Kitchener (provincial electoral district)

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

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Kitchener Ontario electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created| 1967
District abolished| 1996
First contested| 1967
Last contested| 1995

Kitchener was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1967 to 1999, when it was abolished when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the city of Kitchener, Ontario.

## History

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Liberal Jim Breithaupt was the longest serving former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Kitchener since Canadian Confederation in 1867.[1] Liberal David R. Cooke held the seat for two terms between 1985 and 1990.[2] Will Ferguson took the seat in Bob Rae's New Democratic Party landslide election in 1990.[3] Ferguson resigned midterm and Progressive Conservative Wayne Wettlaufer won the 1994 by-election and held the seat until 1999 when the seat was redistributed into Kitchener Centre and Kitchener—Waterloo. Wettlaufer lost his seat in the provincial election of 2003.[4]

## Members

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Kitchener

Assembly | Years | Member | Party
Riding created out of Waterloo North and Waterloo South
28th |  1967–1971 |      | Jim Breithaupt | Liberal
29th |  1971–1975
30th |  1975–1977
31st |  1977–1981
32nd |  1981–1985
33rd |  1985–1987 |      | David R. Cooke | Liberal
34th |  1987–1990
33rd |  1990–1994 |      | Will Ferguson | New Democratic
33rd |  1994–1995 |      | Wayne Wettlaufer | Progressive Conservative
34th |  1995–1999
Riding dissolved into Kitchener Centre and Kitchener—Waterloo

## Election results

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### 1981

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1981 Ontario general election Candidates  | Party  | Votes

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Jim Breithaupt | Liberal | 12,592
Morley Rosenberg  | PC | 7,982
Ian MacFarlane  | NDP | 4,126

### 1985

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1985 Ontario general election Candidates  | Party  | Votes

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David Cooke | Liberal | 14,066
Don Travers  | PC | 9,684
Tim Little  | NDP | 5,654
Ed Halbach  | Independent Humanist  | 453
Albert Norris  | Independent  | 157

### 1990

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1990 Ontario general election Candidates  | Party  | Votes  | %

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Will Ferguson | NDP | 15,750 | 46.8%
David Cooke | Liberal | 9,731  | 28.9%
Ian Matthew  | PC | 6,157  | 18.3%
John Meenan  | FCP | 2,002  | 6.0%

### 1995

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1995 Ontario general election Candidates  | Party  | Votes

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Wayne Wettlaufer | PC | 13,374
Bryan Stortz  | Liberal | 9,992
Sandi Ellis  | NDP | 6,998
Lou Reitzel  | FCP | 2,111
Bob Oberholtzer  | Independent  | 612
Frank Kerek  | Independent  | 223

## References

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1. ^ "James Breithaupt | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1967-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
2. ^ "David Cooke | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1985-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
3. ^ "William Ferguson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1990-09-06. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
4. ^ "Wayne Wettlaufer | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-13.