Waterloo Region remains blue, orange and green in provincial election
Posted Feb 28, 2025 05:23:51 AM.
Last Updated Feb 28, 2025 09:35:48 AM.
Waterloo Region remains blue, green and orange after the snap provincial election Thursday.
The majority of local voters followed the rest of the province, throwing their support behind Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives.
The PC incumbents in Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener South—Hespeler, and Cambridge are all heading back to Queen’s Park.
The Kitchener—Conestoga riding made headlines this election campaign, with the Wilmot land assembly front and centre.
“We have been listening to residents since the beginning of this process, I’ve said time and time again, my number one goal is to make sure that we have a fair and equitable deal for the landowners and making sure that the Region is negotiating in good faith, the best that they can,” said PC winner Mike Harris Jr.
This marks Harris’ third consecutive term in the riding, and a fifth straight win for the PC party.
This campaign also saw the Green Party candidate in that riding throw their support behind the NDP’s Jodi Szimanski.
Szimanski finished third, behind Joe Gowing and the Liberal Party.
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Kitchener South—Hespeler stayed blue, with incumbent Jess Dixon winning the night. This is her second term representing the riding.
She took 17,363 votes.
Dixon was followed by the Liberal candidate, Ismail Mohamed in second place with 9,830.
Third and fourth place were the NDP and the Green Party candidates respectively.
Cambridge is also staying blue with Brian Riddell keeping his MPP status.
Riddell says he wasn’t a huge fan of the winter election.
“I’ve heard other candidates have broken their wrists, fallen, and hurt themselves with the icy conditions. So, I’ll stick with a spring or fall election next time.”
The Liberal’s Rob Deutchmann came in second Thursday night.
Waterloo is staying orange, with a decisive win for the NDP incumbent, Catherine Fife.
In a field of eight candidates, Fife won 50 percent of the votes, with a count of 25,055.
In second place was the Progressive Conservative’s Peter Turkington with 13,670.
Clayton Moore for the Liberals came in third.
In a distant fourth place was Shefaza Esmail for the Green Party, who told her followers to support Fife to win the riding.
A major win for Aislinn Clancy and the Green Party in Kitchener-Centre.
Not only did Clancy hold onto her seat, she had the widest margin of victory in Waterloo Region, more than doubling Rob Elliott’s votes for the PC Party.
“I see more and more of our neighbours living in tents, and the government really doesn’t have a plan for that, and I see harm to the climate, and the government doesn’t have a plan for that, and I see our health care system and education system overcrowded and overwhelmed. I really believe that we can do better,” says Clancy.
“We work across party lines. Don’t get me wrong, I know I can be critical of the premier, but I have gotten to know many of my MPP colleagues, and we see a lot of our ideas getting life in opposition parties.”
