Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district)

Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district)
Ontario electoral district
Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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Michael Harris
Progressive Conservative
District created 2006
First contested 2007
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2006) 114,405
Electors (2011) 84,665
Area (km²) 96
Pop. density (per km²) 1,191.7
Census divisions Waterloo
Census subdivisions Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich

Kitchener—Conestoga is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election. Its population in 2006 was 114,405.

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Geography

The district includes the townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot, and the southwestern part of the City of Kitchener, i.e., the part of the City of Kitchener lying south of a line (from west to east) Conestoga Parkway, King Street East, the King Street Bypass and the Grand River.

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Michael Harris[1] 18,005 44.18 -  
     Liberal Leeanna Pendergast 14,469 35.50 -  
     New Democrat Mark Cairns [2] 7,167 17.58 -  
     Green Robert Rose [3] 1,116 2.74 -  
Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Leeanna Pendergast 16,316 41.8 -  
     Progressive Conservative Michael Harris 14,446 37.0 -  
     New Democrat Mark Cairns 4,542 11.6 -  
     Green Colin Jones 2,802 7.2 -  
     Family Coalition Len Solomon 509 1.3 -  
     Libertarian Larry Stevens 245 0.6 -  
     Freedom David Driver 147 0.4 -  
Total valid votes 39,007 100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 24,287 63.7
Mixed member proportional 13,872 36.3
Total valid votes 38,159 100.0

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