Waterloo (provincial electoral district)

Waterloo is a provincial electoral district in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada that is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[1]

Waterloo
Ontario electoral district
Waterloo in relation to southern Ontario ridings (2015 boundaries)
Coordinates:43°29′N 80°31′W / 43.48°N 80.52°W / 43.48; -80.52
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Catherine Fife
New Democratic
District created2015
First contested2018
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)110,135
Electors (2018)88,580
Area (km²)75
Pop. density (per km²)1,468.5
Census division(s)Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)Waterloo, Kitchener

Geography

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The Waterloo electoral district contains all of the city of Waterloo plus the Bridgeport neighbourhood of Kitchener.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Waterloo
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Kitchener—Waterloo
42nd  2018–2022     Catherine Fife New Democratic
43rd  2022–present

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Catherine Fife 20,615 45.89 −4.65 $79,926
Progressive Conservative Andrew Aitken 13,176 29.33 −2.08 $55,487
Liberal Jennifer Tuck 6,251 13.92 +1.75 $28,468
Green Shefaza Esmail 3,110 6.92 +2.09 $7,305
New Blue Vladimir Voznyuk 1,178 2.62   $4,970
Ontario Party Benjamin Hufnagel 359 0.80   $0
Communist Christian Shingiro 130 0.29   $0
Electoral Reform Peter House 103 0.23   $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,922 99.52 +0.79 $130,920
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 216 0.48 -0.79
Turnout 45,138 48.41 -13.39
Eligible voters 93,522
New Democratic hold Swing −1.29
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 Catherine Fife 27,315 50.54
Progressive Conservative Dan Weber 16,973 31.41
Liberal Dorothy McCabe 6,577 12.17
Green Zdravko Gunjevic 2,613 4.83
Libertarian Andrew Allison 566 1.05
Total valid votes 54,097 100.00
Turnout 64.5
Eligible voters 83,924
New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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