Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district)

Kitchener—Conestoga
Ontario electoral district
	Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Mike Harris Jr.; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2006
First contested	2007
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	100,705
Electors (2018)	73,095
Area (km²)	906
Pop. density (per km²)	111.2
Census division(s)	Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)	Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich

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 west of Fischer-Hallman Road.

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	2014–2018			Progressive Conservative
41st	2018–2018			Independent
42nd	2018–2022		Mike Harris Jr.	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Mike Harris Jr.	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Harris Jr.	15,045	40.03	+0.45	$97,578
	New Democratic	Karen Meissner	10,851	28.87	−9.11	$102,506
	Liberal	Melanie Van Alphen	6,590	17.53	+3.49	$13,807
	Green	Nasir Abdulle	2,315	6.16	−0.48	$0
	New Blue	Jim Karahalios	2,223	5.91		$68,446
	Ontario Party	Elisabeth Perrin Snyder	501	1.33		$0
	Populist	Jason Adair	64	0.17		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,589	99.38	+1.28	$108,331
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			234	0.62	-1.28
Turnout			37,823	48.88	-11.05
Eligible voters			76,692
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.78
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	Mike Harris Jr.	17,005	39.57	+3.18
	New Democratic	Kelly Dick	16,319	37.97	+16.78
	Liberal	Joe Gowing	6,035	14.04	-19.30
	Green	Bob Jonkman	2,853	6.64	-0.33
	Libertarian	Daniel Benoy	550	1.28	-0.85
	Consensus Ontario	Dan Holt	212	0.49
Total valid votes			42,974	100.0
Turnout				60.8
Eligible voters			70,712
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

2014 Ontario general election
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^[2]

2011 Ontario general election
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^[3]

2007 Ontario general election
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

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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

References

^ "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.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 038 Kitchener-Conestoga" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kitchener—Conestoga" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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[1] "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.

[2] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 038 Kitchener-Conestoga" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kitchener—Conestoga" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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