Kitchener South—Hespeler (provincial electoral district)
Kitchener South—Hespeler (French: Kitchener-Sud—Hespeler) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 2015 and has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 42nd Ontario general election.
 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kitchener Centre in relation to Southern Ontario ridings | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 105,305 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 77,296 | ||
| Area (km²) | 107 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 984.2 | ||
| Census division(s) | Waterloo | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Kitchener, Cambridge | ||
Geography
Kitchener South—Hespeler was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts following the passage of the Representation Act, 2015[1] using the boundaries set out by the 2013 Federal Representation Order.
The new Kitchener South—Hespeler electoral district includes:
- The portion of the City of Cambridge lying northerly of Ontario Highway 401
- The portion of the City of Kitchener lying:
- Southerly of the Conestoga Parkway
- Easterly of Fischer-Hallman Road
- Westerly of Ontario Highway 8 between the Conestoga Parkway and Fairway Road
- Westerly of the border between the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener between Fairway Road and Ontario Highway 401
Prominent Places
Kitchener South - Hespeler is home to several prominent places for the region including:
- Conestoga College's Doon and Cambridge Campuses
- McLennan Park
- Huron Natural Area
- Hespeler Village
- Chicopee Ski Hill
- Toyota Manufacturing Plant - major employer for the region
- Loblaws Distribution Centre - major employer for the region
- Fairview Park Mall
- Sportsworld Shopping Centre
- Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory
- Homer Watson House & Gallery
- Grand Valley Instuition for Women
- Ken Sieling Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Kitchener South-Hespeler | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Kitchener South—Hespeler Riding created from Kitchener—Conestoga , Kitchener Centre and Cambridge |
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| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Amy Fee | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–present | Jess Dixon | ||
Electoral history
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jess Dixon | 13,768 | 39.91 | +1.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Weston | 9,118 | 26.43 | -10.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Ismail Mohamed | 5,629 | 16.32 | +1.41 | ||||
| Green | David Weber | 3,993 | 11.58 | +4.05 | ||||
| New Blue | John Teat | 1,436 | 4.16 | |||||
| Ontario Party | David Gillies | 552 | 1.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,496 | |||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 266 | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +5.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Amy Fee | 16,511 | 38.86 | +6.78 | ||||
| New Democratic | Fitz Vanderpool | 15,741 | 37.05 | +13.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Surekha Shenoy | 6,335 | 14.91 | -21.62 | ||||
| Green | David Weber | 3,198 | 7.53 | +1.27 | ||||
| Libertarian | Nathan Andre Lajeunesse | 423 | 1.00 | -0.88 | ||||
| Independent | Narine Sookram | 275 | 0.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,483 | 98.47 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 661 | 1.53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,144 | 55.82 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,296 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 2014 general election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 12,403 | 36.53 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 10,894 | 32.08 | |
| New Democratic | 7,895 | 23.25 | |
| Green | 2,124 | 6.26 | |
| Libertarian | 638 | 1.88 | |
Notes
- "Representation Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 31, Sched. 1". www.ontario.ca. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
- "Candidates in: Kitchener South—Hespeler (049)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- "49 - Kitchener South-Hespeler".
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