Voters spell to the polls successful the national predetermination connected Monday.
Polling stations are located passim Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County. Polls volition beryllium unfastened 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. People inactive waiting successful enactment astatine 9:30 p.m. volition inactive beryllium capable to vote.
Elections Canada notes determination are 3 options for voting:
- Show your driver's licence oregon immoderate different paper issued by the Canadian authorities with your photo, sanction and existent address.
- Show 2 pieces of ID that person your sanction and astatine slightest 1 indispensable person your existent address. That could see a elector accusation paper and a slope connection oregon a inferior measure oregon pupil card. A afloat database of accepted ID is disposable connected the Elections Canada website. Expired ID tin beryllium utilized arsenic impervious of individuality if it has your sanction and arsenic a impervious of residence.
- If you don't person ID, you tin state your individuality and code successful penning and person idiosyncratic who knows you vouch for you astatine a polling station. The idiosyncratic vouching for you indispensable beryllium capable to beryllium their individuality and address. A idiosyncratic tin vouch for lone 1 idiosyncratic (except successful semipermanent attraction facilities).
Polling locations tin beryllium recovered by typing your postal codification into the Elections Canada website. People tin besides interaction section candidates for assistance to find their polling locations and immoderate candidates volition besides connection proscription assistance if necessary.
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CBC K-W has been covering the issues important to voters during the predetermination campaign. Below, larn much astir your riding, candidates and work related stories.
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- Cambridge.
- Kitchener Centre.
- Kitchener-Conestoga.
- Kitchener South-Hespeler.
- Waterloo.
- Gueph.
- Perth-Wellington.
- Wellington-Halton Hills.
Cambridge
There are 5 candidates moving successful this predetermination successful Cambridge. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Lux Burgess, Green Party of Canada.
- Connie Cody, Conservative Party of Canada.
- Manuel Couto, Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada.
- José de Lima, New Democratic Party.
- Bryan May, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent).
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Cambridge became its ain riding successful 1979. This year, parts of Brant County antecedently portion of the riding person been removed arsenic portion of a redistribution.
Over the years, Cambridge has bounced betwixt being a Conservative and Liberal seat. Before May won the spot successful 2015, the spot was held by Conservative Gary Goodyear betwixt 2004 and 2015.
In 2021, May won by getting 2,210 votes much than Cody.
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Kitchener Centre
The 7 candidates moving successful Kitchener Centre successful this national election. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Brian Adeba, Liberal Party of Canada.
- Kelly DeRidder, Conservative Party of Canada.
- Margaretha Dyck, United Party.
- Mike Morrice, Green Party of Canada (incumbent).
- Ellen Papenburg, Animal Protection Party.
- Wasai Rahimi, People's Party of Canada.
- Heather Zaleski, New Democratic Party.
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Kitchener Centre has been a riding since 1997 and the archetypal MP was Liberal Karen Redman, who is present seat of the Region of Waterloo.
Conservative Stephen Woodworth served for 2 terms, 2008 to 2015, erstwhile Liberal Raj Saini won. Saini kept the spot until helium stepped down from moving for re-election successful 2021 successful the midst of allegations made against him by a erstwhile assistant. Saini has denied the allegations. Even though helium stepped down, his sanction remained connected the ballot and helium came successful fourth.
Morrice won the spot successful 2021 with 17,872, which was 5,335 votes much than the second-place Conservative candidate.
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Kitchener-Conestoga
There are 4 candidates moving successful Kitchener-Conestoga. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Maya Bozorgzad, New Democratic Party.
- Kevin Dupuis, People's Party of Canada.
- Tim Louis, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent).
- Doug Treleaven, Conservative Party of Canada.
There is nary Green campaigner successful this riding.
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Kitchener-Conestoga has existed arsenic a riding since 2004. The archetypal MP was Liberal Lynn Myers, past Conservative Harold Albrecht was the MP from 2006 to 2019. Louis has been the MP since 2019.
The riding has seen precise adjacent races successful caller elections:
- In 2021, Louis bushed Conservative Carlene Hawley by 577 votes.
- In 2019, Louis bushed Albrecht by 365 votes.
- In 2015, Albrecht bushed Louis by 251 votes.
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Kitchener South-Hespeler
There are six candidates moving successful Kitchener South-Hespeler. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Valerie Bradford, Liberal Party of Canada (incumbent).
- Lorne Bruce, New Democratic Party.
- Kathleen Dueck, United Party of Canada.
- Ethan Russell, Green Party of Canada.
- Matt Strauss, Conservative Party of Canada.
- Randy Williams, People's Party of Canada.
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The riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler was created successful 2015. The archetypal MP for the riding was Marwan Tabbara, who started arsenic a Liberal. In 2020 during his 2nd term, Tabbara said helium was "stepping back" from the Liberal caucus due to the fact that helium was facing battle charges. He sat arsenic an independent.
Bradford won the spot successful 2021.
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Waterloo
There are 9 candidates moving successful Waterloo. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Waseem Botros, Conservative.
- Bardish Chagger (incumbent), Liberal.
- Santa Claus Chatham, Rhinocéros Party.
- Héline Chow, NDP.
- Simon Guthrie, Green.
- Jamie Hari, Independent.
- Val Neekman, Independent.
- Hans Roach, Independent.
- Douglas Ross, PPC.
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Waterloo has been a riding since 1968. Over the years, it has had MPs who are NDP, Conservative and Liberal.
Chagger won successful 2021 with much than 10,000 votes implicit the second-place Conservative candidate.
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Guelph
Guelph will elect a caller MP connected Monday as Liberal MP Lloyd Longfield opted not to question re-election. Longfield has held the spot since October 2015.
There are 8 candidates successful Guelph. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Elaine Baetz, Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada.
- Janice Folk-Dawson, New Democratic Party.
- Gurvir Khaira, Conservative Party of Canada.
- Dominique O'Rourke, Liberal Party of Canada.
- Jeffrey Swackhammer, People's Party of Canada.
- Michael Wassilyn, Independent.
- Yurii Yavorskyi, Canadian Future Party.
- Anne-Marie Zajdlik, Green Party of Canada.
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Guelph saw immoderate changes to its boundaries successful this predetermination with a redistribution of seats. Some confederate parts of the metropolis are present portion of the renamed Wellington-Halton Hills North.
Perth-Wellington
There are 4 candidates successful Perth-Wellington. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Wayne Baker, People's Party of Canada.
- Kevin Kruchkywich, New Democratic Party.
- David Mackey, Liberal Party of Canada.
- John Nater, Conservative Party of Canada.
Perth-Wellington has existed arsenic a riding since 2004. It has been Conservative that full time, starting with Gary Schellenberger from 2004 to 2015 and past Nater has been the MP since 2015.
Nater has served arsenic the shadiness curate for Canadian Heritage. He worked for Shellenberger and was besides elected to West Perth assembly successful 2010 earlier seeking the Conservative information for the 2015 predetermination erstwhile Sehllenberger opted not to tally again.
Baker ran for the People's Party successful the 2021 election. He lives successful Arthur and his biography connected the party's website says helium has a inheritance successful existent property and is presently a self-employed tiny concern owner.
"Politicians and bureaucrats request to get retired of the way, alternatively than trying to power each facet of our life. I americium committed to a state wherever we are agreed successful pursuit of communal goals, alternatively than divided successful individuality politics," Baker says connected the website.
Kruchkywich ran for the NDP successful this riding successful 2021 and helium has besides tally for a spot connected metropolis assembly successful Stratford. He's an histrion who has besides worked arsenic a wide contractor.
"No substance wherever they basal connected the socio-economic spectrum, Kevin has seen a communal thread: Canadians are struggling, and galore are profoundly acrophobic astir the aboriginal of the nation," his bio connected the NDP website says.
Mackey's bio connected the Liberal website says helium had a career successful high-tech management. Now retired, helium volunteers connected the Stratford Public Library board, the Ontario Library Service board, and the Ontario Library Board Association. He's also a committee subordinate of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority.
Mackey "seeks to guarantee that each idiosyncratic and household has entree to the resources, education, and infrastructure they request to thrive," his bio says.
Wellington-Halton Hills North
There are 5 candidates successful Wellington-Halton Hills. They are (in alphabetical bid by past name):
- Andrew Bascombe, New Democratic Party.
- Syl Carle, People's Party of Canada.
- Sean Carscadden, Liberal Party of Canada.
- Michael Chong, Conservative Party of Canada (incumbent).
- Liam Stiles, Green Party of Canada.
The riding changed its sanction this twelvemonth and immoderate of its boundaries arsenic portion of a redistribution of seats. It was antecedently known arsenic Wellington-Halton Hills.
This year, the riding was dissolved into Milton East-Halton Hills South and Wellington-Halton Hills North. The riding present includes a confederate information of Guelph. The riding besides wholly encompasses Guelph.
Wellington-Halton Hills was created successful 2004 and Chong has been the MP the full time. Chong astir precocious served arsenic the shadiness curate for overseas affairs for the Official Opposition. When the Conservatives formed the authorities nether erstwhile Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chong was the curate of intergovernmental affairs and the curate for sport.
In 2016, Chong ran for the enactment of the Conservatives but yet mislaid to Andrew Scheer when the ballot was held successful May 2017.
Bascombe of the NDP lives in Acton and his biography connected the party's website says helium has worked arsenic a instrumentality operator and is presently a low-rise builder.
"Through his enactment successful the national and his engagement successful his community, Andrew has demonstrated himself to beryllium a thoughtful listener, a responsive problem-solver, and an unfastened and honorable advocate," the bio says.
Carle ran for the People's Party of Canada successful 2019 and again successful 2021. His bio says helium "stands for the halfway values of freedom, idiosyncratic responsibility, respect, and fairness."
Carscadden, the Liberal candidate, served successful the Canadian Forces as a chopper aviator and his biography connected the party's website says helium served on humanitarian assistance missions successful Honduras and peacekeeping efforts successful Bosnia-Herzegovina.
After 20 years, helium moved into civilian aviation and is present an aerial ambulance aviator with Ornge.
Stiles of the Greens works is simply a registered kinesiologist and is the manager of the programme for progressive surviving astatine a Waterloo semipermanent attraction home.
He's a caller begetter and his biography connected the party's website says he's known to "stay affirmative and look for solutions adjacent erstwhile the result is grim, triumph others implicit and support harmony wrong a squad erstwhile conflicts arise."