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Kitchener Centre

Ontario electoral district
Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mike Morrice Green
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	105,258
Electors (2019)	83,884
Area (km²)	41.47
Pop. density (per km²)	2,538.2
Census division(s)	Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)	Kitchener

Kitchener Centre (French: Kitchener-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

The district includes the north-central and north-eastern parts of the city of Kitchener, Ontario, including the downtown core.

Political geography

In 2008, the race in Kitchener was razor thin between the Conservatives and Liberals. Politically, the riding is split by the Conestoga Parkway—the area to the west of the Parkway tends to support the Liberals while the area to the east of it tends to vote for the Conservatives. The New Democrats also won a small handful of polls, scattered around the riding. In 2019, The Greens saw one of their largest increases as their share of the vote jumped up 23 points, from 3% to 26%, and took second place from the Conservatives. In terms of vote share and margin of loss, this was the Greens' most successful result in Ontario (even better than neighbouring Guelph, which has a Green MPP) and part of their surge in the south west of the province. In 2021, despite a nationwide vote collapse for the Greens, returning candidate Mike Morrice was able to pull off an upset win, largely helped by the collapse in support for the incumbent Liberal MP, Raj Saini, being involved in sexual assault allgations. This makes Morrice the first ever Green MP from Ontario on the federal level.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 71.5% White, 7.9% Black, 5.8% South Asian, 3.3% Indigenous, 2.5% Latin American, 2.1% Southeast Asian, 1.9% Arab, 1.3% Chinese, 1.0% West Asian
Languages: 70.1% English, 2.6% German, 2.0% Spanish, 1.9% Arabic, 1.7% German, 1.6% Tigrigna, 1.5% Serbian, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.1% Romanian, 1.0% French
Religions: 53.4% Christian (22.2% Catholic, 4.3% Christian Orthodox, 3.6% Lutheran, 2.8% United Church, 2.5% Anglican, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.4% Anabaptist, 1.2% Baptist, 12.6% other), 5.9% Muslim, 2.6% Hindu, 1.0% Sikh, 35.0% none
Median income: $40,800 (2020)
Average income: $50,440 (2020)

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Kitchener and Kitchener—Waterloo ridings.

It initially consisted of the part of the City of Kitchener bounded on the west by the western limit of the city, on the south by a line drawn from west to east along the Conestoga Parkway, Strasburg Road, Block Line Road, the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and Highway No. 8, on the east by the Grand River, and on the north by a line drawn from east to west along Victoria Street, Lawrence Avenue and Highland Road West.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Kitchener bounded on the west by the western limit of the city, on the north by a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Fischer Hallman Road and the Canadian National Railway situated northerly of Shadeland Crescent, on the east by the Grand River, and on the south by a line drawn from east to west along the King Street Bypass (Highway No. 8), King Street East and the Conestoga Parkway.

This riding lost territory to Kitchener—Conestoga and Kitchener South—Hespeler, and gained territory from Kitchener—Waterloo during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

1. Saini withdrew his candidacy, but after closure of nominations, so remained listed as the Liberal candidate on the ballot.

1. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

1. Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Kitchener Centre (federal electoral district) (Code 35037) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2001 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
2. "Riding « Pundits' Guide to Canadian Federal Elections".
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kitchener Centre [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
4. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener Centre, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
11. Elections Canada Downloadable XLS

External links

• Kitchener Centre NDP Federal Electoral District Association
• Kitchener Centre Federal Liberal Electoral District Association
• Kitchener Centre Federal PPC Electoral District Association

43°27′22″N 80°28′46″W / 43.4562°N 80.4794°W / 43.4562; -80.4794

• Ontario federal electoral districts
• Politics of Kitchener, Ontario