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Kitchener South—Hespeler (federal electoral district)

Kitchener South—Hespeler (French: Kitchener-Sud—Hespeler) is a federal electoral district in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since the 2015 election.

Kitchener South—Hespeler
Ontario electoral district
Kitchener South—Hespeler in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Valerie Bradford
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]97,673
Electors (2015)72,359
Area (km²)[1]111
Pop. density (per km²)879.9
Census division(s)Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)Cambridge, Kitchener

History

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Kitchener South—Hespeler was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts as a result of a redistribution process conducted by Elections Canada from 2012 to 2013.[2]

Geography

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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, the Kitchener South—Hespeler district was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts.[3]

The new Kitchener South—Hespeler electoral district includes:

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]

Ethnic groups: 63.5% White, 13.3% South Asian, 5.9% Black, 3.2% Latin American, 2.6% Indigenous, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Arab, 1.7% Chinese, 1.5% Filipino, 1.4% West Asian

Languages: 65.6% English, 3.4% Punjabi, 2.6% Spanish, 1.8% Arabic, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.3% Gujarati, 1.3% Urdu, 1.1% Serbian, 1.1% Romanian, 1.0% Polish, 1.0% French

Religions: 52.0% Christian (23.8% Catholic, 3.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.8% Anglican, 2.2% United Church, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.8% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.7% Presbyterian, 12.2% Other), 7.8% Muslim, 4.7% Hindu, 4.1% Sikh, 1.0% Buddhist, 29.4% None

Median income: $42,800 (2020)

Average income: $53,600 (2020)

Members of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Kitchener South—Hespeler
Riding created from Cambridge, Kitchener Centre,
and Kitchener—Conestoga
42nd  2015–2019     Marwan Tabbara Liberal
43rd  2019–2020
 2020–2021     Independent
44th  2021–present     Valerie Bradford Liberal

Electoral history

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Graph of election results in Kitchener South—Hespeler (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 Valerie Bradford 18,596 37.5 -2.7 $72,079.16
Conservative Tyler Calver 17,649 35.5 +2.0 $90,043.50
New Democratic Suresh Arangath 8,079 16.3 +3.0 $10,706.94
People's Melissa Baumgaetner 3,351 6.7 +4.8 $4.497.35
Green Gabe Rose 1,710 3.4 -7.5 $530.30
Independent C.A. Morrison 119 0.2 N/A $0.00
Rhinoceros Stephen Davis 93 0.2 N/A $0.00
Marxist–Leninist Elaine Baetz 57 0.1 ±0.0 $0.00
Total valid votes 49,654 99.1
Total rejected ballots 474 0.9
Turnout 50,128 62.0
Eligible voters 80,885
Liberal hold Swing -2.4
Source: Elections Canada[5]


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marwan Tabbara 20,986 40.18 -2.09 $106,706.58
Conservative Alan Keeso 17,480 33.47 -2.26 none listed
New Democratic Wasai Rahimi 6,945 13.30 -2.26 none listed
Green David Weber 5,671 10.86 +7.16 $7,620.10
People's Joseph Todd 1,005 1.92 none listed
Veterans Coalition Matthew Correia 90 0.17 $312.71
Marxist–Leninist Elaine Baetz 56 0.11 -0.08 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,233 99.25
Total rejected ballots 395 0.75 +0.21
Turnout 52,628 65.66 -0.25
Eligible voters 80,150
Liberal hold Swing +0.56
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marwan Tabbara 20,215 42.27 +23.34 $69,489.97
Conservative Marian Gagné 17,544 36.68 -14.51 $97,214.81
New Democratic Lorne Bruce 7,440 15.56 -10.21 $3,785.97
Green David Weber 1,767 3.69 -0.31 $2,785.51
Libertarian Nathan Lajeunesse 772 1.61 – $1,761.68
Marxist–Leninist Elaine Baetz 91 0.19 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,829 99.46   $205,534.07
Total rejected ballots 259 0.54 –
Turnout 48,088 65.92 –
Eligible voters 72,953
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +18.93%
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 20,304 51.19
  New Democratic 10,219 25.76
  Liberal 7,506 18.92
  Green 1,587 4.00
  Others 47 0.12

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Elections Canada. "Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario". Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  3. ^ Elections Canada. "Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario". Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kitchener South--Hespeler [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. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener South—Hespeler, 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
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