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1685:100.0
1535:
1533:Conservative
1453:Martin Suter
1430:Amanda Lamka
1406:John Bithell
1357:Karen Redman
1328:Conservative
1201:none listed
1165:Martin Suter
1105:$ 38,822.94
1068:Karen Redman
1039:Conservative
975:Conservative
970:
909:$ 209,331.18
899:100.0
873:Julian Ichim
801:Susan Cadell
773:Conservative
682:
584:
556:
531:$ 15,354.69
507:$ 86,969.26
493:
489:Conservative
481:$ 72,289.70
468:Mike Morrice
455:$ 71,251.01
361:Mike Morrice
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291:
283:Karen Redman
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166:Conservative
116:Succeeded by
109:Karen Redman
93:
43:
35:
18:
1924:1954 births
1658:Libertarian
1426:Independent
1220:$ 87,274.51
1141:Alan Rimmer
1137:Independent
845:Libertarian
585:none listed
557:none listed
357:Green Party
104:Preceded by
1918:Categories
1713:References
1574:Candidate
1306:Candidate
1017:Candidate
725:Candidate
415:Candidate
359:candidate
341:candidate
251:. For the
177:Profession
142:1954-01-05
1836:4 October
1484:$ 84,756
1449:Communist
1394:$ 26,622
1370:$ 74,745
1344:$ 75,291
1161:Communist
752:Raj Saini
442:Raj Saini
343:Raj Saini
172:(1988–93)
152:Kitchener
121:Raj Saini
94:In office
1861:15 April
1510:Turnout
1418:$ 2,612
1246:Turnout
1177:–
1153:–
1129:–
1081:–
1055:–
989:Source:
935:Turnout
885:–
861:–
837:–
813:–
789:–
765:–
697:Source:
637:Turnout
539:People's
239:Waterloo
209:for the
195:Canadian
1706:–11.51
1629:+11.78
1616:Liberal
1608:–11.24
1540:Liberal
1439:–
1352:Liberal
1280:–
1275:–
1198:–
1063:Liberal
984:+13.24
968:Liberal
929:–
924:–
858:–
747:Liberal
692:-17.52
680:Liberal
671:–
666:–
580:–
552:–
437:Liberal
339:Liberal
333:In the
269:In the
213:in the
205:in the
170:Liberal
156:Ontario
36:updated
1680:59,745
1671:+0.18
1650:–0.71
1644:10,418
1623:21,715
1602:26,949
1571:Party
1561::
1549:+5.94
1514:45,091
1504:-0.05
1479:100.00
1474:44,933
1465:$ 373
1361:16,141
1335:16,480
1303:Party
1293::
1270:79,232
1250:50,018
1215:100.00
1210:49,809
1096:10,742
1072:15,592
1046:21,119
1014:Party
1004::
959:76,797
939:52,572
904:
894:52,280
780:15,872
762:+16.51
756:25,504
722:Party
712::
661:83,884
641:55,839
611:
596:55,374
498:13,191
478:+22.94
472:14,394
452:-12.09
446:20,316
412:Party
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308:, and
180:Lawyer
1702:Swing
1647:17.44
1626:36.35
1605:45.11
1577:Votes
1545:Swing
1538:from
1524:-7.67
1519:57.03
1462:-0.26
1415:+2.89
1409:3,818
1402:Green
1391:-0.35
1388:18.08
1385:8,152
1367:-7.32
1364:35.94
1341:+4.56
1338:36.69
1309:Votes
1260:+6.10
1255:63.13
1240:+0.01
1174:-0.09
1150:-0.08
1126:+1.06
1120:1,972
1113:Green
1102:+3.48
1099:21.56
1078:-4.64
1075:31.30
1052:+5.70
1049:42.39
1020:Votes
980:Swing
973:from
949:+5.32
944:68.45
882:+0.02
834:-1.48
828:1,597
821:Green
810:-5.33
804:8,680
786:-9.96
728:Votes
688:Swing
651:-0.93
646:66.57
631:+0.28
606:-0.28
601:99.17
546:1,033
528:-5.34
525:11.27
522:6,238
504:-6.54
501:23.82
475:25.99
463:Green
449:36.69
418:Votes
1863:2021
1838:2019
1697:hold
1668:1.11
1536:gain
1499:0.41
1459:0.28
1436:0.47
1412:8.51
1235:0.42
1195:0.18
1171:0.19
1147:0.39
1123:3.95
971:gain
807:16.6
783:30.4
759:48.8
683:hold
626:0.83
577:0.36
549:1.87
287:2011
219:41st
217:and
215:40th
136:Born
84:for
1731:CBC
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1494:183
1456:127
1433:215
1230:209
1144:199
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879:0.2
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