Stephen Woodworth (politician)

Stephen Woodworth (born January 5, 1954) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kitchener Centre in the House of Commons of Canada for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 40th and 41st parliaments (2008-2015).

Stephen Woodworth
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kitchener Centre
In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Karen Redman
Succeeded by	Raj Saini
Personal details
Born	(1954-01-05) January 5, 1954 Kitchener, Ontario
Political party	Conservative (2008-present), Liberal (1988)
Profession	Lawyer

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Kitchener Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raj Saini	20,316	36.69	-12.09
	Green	Mike Morrice	14,394	25.99	+22.94
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	13,191	23.82	-6.54
	New Democratic	Andrew Moraga	6,238	11.27	-5.33
	People's	Patrick Bernier	1,033	1.87	–
	Animal Protection	Ellen Papenburg	202	0.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,374	99.17	-0.27
Total rejected ballots			465	0.83	+0.27
Turnout			55,839	67.13	-1.33
Eligible voters			83,177	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election: Kitchener Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raj Saini	25,504	48.8	+16.51	–
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	15,872	30.4	-9.96	–
	New Democratic	Susan Cadell	8,680	16.6	-5.33	–
	Green	Nicholas Wendler	1,597	3.1	-1.48	–
	Libertarian	Slavko Miladinovic	515	1.0	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Julian Ichim	112	0.2	+0.02	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,280	100.0		$209,331.18
Total rejected ballots			292	–	–
Turnout			52,572	68.45	+5.32
Eligible voters			76,797
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.24
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 Canadian federal election: Kitchener Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	21,119	42.39	+5.70	–
	Liberal	Karen Redman	15,592	31.30	-4.64	–
	New Democratic	Peter Thurley	10,742	21.56	+3.48	$38,822.94
	Green	Byron Williston	1,972	3.95	+1.06	–
	Independent	Alan Rimmer	199	0.39	-0.08	–
	Communist	Martin Suter	93	0.19	-0.09	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Mark Corbiere	92	0.18	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,809	100.00	$87,274.51
Total rejected ballots			209	0.42	+0.01
Turnout			50,018	63.13	+6.10
Eligible voters			79,232	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election: Kitchener Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Woodworth	16,480	36.69	+4.56	$75,291
	Liberal	Karen Redman	16,141	35.94	-7.32	$74,745
	New Democratic	Oz Cole-Arnal	8,152	18.08	-0.35	$26,622
	Green	John Bithell	3,818	8.51	+2.89	$2,612
	Independent	Amanda Lamka	215	0.47	–
	Communist	Martin Suter	127	0.28	-0.26	$373
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,933	100.00	$84,756
Total rejected ballots			183	0.41	-0.05
Turnout			45,091	57.03	-7.67
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.94

1988 Canadian federal election: Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter McLean	26,949	45.11	–11.24
	Liberal	Stephen Woodworth	21,715	36.35	+11.78
	New Democratic	Scott Piatkowski	10,418	17.44	–0.71
	Libertarian	Rita Huschka-Sprague	663	1.11	+0.18
Total valid votes			59,745	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–11.51

References

1. "Kitchener Centre | CBC News". CBC.
2. "Debates (Hansard) No. 150 - September 21, 2012 (41-1) - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca.
3. "Publication Search". www.ourcommons.ca.
4. "Debates (Hansard) No. 65 - March 31, 2014 (41-2) - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca.
5. "Woodworth refused consent for new motion".
6. "The Democracy Defence Initiative – Defending Democracy and Freedom".
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
9. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener Centre, 30 September 2015
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Stephen Woodworth
• Stephen Woodworth – Parliament of Canada biography