Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district)

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

Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2021 was 107,134. The riding is currently represented by Liberal MP Tim Louis. In the 2019 election, this is one of only two ridings in the country in which the Liberal candidate unseated the Conservative incumbent (the other being Milton).^[3]

Kitchener—Conestoga

Ontario electoral district
Kitchener—Conestoga in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tim Louis Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)^[1]	107,134
Electors (2021)	75,079
Area (km²)^[2]	896.18
Pop. density (per km²)	119.5
Census division(s)	Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)	Kitchener, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich

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.

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.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Ethnic groups: 77.5% White, 6.9% South Asian, 2.8% Black, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.1% Indigenous, 1.9% Arab, 1.9% Latin American, 1.3% Chinese

Languages: 70.8% English, 3.5% German, 2.6% Pennsylvania German, 1.6% Punjabi, 1.5% Spanish, 1.4% Arabic, 1.2% Romanian, 1.1% Serbian

Religions: 59.5% Christian (20.0% Catholic, 7.9% Anabaptist, 4.4% Lutheran, 3.5% United Church, 2.7% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% Anglican, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 14.1% Other), 5.1% Muslim, 2.3% Hindu, 1.7% Sikh, 1.3% Buddhist, 29.5% None

Median income: $46,800 (2020)

Average income: $57,650 (2020)

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	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Tim Louis	Liberal
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Kitchener—Conestoga (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,025	39.3	-0.4	$87,010.06
	Conservative	Carlene Hawley	19,448	38.2	-0.8	$102,975.68
	New Democratic	Narine Dat Sookram	5,948	11.7	+1.6	$3,366.91
	People's	Kevin Dupuis	3,690	7.2	+5.7	$7,913.55
	Green	Owen Bradley	1,842	3.6	-6.0	$6,206.36
Total valid votes			50,953	99.4
Total rejected ballots			290	0.6
Turnout			51,243	68.3
Eligible voters			75,079
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.2
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,480	39.7	-3.15	$78,912.65
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,115	39.0	-4.22	$90,924.77
	New Democratic	Riani De Wet	5,204	10.1	+0.4	none listed
	Green	Stephanie Goertz	4,946	9.6	+6.88	none listed
	People's	Koltyn Wallar	790	1.5	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,535	100.0
Total rejected ballots			361
Turnout			51,896	69.6	-0.24
Eligible voters			74,562
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+0.54
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,649	43.29	-11.12	$126,202.90
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,398	42.76	+19.29	$65,863.92
	New Democratic	James Villeneuve	4,653	9.75	-8.50	$13,161.73
	Green	Bob Jonkman	1,314	2.75	-0.89	$1,743.36
	Libertarian	Richard Hodgson	685	1.44	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,699	100.00		$202,562.28
Total rejected ballots			227	0.47	–
Turnout			47,926	69.84	–
Eligible voters			68,623
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.21
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
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

2011 Canadian federal election
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	–
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	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.80

2008 Canadian federal election
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
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

2006 Canadian federal election
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

2004 Canadian federal election
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

• "Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district) (Code 35038) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2022
2. Statistics Canada: 2022
3. Cheung, Christopher (October 23, 2019). "Liberals Prove Kings of Tight Ridings. And More Election Crunching". The Tyee. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kitchener--Conestoga [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
5. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections