Kitchener South—Hespeler (provincial electoral district)

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Kitchener South—Hespeler
Ontario electoral district
Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 		 
Jess Dixon
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested2018
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)105,305
Electors (2018)77,296
Area (km²)107
Pop. density (per km²)984.2
Census division(s)Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)Kitchener, Cambridge

Kitchener South—Hespeler (French: Kitchener-Sud—Hespeler) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 2015 and has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 42nd Ontario general election.

Geography[edit]

Kitchener South—Hespeler was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts following the passage of the Representation Act, 2015[1] using the boundaries set out by the 2013 Federal Representation Order.

The new Kitchener South—Hespeler electoral district includes:

Prominent Places[edit]

Kitchener South - Hespeler is home to several prominent places for the region including:

Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

Kitchener South-Hespeler
Assembly Years Member Party
Kitchener South—Hespeler
Riding created from Kitchener—Conestoga , Kitchener Centre and Cambridge
42nd  2018–2022     Amy Fee Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present Jess Dixon

Electoral history[edit]

2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Jess Dixon 13,768 39.91 +1.05 $72,110
New Democratic Joanne Weston 9,118 26.43 −10.62 $57,359
Liberal Ismail Mohamed 5,629 16.32 +1.41 $40,062
Green David Weber 3,993 11.58 +4.05 $18,207
New Blue John Teat 1,436 4.16   $3,952
Ontario Party David Gillies 552 1.60   $182
Total valid votes/Expense limit 34,496 99.23 +0.76 $115,430
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 266 0.77 -0.76
Turnout 34,762 42.16 -13.66
Eligible voters 81,506
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.83
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 % ±%
Progressive Conservative Amy Fee 16,511 38.86 +6.78
New Democratic Fitz Vanderpool 15,741 37.05 +13.80
Liberal Surekha Shenoy 6,335 14.91 -21.62
Green David Weber 3,198 7.53 +1.27
Libertarian Nathan Andre Lajeunesse 423 1.00 -0.88
Independent Narine Sookram 275 0.65
Total valid votes 42,483 98.47
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 661 1.53
Turnout 43,144 55.82
Eligible voters 77,296
Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +14.20
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
2014 general election redistributed results[3]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 12,403 36.53
  Progressive Conservative 10,894 32.08
  New Democratic 7,895 23.25
  Green 2,124 6.26
  Libertarian 638 1.88

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Representation Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 31, Sched. 1". www.ontario.ca. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  2. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ "49 - Kitchener South-Hespeler".

External links[edit]

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