  Green 2,4936.27
 Others5101.28
2014 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Daiene Vernile 18,47243.14+3.92
Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer 11,55026.98-11.43
New Democratic Margaret Johnston9,76522.81+3.99
Green Ronnie Smith2,4725.77+3.38
Libertarian Patrick Bernier5571.30+0.69
Total valid votes42,81698.47
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots6651.53+1.09
Turnout43,48152.28+3.12
Eligible voters 83,170
Liberal hold Swing +7.67
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Milloy 15,39239.23-6.67
Progressive Conservative Dave Macdonald15,06938.40+12.90
New Democratic Cameron Dearlove7,38518.82+1.21
Green Mark Vercouteren9382.39-5.91
Libertarian Patrick Bernier2400.61 
Independent Mark Corbiere1370.35 
Freedom Bugra Atsiz770.20 
Total valid votes39,238 99.56
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1720.44-0.26
Turnout39,41049.16-0.42
Eligible voters80,170
Liberal hold Swing -9.78
Source: Elections Ontario [6]
2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Milloy 17,48445.90+4.15
Progressive Conservative Matt Stanson9,71725.51-11.87
New Democratic Rich Moffit6,70717.61+2.09
Green Daniel Logan3,1628.30
Family Coalition William J. Berhardt5991.57
Independent John D. McGuire4251.12
Total valid votes38,094 99.30
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2670.70
Turnout38,36149.58
Eligible voters77,376
Liberal hold Swing +8.01

^ Change based on redistributed results

2003 general election redistributed results [7]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 16,16341.75
  Progressive Conservative 14,47237.38
  New Democratic 6,00915.52
 Others2,0725.35
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Milloy 18,28042.60+2.68
Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer 16,12037.57-12.58
New Democratic Ted Martin6,78115.80+8.04
Green Luigi D'agnillo1,7284.03+2.78
Total valid votes 42,909 100.0
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer 22,59350.15
Liberal Berry Vrbanovic 17,98439.92
New Democratic David Brohman3,4947.76
Green Susan Koswan5611.25
Natural Law Roy Anderson2040.45
Independent Irvine James Conner1090.24
Independent Julian Ichim1070.24
Total valid votes 45,052 100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post22,28359.9
Mixed member proportional14,93240.1
Total valid votes37,215100.0

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References

  1. "Kitchener Centre Election Night Results". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION" (PDF). Elections Ontario . Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. "47 - Kitchener Centre".
  5. Elections Ontario. "Data Explorer" . Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  6. Elections Ontario. "Data Explorer" . Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. "Archived copy". www.elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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