Cambridge (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Cambridge
province = Ontario


caption = Cambridge in relation to other federal electoral districts in southwestern Ontario
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35011
fed-created = 1976
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1979
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Gary Goodyear
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 129434
demo-electors = 89262
demo-electors-date = 2001
demo-area = 323
demo-cd = Waterloo
demo-csd = Cambridge, North Dumfries

:"For the provincial electoral district, see Cambridge (provincial electoral district)

Cambridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 119,140.

Geography

The district consists of the city of Cambridge, Ontario and the Township of North Dumfries, Ontario.

History

The federal electoral district was created in 1976 and consisted of the city of Cambridge and the Township of North Dumfries. In 1987, part of the city of Kitchener was added to the district. In 1996, the boundaries were redrawn again to include a slightly different section of Kitchener. The current boundaries, which are the same as the original definition and contain no parts of Kitchener, were defined in 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

# Chris Speyer, Progressive Conservative (1979-1988)
# Pat Sobeski, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
# Janko Peric, Liberal (1993-2004)
# Gary Goodyear, Conservative (2004-present)

Federal election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=105 History of Federal Ridings since 1867 (Cambridge)]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/fedprofile/RetrieveTable.cfm?R=FED03&G=35011 2001 Federal Electoral District Profile (Cambridge)]