Kitchener—Waterloo

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Kitchener—Waterloo Electoral district
Kitchener—Waterloo in relation to southern Ontario ridings
MP	Andrew Telegdi (1996–)
Party(s)	Liberal (1996–)
MPP	Elizabeth Witmer (1999–)
Party(s)	Progressive Conservative (1999–)
Province	Ontario
Federal district created	1996
Provincial district created	1999

Kitchener—Waterloo 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 113,826.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Member of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Member of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The district consists of the City of Waterloo and the northern part of the City of Kitchener.

[edit] Federal electoral district

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Kitchener Centre and Waterloo ridings.

It consisted initially of the City of Waterloo and the part of the City of Kitchener lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Lawrence Avenue and Victoria Street.

In 2003, the Kitchener part of the riding was redefined to be the part of the city lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Fischer Hallman Road and the Canadian National Railway situated north of Shadeland Crescent.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kitchener Centre and Waterloo prior to 1996
36th	1997-2000		Andrew Telegdi	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] Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Elizabeth Witmer, Progressive Conservative

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Andrew Telegdi	31,122
	Conservative	Ajmer Mandur	18,817
	New Democrat	Edwin Laryea	11,814
	Green	Pauline Richards	4,297
	Independent	Ciprian Mihalcea	173
	Marxist-Leninist	Julian Ichim	144

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Andrew Telegdi	28,015
	Conservative	Steve Strauss	17,155
	New Democrat	Edwin Laryea	9,267
	Green	Pauline Richards	3,277
	Christian Heritage	Frank Ellis	379
	Independent	Ciprian Mihalcea	124

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Andrew Telegdi	27,130
	Canadian Alliance	Joshua Doig	12,406
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Bourke	8,601
	New Democrat	Richard Walsh-Bowers	4,397
	Green	Jack MacAulay	809
	Canadian Action	Robert E. Cormier	273
	Marxist-Leninist	Christine Nugent	164
	Not affiliated	Frank Ellis	105

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Andrew Telegdi	25,111
	Progressive Conservative	Lynne Woolstencroft	11,613
	Reform	Mike Connolly	10,502
	New Democrat	Ted Martin	4,725
	Independent	Steve King	265
	Canadian Action	Monte Dennis	260
	Marxist-Leninist	Helmut Braun	153

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

• Elections Canada electoral districts database (Kitchener—Waterloo)

Federal Ridings in Midwestern Ontario
Conservative	Cambridge | Haldimand—Norfolk | Kitchener—Conestoga | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Liberal	Brant | Guelph | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Waterloo

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Kenora | Nickel Belt | Nipissing—Timiskaming | Parry Sound—Muskoka | Sault Ste. Marie | Sudbury | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex | Elgin—Middlesex—London | Essex | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | London—Fanshawe | London North Centre | London West | Sarnia—Lambton | Windsor—Tecumseh | Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Nepean—Carleton | Ottawa Centre | Ottawa—Orléans | Ottawa South | Ottawa—Vanier | Ottawa West—Nepean