Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district)

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.

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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Kitchener—Conestoga
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
38th	2007–2011		Leeanna Pendergast	Liberal
40th	2011–2014		Michael Harris	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Michael Harris	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Harris	17,083	36.39	-7.82
	Liberal	Wayne Wright	15,664	33.34	-2.16
	New Democratic	James Villeneuve	9,958	21.19	+3.62
	Green	David Weber	3,277	6.97	+4.22
	Libertarian	David Schumm	1,001	2.13	–
Total valid votes			46,983	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.83
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Harris	18,017	44.18	+7.15
	Liberal	Leeanna Pendergast	14,476	35.50	-6.32
	New Democratic	Mark Cairns	7,165	17.57	+5.92
	Green	Robert Rose	1,121	2.75	-4.44
Total valid votes			40,779	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			244	0.59
Turnout			41,023	46.62
Eligible voters			87,992
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Leeanna Pendergast	16,315	41.82	+2.03
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Harris	14,450	37.04	-5.83
	New Democratic	Mark Cairns	4,545	11.65	-0.08
	Green	Colin Jones	2,805	7.19
	Family Coalition	Len Solomon	510	1.31
	Libertarian	Larry Stevens	246	0.63
	Freedom	David Driver	145	0.37
Total valid votes			39,016	100.0
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing	+3.93

^ Change based on redistributed results

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

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

References

↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 038 Kitchener-Conestoga" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kitchener—Conestoga" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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