Kitchener—Conestoga

For the provincial electoral district, see Kitchener—Conestoga (provincial electoral district).

Kitchener—Conestoga

Ontario electoral district
Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Harold Albrecht Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	93,827
Electors (2015)	67,890
Area (km²)	949
Pop. density (per km²)	98.9
Census divisions	Waterloo
Census subdivisions	Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich

Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. 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 south of a line (from west to east) Conestoga Parkway, King Street East, the King Street Bypass and the Grand River.

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Waterloo—Wellington, part of Kitchener Centre, and part of Cambridge. It was known as "Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich" from 2004 to 2005.

This riding lost almost half of its territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler but gained territory from Kitchener Centre, Kitchener—Waterloo and a fraction from Wellington—Halton Hills during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kitchener—Conestoga Riding created from Waterloo—Wellington, Kitchener Centre and Cambridge
38th	2004–2006		Lynn Myers	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Harold Albrecht	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,649	43.29	-11.12	–
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,398	42.76	+19.29	–
	New Democratic	James Villeneuve	4,653	9.75	-8.50	–
	Green	Bob Jonkman	1,314	2.75	-0.89	–
	Libertarian	Richard Hodgson	685	1.44	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,699	100.00		$201,668.19
Total rejected ballots			227	0.47	–
Turnout			47,926	69.84	–
Eligible voters			68,623
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.21
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,914	54.41
	Liberal	9,454	23.47
	New Democratic	7,350	18.25
	Green	1,469	3.65
	Others	86	0.21

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	28,902	54.12	+4.80	$87,677.43
	New Democratic	Lorne Bruce	11,665	21.84	+6.81	$9,277.86
	Liberal	Robert Rosehart	10,653	19.95	-4.94	–
	Green	Albert Ashley	2,184	4.09	-6.65	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,404	100.00	$92,867.94
Total rejected ballots			171	0.32	0.00
Turnout			53,575	61.10	+4.58
Eligible voters			87,689	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	23,525	49.32	+8.10	$84,798
	Liberal	Orlando Da Silva	11,876	24.89	-13.59	$75,077
	New Democratic	Rod McNeil	7,173	15.03	+0.15	$6,494
	Green	Jamie Kropf	5,124	10.74	+5.33	$33,066
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,698	100.00	$88,113
Total rejected ballots			153	0.32
Turnout			47,851	56.52
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.85

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,615	41.22	+5.86
	Liberal	Lynn Myers	19,245	38.48	-3.80
	New Democratic	Len Carter	7,443	14.88	-0.83
	Green	Kris Stapleton	2,706	5.41	-1.22
Total valid votes			50,009	100.00
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.83

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lynn Myers	17,819	42.29
	Conservative	Frank Luellau	14,903	35.37
	New Democratic	Len Carter	6,623	15.72
	Green	Kris Stapleton	2,793	6.63
Total valid votes			42,138	100.00

References

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada