Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district)

Kitchener—Conestoga
Ontario electoral district
	Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tim Louis; Liberal
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	107,134
Electors (2021)	75,079
Area (km²)	896.18
Pop. density (per km²)	119.5
Census division	Waterloo
Census subdivision(s)	Kitchener (part), Woolwich, Wilmot, Wellesley

Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2021 was 107,134. The riding is currently represented by Liberal MP Tim Louis. In the 2019 election, this was one of only two ridings in the country in which the Liberal candidate unseated the Conservative incumbent (the other being Milton).^[3]

Geography

The district includes the townships of Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot, and the southwestern part of the City of Kitchener, i.e., the part of the City of Kitchener lying west of Fischer-Hallman Road.

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Waterloo—Wellington, part of Kitchener Centre, and part of Cambridge. It was known as "Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich" from 2004 to 2005.

This riding lost almost half of its territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler but gained territory from Kitchener Centre, Kitchener—Waterloo and a fraction from Wellington—Halton Hills during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Ethnic groups: 77.5% White, 6.9% South Asian, 2.8% Black, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.1% Indigenous, 1.9% Arab, 1.9% Latin American, 1.3% Chinese

Languages: 70.8% English, 3.5% German, 2.6% Pennsylvania German, 1.6% Punjabi, 1.5% Spanish, 1.4% Arabic, 1.2% Romanian, 1.1% Serbian

Religions: 59.5% Christian (20.0% Catholic, 7.9% Anabaptist, 4.4% Lutheran, 3.5% United Church, 2.7% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% Anglican, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 14.1% Other), 5.1% Muslim, 2.3% Hindu, 1.7% Sikh, 1.3% Buddhist, 29.5% None

Median income: $46,800 (2020)

Average income: $57,650 (2020)

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Party
Kitchener—Conestoga Riding created from Waterloo—Wellington, Kitchener Centre and Cambridge
38th	2004–2006	Lynn Myers	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Harold Albrecht	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021	Tim Louis	Liberal
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Kitchener—Conestoga (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tim Louis	30,006	48.32	+10.03
	Conservative	Doug Treleaven	29,484	47.48	+9.84
	New Democratic	Maya Bozorgzad	1,821	2.93	–9.00
	People's	Kevin Dupuis	786	1.27	–5.95
Total valid votes/expense limit	62,087	$128,057.38
Total rejected ballots	283	0.46%
Turnout	62,370	73.90
Eligible voters	84,029
	Liberal notional hold	Swing	+0.10
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party	Vote	%
	Liberal	20,489	38.29
	Conservative	20,140	37.64
	New Democratic	6,381	11.93
	People's	3,865	7.22
	Green	2,626	4.91
	Others	8	0.01

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,025	39.3	-0.4	$87,010.06
	Conservative	Carlene Hawley	19,448	38.2	-0.8	$102,975.68
	New Democratic	Narine Dat Sookram	5,948	11.7	+1.6	$3,366.91
	People's	Kevin Dupuis	3,690	7.2	+5.7	$7,913.55
	Green	Owen Bradley	1,842	3.6	-6.0	$6,206.36
Total valid votes	50,953	99.4
Total rejected ballots	290	0.6
Turnout	51,243	68.3
Eligible voters	75,079
	Liberal hold	Swing	+0.2
Source: Elections Canada^[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,480	39.7	-3.15	$78,912.65
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,115	39.0	-4.22	$90,924.77
	New Democratic	Riani De Wet	5,204	10.1	+0.4	none listed
	Green	Stephanie Goertz	4,946	9.6	+6.88	none listed
	People's	Koltyn Wallar	790	1.5	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit	51,535	100.0
Total rejected ballots	361
Turnout	51,896	69.6	-0.24
Eligible voters	74,562
	Liberal gain from Conservative	Swing	+0.54
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,649	43.29	-11.12	$126,202.90
	Liberal	Tim Louis	20,398	42.76	+19.29	$65,863.92
	New Democratic	James Villeneuve	4,653	9.75	-8.50	$13,161.73
	Green	Bob Jonkman	1,314	2.75	-0.89	$1,743.36
	Libertarian	Richard Hodgson	685	1.44	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit	47,699	100.00		$202,562.28
Total rejected ballots	227	0.47	–
Turnout	47,926	69.84	–
Eligible voters	68,623
	Conservative hold	Swing	-15.21
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
Party	Vote	%
	Conservative	21,914	54.41
	Liberal	9,454	23.47
	New Democratic	7,350	18.25
	Green	1,469	3.65
	Others	86	0.21

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	28,902	54.12	+4.80	$87,677.43
	New Democratic	Lorne Bruce	11,665	21.84	+6.81	$9,277.86
	Liberal	Robert Rosehart	10,653	19.95	-4.94	–
	Green	Albert Ashley	2,184	4.09	-6.65	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit	53,404	100.00	$92,867.94
Total rejected ballots	171	0.32	0.00
Turnout	53,575	61.10	+4.58
Eligible voters	87,689	–	–
	Conservative hold	Swing	+5.80

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	23,525	49.32	+8.10	$84,798
	Liberal	Orlando Da Silva	11,876	24.89	-13.59	$75,077
	New Democratic	Rod McNeil	7,173	15.03	+0.15	$6,494
	Green	Jamie Kropf	5,124	10.74	+5.33	$33,066
Total valid votes/Expense limit	47,698	100.00	$88,113
Total rejected ballots	153	0.32
Turnout	47,851	56.52
	Conservative hold	Swing	+10.85

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Albrecht	20,615	41.22	+5.86
	Liberal	Lynn Myers	19,245	38.48	-3.80
	New Democratic	Len Carter	7,443	14.88	-0.83
	Green	Kris Stapleton	2,706	5.41	-1.22
Total valid votes	50,009	100.00
	Conservative gain from Liberal	Swing	+4.83

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lynn Myers	17,819	42.29
	Conservative	Frank Luellau	14,903	35.37
	New Democratic	Len Carter	6,623	15.72
	Green	Kris Stapleton	2,793	6.63
Total valid votes	42,138	100.00

References

"Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district) (Code 35038) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

^ Statistics Canada: 2022
^ Statistics Canada: 2022
^ Cheung, Christopher (October 23, 2019). "Liberals Prove Kings of Tight Ridings. And More Election Crunching". The Tyee. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kitchener--Conestoga [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[1] Statistics Canada: 2022

[2] Statistics Canada: 2022

[thetyee_2019-10-23-3] Cheung, Christopher (October 23, 2019). "Liberals Prove Kings of Tight Ridings. And More Election Crunching". The Tyee. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

[4] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kitchener--Conestoga [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2023.

[5] "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

[6] "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.

[7] "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

[8] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[9] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[10] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[11] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015

[12] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

[13] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Liberal	Guelph Kitchener—Conestoga Waterloo