Kitchener Centre
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| Federal electoral district | ||
| Legislature | House of Commons | |
| MP | Karen Redman Liberal |
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| District created | 1996 | |
| First contested | 1997 | |
| Last contested | 2006 | |
| District webpage | profile, map | |
| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | |
| MPP | John Milloy Liberal |
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| District created | ||
| First contested | 1999 | |
| Last contested | 2007 | |
| Demographics | ||
| Population (2006) | 107,540 | |
| Electors (2007) | 76,390 | |
| Area (km²) | 46 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,337.8 | |
| Census divisions | Waterloo | |
| Census subdivisions | Kitchener | |
Kitchener Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2001 was 108,840.
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[edit] Geography
The district includes the north-central part of the city of Kitchener, Ontario.
[edit] Federal electoral district
The federal 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.
[edit] Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Kitchener and Kitchener—Waterloo prior to 1996 | ||||
| 36th | 1997-2000 | Karen Redman | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000-2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004-2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006- | |||
[edit] Provincial electoral district
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
- Wayne Wettlaufer, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
- John Milloy, Liberal (2003-present)
[edit] Federal election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Karen Redman | 21,715 | |||
| Conservative | Steven Cage | 16,131 | |||
| New Democrat | Richard Walsh-Bowers | 9,250 | |||
| Green | Tony Maas | 2,822 | |||
| Communist | Martin Suter | 274 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Karen Redman | 21,264 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Ichim | 12,412 | |||
| New Democrat | Richard Walsh-Bowers | 8,717 | |||
| Green | Karol Vesely | 2,450 | |||
| Independent | Mark Corbiere | 277 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Karen Redman | 23,511 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Eloise Jantzi | 11,603 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Daniel Gadbois | 6,162 | |||
| New Democrat | Paul Royston | 3,058 | |||
| Communist | Martin Suter | 167 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Karen Redman | 23,089 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Reimer | 10,960 | |||
| Reform | Ronald Albert Wilson | 9,550 | |||
| New Democrat | Lucy Harrison | 4,503 | |||
[edit] Provincial election results
| Ontario general election, 2007 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Milloy | 17,458 | 45.9 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Stanson | 9,713 | 25.5 | ||
| New Democrat | Rich Moffit | 6,694 | 17.6 | ||
| Green | Daniel Logan | 3,160 | 8.3 | ||
| Family Coalition | William J. Berhardt | 600 | 1.6 | ||
| Independent | John D. McGuire | 425 | 1.1 | ||
| Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
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| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 22283 | 59.9% | |
| Mixed member proportional | 14932 | 40.1% | |
| Ontario general election, 2003 | |||||
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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 Democrat | Ted Martin | 6,781 | 15.80 | +8.04 | |
| Green | Luigi D'agnillo | 1,728 | 4.03 | +2.78 | |
| Ontario general election, 1999 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Wettlaufer | 22,593 | 50.15 | |||
| Liberal | Berry Vrbanovic | 17,984 | 39.92 | |||
| New Democrat | 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 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
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