Kitchener (federal electoral district)

Kitchener was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Waterloo North and Waterloo South ridings.

Kitchener

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

Not to be confused with Kitchener (provincial electoral district).

It initially consisted of the City of Kitchener, Ontario.

In 1976, it was redefined to exclude the northeastern part of the city.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Kitchener Centre and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

Members of Parliament

Kitchener
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Waterloo North and Waterloo South
28th	1968–1972		Kieth Hymmen	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Patrick Flynn
31st	1979–1980		John Reimer	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Peter Lang	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		John Reimer	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		John English	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Kitchener Centre and Waterloo—Wellington

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Kieth Hymmen	16,471
	New Democratic	Morley Rosenberg	12,799
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Young	11,217

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Kieth Hymmen	18,351
	Progressive Conservative	Barney Lawrence	18,104
	New Democratic	Mike Sheppard	11,272

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Flynn	21,091
	Progressive Conservative	Barney Lawrence	15,965
	New Democratic	Susan Surich	10,859
	Communist	Theresa Crowley	146
	Marxist–Leninist	Gail Margaret Rathwell	112

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Reimer	23,230
	Liberal	David Cooke	16,900
	New Democratic	James Herman	11,345
	Libertarian	Rodney C. Wilton	214
	Communist	Paul Pugh	83
	Marxist–Leninist	Jeff Conway	81

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Lang	19,502
	Progressive Conservative	John Reimer	17,990
	New Democratic	James Herman	11,494
	Libertarian	Ron Bailey	309
	Rhinoceros	Douglas Wright	292
	Marxist–Leninist	Jeff Conway	59

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Reimer	26,710
	Liberal	Peter Lang	16,130
	New Democratic	Will Ferguson	13,873
	Libertarian	Gerald Myszkowiec	306

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Reimer	22,400
	Liberal	John English	19,344
	New Democratic	Sue Coulter	11,571
	Libertarian	Joel Tarback	211
	Not affiliated	Anna Di Carlo	114

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John English	26,379
	Reform	Reg Gosse	12,107
	Progressive Conservative	John Reimer	10,281
	New Democratic	Ian MacFarlane	2,355
	Christian Heritage	Pat Schiebel	474
	Natural Law	Katherine Finlay	438
	Libertarian	Joel Tarback	164

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada