Kitchener Centre (provincial electoral district)

Kitchener Centre
Ontario electoral district
	Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Aislinn Clancy; Green
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First contested	1999
Last contested	2023
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

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

History

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

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		Laura Mae Lindo	New Democratic
43rd	2023–present		Aislinn Clancy	Green

Election results

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]

v t e 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

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

^ "Kitchener Centre Election Night Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "47 - Kitchener Centre".
^ Elections Ontario. "Data Explorer". Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Elections Ontario. "Data Explorer". Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "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)

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

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

[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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