Kitchener—Waterloo

Kitchener—Waterloo

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario



caption = Kitchener—Waterloo in relation to southern Ontario ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35039
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Andrew Telegdi
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Elizabeth Witmer
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 126742
demo-electors = 92313
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 91
demo-cd = Waterloo
demo-csd = Waterloo, Kitchener

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 2006 was 126,742.

Geography

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

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.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

OntElec5|1999
-
Elizabeth Witmer
align="right"|27,830
align="right"|54.36
-
Sean Strickland
align="right"|18,034
align="right"|35.22
-
Ted Martin
align="right"|3,122
align="right"|6.1
-
Lou Reitzel
align="right"|919
align="right"|1.79
-
Judy Greenwood-Speers
align="right"|836
align="right"|1.63
-
Matthew Albrecht
align="right"|202
align="right"|0.39
-
Richard Beecroft
align="right"|135
align="right"|0.26
-
Helmut Braun
align="right"|122
align="right"|0.24

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1020 Federal riding history from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/edwa308/Default.asp?L=E&Page=Map&ED=35039 Elections Canada electoral districts database (Kitchener—Waterloo)]
* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]


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