Legislature House of Commons District webpage profile, map Area (km²) 78 Province Ontario Last contested 2015 MP Bardish Chagger; Liberal | First contested 1968 Electors (2015) 77,312 Pop. density (per km²) 1,323 Population (2011) 103,192 Elector 77,312 District created 1966 | |
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Census divisions Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Waterloo, Kitchener | ||
Waterloo is a federal electoral district in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997 (from 1973 to 1976, it was known as Waterloo—Cambridge) and that is again represented in the House of Commons since the 2015 federal election as a result of the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012.
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Geography
The Waterloo electoral district contains all of the city of Waterloo plus the Bridgeport neighbourhood of Kitchener.
1966–1973
The Waterloo electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of Waterloo North and Waterloo South electoral districts. It initially comprised the City of Galt (now part of Cambridge), the City of Waterloo and the Townships of North Dumfries and Waterloo.
1973–1976
After the amalgamation of the City of Galt with the Towns of Preston and Hespeler into the City of Cambridge in 1973, the name of the electoral district was changed to Waterloo—Cambridge, The boundaries of the district were not changed.
1976–1996
In 1976, Waterloo—Cambridge was abolished when it was redistributed among Cambridge, Kitchener, and a new Waterloo electoral district.
The new Waterloo electoral district was created from parts of the Kitchener, Perth—Wilmot, Waterloo—Cambridge, and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo electoral districts. It comprised the Townships of Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich, the City of Waterloo, and parts of the City of Kitchener.
In 1987, the Waterloo electoral district was redefined to comprise the City of Waterloo, the northern part of the City of Kitchener, and the Township of Woolwich. The Townships of Wellesley and Wilmot were redistributed to the Perth—Wellington—Waterloo district.
The Waterloo electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between the Kitchener—Waterloo and Waterloo—Wellington electoral districts.
2013–present
Following the 2011 Census and a Canadian Parliament decision to increase the number of Federal electoral districts from 308 to 338, Elections Canada conducted a redistribution process that began with the establishment of Electoral Boundaries Commissions for each province in 2012. As a result of the work of the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario, which was concluded in July 2013, a new Waterloo electoral district was created out of 80% of the Kitchener—Waterloo electoral district.
The new Waterloo electoral district includes all of the City of Waterloo and the portion of the City of Kitchener lying northerly of the Canadian National Railway and northeasterly of Conestoga Parkway.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: