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Kitchener Centre riding: Liberal Raj Saini defeats Conservative Stephen Woodworth

Liberal candidate Raj Saini won in Kitchener Centre, defeating incumbent Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP who has held the riding since 2008.
Raj Saini celebrates his win at a gathering at the Fork and Cork Grill in Kitchener. (Amanda Grant/CBC)

Liberal candidate Raj Saini won in Kitchener Centre, defeating incumbent Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP who has held the riding since 2008.

Saini took about 50 per cent of the popular vote to Woodworth's 30 per cent.

Kitchener Centre was redefined in 2012, when it gained territory from the former riding of Kitchener-Waterloo and lost territory to Kitchener-Conestoga and the new riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler for the2015 federal election.

On Sept. 21, the candidates for Kitchener Centre took part in a panel discussion on CBC K-W's The Morning Edition. You can find that coverage here.

Check out the map below to compare local election results from 2011 and 2015, as data becomes available:

On mobile? Compare the 2011 and 2015 results for Kitchener Centre here.

Candidates in 2015:

  • Conservative: Stephen Woodworth, incumbent who was elected to Parliament in 2008.
  • NDP: Susan Cadell, Director of Renison University College's School of Social Work.
  • Liberal: Raj Saini, owner and operator of Greenbrook Pharmacy in Kitchener.
  • Green: Nicholas Wendler, disability advocate.