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.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
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 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:
Kitchener South - Hespeler is home to several prominent places for the region including:
Kitchener South-Hespeler | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Kitchener South—Hespeler Riding created from Kitchener—Conestoga , Kitchener Centre and Cambridge |
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42nd | 2018–2022 | Amy Fee | Progressive Conservative | |
43rd | 2022–present | Jess Dixon |
2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jess Dixon | 13,768 | 39.91 | +1.05 | ||||
New Democratic | Joanne Weston | 9,118 | 26.43 | -10.62 | ||||
Liberal | Ismail Mohamed | 5,629 | 16.32 | +1.41 | ||||
Green | David Weber | 3,993 | 11.58 | +4.05 | ||||
New Blue | John Teat | 1,436 | 4.16 | |||||
Ontario Party | David Gillies | 552 | 1.60 | |||||
Total valid votes | 34,496 | |||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 266 | |||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters | ||||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +5.84 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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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[3] |
2014 general election redistributed results[4] | |||
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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 |
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