Kitchener—Waterloo was a provincial
electoral district in
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
,
Canada
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, that was represented in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2018. Its population in 2006 was 126,742. The riding was created in 1996 from parts of
Waterloo North
Waterloo North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which entitled each of north an ...
,
Kitchener—Wilmot and
Kitchener.
Geography
The district consists of the City of
Waterloo and the northern part of the City of
Kitchener.
The electoral district was created as part of the 1996 redistribution of provincial ridings to have the same borders as federal ridings, and first contested in
1999 general election.
It 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.
For the
2018 general election, the riding was dissolved into
Waterloo,
Kitchener Centre
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 o ...
, and
Kitchener—Conestoga
Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its pop ...
.
Member of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Election results
2007 electoral reform referendum
Notes
Sources
Elections Ontario Past Election Results
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Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario