While parts of Waterloo Region were painted Liberal red in Canada’s 42nd general election, Kitchener-Conestoga remained steadfast in its commitment to Conservative blue.
Voters elected Harold Albrecht to his fourth straight term representing the riding in Parliament.
Albrecht was first elected in 2006, and increased his vote total and margin of victory in both 2008 and 2011.
This time around, he was challenged by Tim Louis of the Liberals and James Villeneuve of the New Democratic Party, as well as the Greens’ Bob Jonkman and the Libertarians’ Richard Hodgson.
Those challengers resulted in Albrecht pulling in his lowest share of the vote since 2006.
The race went right down to the wire, with CTV News not calling the riding for Albrecht until after 2 a.m., when the final polls came in.
Those numbers showed Albrecht finishing with 20,648 votes, ahead of 20,297 for Louis.
Villeneuve was in third with 4,653.
Following the most recent boundary readjustment, Kitchener-Conestoga is comprised of parts of Kitchener west of Fischer-Hallman Road, as well as the townships of Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.
It previously included southern parts of Kitchener, which were shifted over to the new riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler for 2015.
