Kitchener Centre, ON — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Kitchener Centre — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Kitchener Centre was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Raj Saini, the Liberal candidate, won the riding with 25,504 votes (48.8% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Stephen Woodworth (Conservative) with 15,872 votes (30.4%), defeated by a margin of 9,632 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Susan Cadell (NDP-New Democratic Party, 17%).
Riding information
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Kitchener Centre covers the downtown core and surrounding neighbourhoods of Kitchener, a mid-sized city in southwestern Ontario's Waterloo Region. The riding was considered a political bellwether, having swung between parties in successive elections. For 2015, its boundaries were adjusted slightly, shrinking on the west and south while expanding northward.
Candidates
Raj Saini (Liberal) — A pharmacist by profession, Saini studied science at the University of Toronto and completed a pharmacy degree at Northeastern University in Boston. He moved to Kitchener to open Greenbrook Pharmacy, an independent business he co-owned and operated for more than two decades. He had served as president of the Kitchener Centre Federal Liberal Constituency Association before seeking the nomination.
Stephen Woodworth (Conservative) — The incumbent MP, Woodworth had represented Kitchener Centre since winning the seat in 2008. A lawyer who practised in Kitchener for nearly three decades, he attended Wilfrid Laurier University before completing his law degree at the University of Western Ontario. He previously served on the Waterloo Catholic District School Board from 1994 to 2003. In Parliament, Woodworth sat on committees including Justice and Human Rights and Environment and Sustainable Development, and drew national attention in 2012 for introducing Motion 312, which proposed re-examining the legal definition of when human life begins.
Susan Cadell (NDP) — Cadell was Director of the School of Social Work at Renison University College, University of Waterloo. She brought an academic perspective to the campaign.
Nicholas Wendler (Green Party) — Wendler ran as the Green Party candidate in Kitchener Centre.
About the Riding
Kitchener Centre sits at the heart of the Waterloo Region's technology corridor, where the growth of the local tech sector was transforming the downtown. The University of Waterloo's satellite campus and Wilfrid Laurier University's presence brought thousands of students into the riding's core. A major infrastructure project during the campaign period was the construction of the ION light rail transit line, which would connect Kitchener and Waterloo. The riding's mix of older residential neighbourhoods, student housing, and new condominium developments made affordability a growing concern. Manufacturing remained an important employer, though the economy was shifting toward technology, education, and health care.
