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Arnott Tells House to Add Kitchener to Name of Riding
Waterloo-Wellington
MPP Ted Arnott addressed the Ontario Legislature on
October 10, 2002 about his Private Member’s Bill 185,
the Representation Amendment Act. If passed it would
change the name of his riding to Waterloo-Wellington-Kitchener.
The following is the record from Hansard of Mr. Arnott’s
remarks:
Mr
Ted Arnott (Waterloo-Wellington): One week ago, on October
3, I introduced Bill 185, the Representation Amendment
Act that, if passed, would have changed the name of
my riding from Waterloo-Wellington to Waterloo-Wellington-Kitchener.
At
present the names of the provincial electoral districts,
or ridings, are identical to those of the federal electoral
districts. By adding specific reference to the city
of Kitchener in the name of my riding, this bill proposes
an exception to the rule.
Based
on my 12 years of experience in the Ontario Legislature,
first representing the riding of Wellington from 1990
to 1999 and now Waterloo-Wellington, I believe that
this new name would better reflect the nature of the
constituency that I am now privileged to represent.
Waterloo-Wellington is the greatest riding in the province,
a scenic diversity of small towns, rural areas and a
significant part of a major urban area in the city of
Kitchener.
Based
on statistics used by Elections Canada, I can inform
the House that right now 26% of my riding, or over 31,000
constituents of mine, reside in the city of Kitchener.
Under
the new ridings proposed by the federal government,
the Kitchener component of my riding would grow to almost
40% of the total population of the riding, or more than
43,700 constituents. Kitchener is a major city in Ontario,
an important part of Waterloo-Wellington, and I believe
that by changing the name of my riding to Waterloo-Wellington-Kitchener
we will enhance my ability to represent all of my constituents.
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