Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Waterloo is a federal electoral district in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada, that has been used in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1968 (from 1973 to 1976, it was known as Waterloo—Cambridge). Between 1997 and 2015, the riding was known as Kitchener—Waterloo.[3]
The Waterloo electoral district contains all of the city of Waterloo plus the Bridgeport neighbourhood of Kitchener.
The Waterloo electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of Waterloo North and Waterloo South electoral districts. It initially comprised large sections of the Waterloo County (later Region) outside of the City of Kitchener, in particular in included, the City of Galt (now part of Cambridge), the City of Waterloo and the Townships of North Dumfries and Waterloo.[4]
After the amalgamation of the City of Galt with the Towns of Preston and Hespeler into the City of Cambridge in 1973, the name of the electoral district was changed to Waterloo—Cambridge. The boundaries of the district were not changed to actually add the Preston and Hespeler asections of Cambridge into the riding.[5]
In 1976, Waterloo—Cambridge was abolished when it was redistributed among Cambridge, Kitchener, and a new Waterloo electoral district.
The new Waterloo electoral district was created from parts of the Kitchener, Perth—Wilmot, Waterloo—Cambridge, and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo electoral districts. It comprised the Townships of Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich, the City of Waterloo, and parts of the City of Kitchener.[6]
In 1987, the Waterloo electoral district was redefined to comprise the City of Waterloo, the northern part of the City of Kitchener, and the Township of Woolwich. The Townships of Wellesley and Wilmot were redistributed to the Perth—Wellington—Waterloo district.[7]
The Waterloo electoral district was renamed to Kitchener—Waterloo[8] and part of it was split into Waterloo—Wellington.[9] The new district consisted initially of the City of Waterloo and the part of the City of Kitchener lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Lawrence Avenue and Victoria Street.
In 2003, the Kitchener part of the riding was redefined to be the part of the city lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Highland Road West, Fischer Hallman Road and the Canadian National Railway situated north of Shadeland Crescent.[8]
Following the 2011 census and a Canadian Parliament decision to increase the number of Federal electoral districts from 308 to 338, Elections Canada conducted a redistribution process that began with the establishment of Electoral Boundaries Commissions for each province in 2012. As a result of the work of the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario, which was concluded in July 2013, a revived Waterloo was created out of 80% of the old Kitchener—Waterloo. The rest of the Kitchener-Waterloo riding was split between Kitchener Centre and Kitchener-Conestoga[3][10] The revived riding comprised virtually all of the western portion of the old Kitchener—Waterloo, including all of Waterloo and a sliver of Kitchener lying north of the Canadian National Railway and northeast of Conestoga Parkway.
On September 22, 2023, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario decided to remove the Kitchener portion of the riding and incorporate it into the Kitchener Centre riding, leaving the Waterloo riding to encompass only the city of Waterloo. This change will take effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.[11][12]
Members of Parliament[edit]This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
According to the 2021 Canadian census[13]
Ethnic groups: 63.4% White, 10.5% South Asian, 9.1% Chinese, 3.0% Black, 2.6% Arab, 2.0% Indigenous, 1.9% Latin American, 1.7% West Asian, 1.4% Southeast Asian, 1.3% Korean, 1.0% Filipino
Languages: 64.9% English, 6.1% Mandarin, 2.1% Arabic, 1.5% German, 1.5% Spanish, 1.2% Hindi, 1.2% Punjabi, 1.1% Korean, 1.0% Urdu, 1.0% Persian
Religions: 46.0% Christian (18.2% Catholic, 3.3% United Church, 3.2% Lutheran, 2.7% Anglican, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.3% Anabaptist, 1.1% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 11.1% Other), 7.9% Muslim, 4.6% Hindu, 1.2% Sikh, 1.1% Buddhist, 37.7% None
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $60,600 (2020)
Graph of election results in Waterloo (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Waterloo, 2015–present[edit] 2021 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures Liberal Bardish Chagger 26,926 45.1 -3.7 $107,712.63 Conservative Meghan Shannon 16,528 27.7 +3.2 $61,976.35 New Democratic Jonathan Cassels 11,360 19.0 +3.8 $11,709.64 People's Patrick Doucette 2,802 4.7 +3.0 $7,490.55 Green Karla Villagomez Fajardo 2,038 3.4 -6.3 $4,629.92 Total valid votes/expense limit 59,654 99.4 – $115.523.52 Total rejected ballots 353 0.6 Turnout 60,007 69.4 Eligible voters 86,456 Liberal hold Swing -3.5 Source: Elections Canada[17] 2019 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures Liberal Bardish Chagger 31,085 48.8 -0.9 $107,088.00 Conservative Jerry Zhang 15,615 24.5 -7.8 $84,796.68 New Democratic Lori Campbell 9,710 15.2 +0.3 none listed Green Kirsten Wright 6,184 9.7 +6.8 none listed People's Erika Traub 1,112 1.7 – $5,385.50 Total valid votes/expense limit 63,706 100.0 – 112,180.38 Total rejected ballots 417 0.65 +0.33 Turnout 64,123 74.76 -2.9 Eligible voters 85,761 Liberal hold Swing +3.45 Source: Elections Canada,[18] Global News[19] 2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures Liberal Bardish Chagger 29,752 49.7 +11.38 $140,131.74 Conservative Peter Braid 19,318 32.3 -9.08 $148,370.13 New Democratic Diane Freeman 8,928 14.9 -0.04 $96,964.67 Green Richard Walsh 1,713 2.9 -1.78 – Animal Alliance Emma Hawley-Yan 138 0.2 – $4,066.17 Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,849 100.0 – $212,120.63 Total rejected ballots 198 0.32 – Turnout 60,047 77.66 – Eligible voters 77,312 Source: Elections Canada[20][21] Kitchener—Waterloo, 1997-2011[edit] 2008 Canadian federal election: Kitchener—Waterloo Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures Conservative Peter Braid 21,830 36.06 +7.75 $93,455 Liberal Andrew Telegdi 21,813 36.03 -10.82 $71,443 New Democratic Cindy Jacobsen 8,915 14.72 -3.16 $34,713 Green Cathy MacLellan 7,326 12.10 +5.64 $19,781 Libertarian Jason Cousineau 333 0.55 – $0 Independent Mark Corbiere 107 0.17 – Communist Ramon Portillo 105 0.17 – $373 Canadian Action Kyle Huntingdon 105 0.17 – $203 Total valid votes/expense limit 60,534 100.00 $95,412 Total rejected ballots 229 0.38 – Turnout 60,763 62.31 -8.08Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
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