PC's Jess Dixon wins Kitchener South-Hespeler
This is the newest riding in Waterloo region, created in 2015
Progressive Conservative candidate Jess Dixon has retained her seat in Kitchener South-Hespeler.
With all 48 polls reporting:
- Dixon had 17,363 votes.
- Liberal Ismail Mohamed had 9,830 votes.
- NDP's Jeff Donkersgoed had 6,841 votes.
- Green's Jessica Riley at 3,345 votes.
- John Soule of the New Blue Party had 846 votes.
Jess Dixon was the incumbent and the Progressive Conservative candidate has served one term, winning the election in 2022.
Prior to that, Dixon was an assistant Crown attorney. During her first term, Dixon advocated for funding for child witness centres and she co-led a provincial subcommittee on intimate partner violence.
Riding history
This is the newest riding in Waterloo region. It was created in 2015 following changes to the riding at the federal level in 2013. It covers an area that was previously part of the Kitchener-Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge ridings.
The first MPP was Progressive Conservative Amy Fee, who was elected in 2018. She did not seek re-election in 2022, which is when Dixon ran and won the seat.