Kelly DeRidder
Kelly DeRidder | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Morrice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kitchener, Ontario[1] |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Cambridge, Ontario[1] |
| Alma mater | Conestoga College[1] |
Kelly DeRidder MP is a Canadian politician, technologist, and educator serving as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre since 2025. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]DeRidder was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. She attended Conestoga College, specializing as a mechanical engineering technologist. Prior to entering politics, DeRidder was a professor at Conestoga College and project manager for Rockwell Automation.[1][3]
Political career
[edit]DeRidder was elected to represent Kitchener Centre in the 2025 Canadian federal election, in what was considered an upset, defeating incumbent Green MP Mike Morrice.[4]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election: Kitchener Centre | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kelly DeRidder | 20,217 | 34.22 | +9.38 | ||||
| Green | Mike Morrice | 19,859 | 33.62 | +0.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Adeba | 17,298 | 29.28 | +11.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | Heather Zaleski | 1,157 | 1.96 | –15.54 | ||||
| People's | Wasai Rahimi | 334 | 0.57 | –6.08 | ||||
| Animal Protection | Ellen Papenburg | 111 | 0.19 | –0.09 | ||||
| United | Margaretha Dyck | 98 | 0.17 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 59,074 | 68.78 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 85,885 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from Green | Swing | +4.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Parvez, Sami. "College Professor Kelly DeRidder Seeks Conservative Nomination in Kitchener Centre". Sami’s Substack. Substack. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ^ "'Underdog' Kelly DeRidder shocked after beating Kitchener Centre incumbent Mike Morrice". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ O'Malley, Kady. "Nomination circuit heats up as prospect of early spring election grows". iPolitics. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Election blog: Big changes in Waterloo Region, Conservatives flip seats, Green party loses Kitchener Centre". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "Canada election 2025 results: Kitchener Centre". Global News. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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