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Kitchener Centre (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°27′22″N 80°28′46″W / 43.4562°N 80.4794°W / 43.4562; -80.4794
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Kitchener Centre
Ontario electoral district
Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Aislinn Clancy
Green
First contested1999
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.

Geography

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The district includes the north-central part of the city of Kitchener, Ontario.

History

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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

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Kitchener Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
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

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Ontario provincial by-election, November 30, 2023
Resignation of Laura Mae Lindo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Aislinn Clancy 11,334 47.99 +35.19
New Democratic Debbie Chapman 6,312 26.73 -13.86
Progressive Conservative Rob Elliott 3,109 13.16 -13.51
Liberal Kelly Steiss 1,821 7.71 -7.01
New Blue Paul Simoes 532 2.25 -2.96
Libertarian Gene Balfour 178 0.75
None of the Above Mark Dickson 61 0.26
Special Needs Lionel Wayne Poizner 48 0.20
Electoral Reform Peter House 43 0.18
Independent Albert Michel Benlolo 34 0.14
Public Benefit Jonathan Davis 33 0.14
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski 23 0.10
Populist Mario Greco 22 0.09
Independent Paul Stewart 18 0.08
Independent Ali Engering 16 0.07
Independent John Turmel 13 0.06
Independent Spencer Rocchi 11 0.05
People's Front Raymond Samuels 8 0.03
Total valid votes 23,616 99.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 156 0.66 -0.01
Turnout 23,772 27.28 -18.94
Eligible voters 87,151
Green gain from New Democratic Swing +24.53
Source: Elections Ontario[1][2]


2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Laura Mae Lindo 15,789 40.59 −2.80 $69,851
Progressive Conservative Jim Schmidt 10,376 26.67 −0.99 $73,765
Liberal Kelly Steiss 5,728 14.72 −5.37 $53,771
Green Wayne Mak 4,980 12.80 +5.96 $16,108
New Blue Peter Beimers 2,029 5.22   $3,767
Total valid votes/Expense limit 38,902 99.33 +0.91 $118,646
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 262 0.67 -0.91
Turnout 39,164 46.21 -12.06
Eligible voters 84,304
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Laura Mae Lindo 20,512 43.38 +16.59
Progressive Conservative Mary Henein Thorn 13,080 27.66 +2.46
Liberal Daiene Vernile 9,499 20.09 -20.36
Green Stacey Danckert 3,234 6.84 +0.57
Libertarian Jason Erb 439 0.93
None of the Above Chris Carr 429 0.91
Communist Marty Suter 87 0.18
Total valid votes 47,280 98.42
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 757 1.58
Turnout 48,037 58.27
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]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 16,078 40.45
  New Democratic 10,648 26.79
  Progressive Conservative 10,018 25.20
  Green 2,493 6.27
  Others 510 1.28
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daiene Vernile 18,472 43.14 +3.92
Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer 11,550 26.98 -11.43
New Democratic Margaret Johnston 9,765 22.81 +3.99
Green Ronnie Smith 2,472 5.77 +3.38
Libertarian Patrick Bernier 557 1.30 +0.69
Total valid votes 42,816 98.47
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 665 1.53 +1.09
Turnout 43,481 52.28 +3.12
Eligible voters 83,170
Liberal hold Swing +7.67
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Milloy 15,392 39.23 -6.67
Progressive Conservative Dave Macdonald 15,069 38.40 +12.90
New Democratic Cameron Dearlove 7,385 18.82 +1.21
Green Mark Vercouteren 938 2.39 -5.91
Libertarian Patrick Bernier 240 0.61  
Independent Mark Corbiere 137 0.35  
Freedom Bugra Atsiz 77 0.20  
Total valid votes 39,238 99.56
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 172 0.44 -0.26
Turnout 39,410 49.16 -0.42
Eligible voters 80,170
Liberal hold Swing -9.78
Source: Elections Ontario[6]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Milloy 17,484 45.90 +4.15
Progressive Conservative Matt Stanson 9,717 25.51 -11.87
New Democratic Rich Moffit 6,707 17.61 +2.09
Green Daniel Logan 3,162 8.30
Family Coalition William J. Berhardt 599 1.57
Independent John D. McGuire 425 1.12
Total valid votes 38,094 99.30
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 267 0.70
Turnout 38,361 49.58
Eligible voters 77,376
Liberal hold Swing +8.01

^ Change based on redistributed results

2003 general election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 16,163 41.75
  Progressive Conservative 14,472 37.38
  New Democratic 6,009 15.52
  Others 2,072 5.35
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Milloy 18,280 42.60 +2.68
Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer 16,120 37.57 -12.58
New Democratic Ted Martin 6,781 15.80 +8.04
Green Luigi D'agnillo 1,728 4.03 +2.78
Total valid votes 42,909 100.0
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer 22,593 50.15
Liberal Berry Vrbanovic 17,984 39.92
New Democratic 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
Total valid votes 45,052 100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 22,283 59.9
Mixed member proportional 14,932 40.1
Total valid votes 37,215 100.0

References

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  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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43°27′22″N 80°28′46″W / 43.4562°N 80.4794°W / 43.4562; -80.4794