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.

Kitchener South—Hespeler

Ontario electoral district
Kitchener South-Hespeler in relation to Southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Jess Dixon Progressive Conservative
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2025
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
42nd	2018–2022		Amy Fee	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Jess Dixon

Electoral history

Winning party in each polling division of Kitchener South—Hespeler at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jess Dixon	17,363	45.4	+5.5
	Liberal	Ismail Mohamed	9,830	25.7	+9.4
	New Democratic	Jeff Donkersgoed	6,841	17.9	–8.5
	Green	Jessica Riley	3,345	8.8	–2.8
	New Blue	John Soule	846	2.2	–2.0
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout				43.9	+1.7
Eligible voters			87,011
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–2.0
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

Winning party in each polling division of Kitchener South—Hespeler at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jess Dixon	13,768	39.91	+1.05	$72,110
	New Democratic	Joanne Weston	9,118	26.43	−10.62	$57,359
	Liberal	Ismail Mohamed	5,629	16.32	+1.41	$40,062
	Green	David Weber	3,993	11.58	+4.05	$18,207
	New Blue	John Teat	1,436	4.16		$3,952
	Ontario Party	David Gillies	552	1.60		$182
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,496	99.23	+0.76	$115,430
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			266	0.77	-0.76
Turnout			34,762	42.16	-13.66
Eligible voters			81,506
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.83
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

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

See also

• Kitchener South—Hespeler (federal electoral district)