Cambridge (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Cambridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1976 | ||
| First contested | 1979 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 115,463 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 82,103 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 373 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 309.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Brant, Waterloo | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cambridge (part), North Dumfries | ||
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Geography
The district consists of most of the city of Cambridge, Ontario (the portion of it south of Highway 401), the entirety of the Township of North Dumfries, Ontario, and a portion of northern Brant County.[2]
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.
This riding lost territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler and gained some territory from Brant during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Cambridge will lose all of its territory in the County of Brant to Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 75.5% English, 4.2% Portuguese, 2.1% Punjabi, 1.6% Urdu, 1.4% Gujarati, 1.2% Spanish, 1.1% French
Religions: 55.6% Christian (28.9% Catholic, 4.4% Anglican, 3.7% United Church, 2.0% Presbyterian, 1.9% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.1% Christian Orthodox, 11.2% other), 6.4% Muslim, 2.5% Hindu, 2.5% Sikh, 31.6% none
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $51,650 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 91,825 | 76.47% | 95,110 | 83.68% | 95,365 | 86.42% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 12,690 | 10.57% | 6,485 | 5.71% | 5,105 | 4.63% | ||||||||
| African | 3,975 | 3.31% | 2,735 | 2.41% | 1,975 | 1.79% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 2,960 | 2.47% | 2,090 | 1.84% | 1,800 | 1.63% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 2,200 | 1.83% | 2,305 | 2.03% | 1,900 | 1.72% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,890 | 1.57% | 1,295 | 1.14% | 1,085 | 0.98% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 1,710 | 1.42% | 1,155 | 1.02% | 1,015 | 0.92% | ||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 1,420 | 1.18% | 1,480 | 1.3% | 1,315 | 1.19% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 1,400 | 1.17% | 995 | 0.88% | 795 | 0.72% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 120,075 | 98.99% | 113,660 | 98.44% | 110,355 | 98.8% | ||||||||
| Total population | 121,301 | 100% | 115,463 | 100% | 111,693 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
2023 representation
According to the 2021 Canadian census[7]
Languages: 78.3% English, 4.3% Portuguese, 2.1% Punjabi, 1.6% Urdu, 1.6% French, 1.5% Gujarati, 1.2% Spanish
Race: 76.2% White, 10.7% South Asian, 3.3% Black, 1.8% Indigenous, 1.6% Latin American, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.2% Filipino, 1.0% Arab
Religions: 55.5% Christian (29.1% Catholic, 4.4% Anglican, 3.5% United Church, 2.0% Presbyterian, 1.9% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.1% Christian Orthodox, 11.1% other), 6.5% Muslim, 2.6% Sikh, 2.5% Hindu, 31.5% none
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $51,400 (2020)
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Cambridge Riding created from Waterloo—Cambridge and Wellington |
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| 31st | 1979–1980 | Chris Speyer | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Pat Sobeski | ||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Janko Peric | Liberal | |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Gary Goodyear | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Bryan May | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | Connie Cody | Conservative | |
Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Connie Cody | 31,766 | 48.6 | +14.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Bryan May | 30,309 | 46.3 | +8.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | José de Lima | 2,183 | 3.3 | –13.76 | ||||
| Green | Lux Burgess | 1,052 | 1.6 | –1.78 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Manuel Couto | 109 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,419 | 99.3 | -0.1 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 438 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 65,857 | 70.4 | +9.1 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 93,618 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.18 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 20,599 | 38.24 | |
| Conservative | 18,389 | 34.14 | |
| New Democratic | 9,204 | 17.09 | |
| People's | 3,853 | 7.15 | |
| Green | 1,825 | 3.39 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bryan May | 20,866 | 38.0 | -1.5 | $81,180.89 | |||
| Conservative | Connie Cody | 18,876 | 34.4 | +4.4 | $48,138.99 | |||
| New Democratic | Lorne Bruce | 9,319 | 17.0 | -2.3 | $12,300.84 | |||
| People's | Maggie Segounis | 3,931 | 7.2 | +4.0 | $3,523.25 | |||
| Green | Michele Braniff | 1,860 | 3.4 | -4.1 | $2,040.04 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,852 | 99.4 | -0.06 | $118,345.46 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 335 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 55,187 | 61.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,092 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bryan May | 22,903 | 39.53 | -3.64 | $79,674.15 | |||
| Conservative | Sunny Attwal | 17,409 | 30.04 | -8.6 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Scott Hamilton | 11,177 | 19.29 | +5.42 | $23,049.68 | |||
| Green | Michele Braniff | 4,343 | 7.5 | +4.27 | $7,369.06 | |||
| People's | David Haskell | 1,872 | 3.23 | – | $7,178.82 | |||
| Veterans Coalition | George McMorrow | 162 | 0.28 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Manuel Couto | 76 | 0.13 | -0.07 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,942 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 385 | |||||||
| Turnout | 58,327 | 64.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,914 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.48 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Bryan May | 23,024 | 43.17 | +27.72 | $57,941.86 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Goodyear | 20,613 | 38.65 | -14.10 | $73,286.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Bobbi Stewart | 7,397 | 13.87 | -14.04 | $10,151.06 | |||
| Green | Michele Braniff | 1,723 | 3.23 | -0.37 | $1,074.94 | |||
| Independent | Lee Sperduti | 474 | 0.89 | – | $9,550.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Manuel Couto | 108 | 0.20 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,339 | 100.00 | $219,622.08 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 227 | 0.42 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 53,566 | 64.60 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,916 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.91 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 23,644 | 52.74 | |
| New Democratic | 12,512 | 27.91 | |
| Liberal | 6,923 | 15.44 | |
| Green | 1,615 | 3.60 | |
| Others | 134 | 0.30 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gary Goodyear | 29,394 | 53.40 | +4.78 | $86,966.51 | |||
| New Democratic | Susan Galvao | 15,238 | 27.68 | +8.07 | $13,379.43 | |||
| Liberal | Bryan May | 8,285 | 15.05 | -8.34 | $26,622.63 | |||
| Green | Jacques Malette | 1,978 | 3.59 | -4.76 | $440.18 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Manuel Couto | 153 | 0.28 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,048 | 100.00 | $96,491.18 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 255 | 0.46 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,303 | 59.25 | +3.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 93,335 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gary Goodyear | 24,895 | 48.62 | +4.78 | $83,772 | |||
| Liberal | Gord Zeilstra | 11,977 | 23.39 | -10.21 | $8,316 | |||
| New Democratic | Max Lombardi | 10,044 | 19.61 | +2.67 | $12,035 | |||
| Green | Scott Cosman | 4,279 | 8.35 | +3.13 | $1,614 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,195 | 100.00 | $93,018 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 217 | 0.42 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,412 | 55.92 | -9.05 | |||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Gary Goodyear | 25,337 | 43.84 | +5.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 19,419 | 33.60 | −3.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donna Reid | 9,794 | 16.94 | −3.3 | ||||
| Green | Gareth White | 3,017 | 5.22 | +0.2 | ||||
| Canadian Action | David Pelly | 217 | 0.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,784 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 207 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,991 | 64.97 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Gary Goodyear | 19,123 | ||||||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 18,899 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Gary Price | 10,392 | ||||||
| Green | Gareth White | 2,506 | ||||||
| Christian Heritage | John Gots | 395 | ||||||
| Independent | John Oprea | 134 | ||||||
| Independent | Alec Gryc | 114 | ||||||
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| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on lists | ||||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 22,148 | 46.6 | +9.9 | ||||
| Alliance | Reg Petersen | 14,915 | 31.4 | +9.0 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Housser | 5,988 | 12.6 | -6.7 | ||||
| New Democratic | Pam Wolf | 4,111 | 8.6 | -11.8 | ||||
| Natural Law | Thomas Mitchell | 210 | 0.4 | |||||
| Independent | John Gots | 160 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 47,532 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 17,673 | 36.74 | −2.52 | $47,605 | |||
| Reform | Bill Donaldson | 10,767 | 22.38 | −11.15 | $57,325 | |||
| New Democratic | Mike Farnan | 9,813 | 20.40 | +15.11 | $53,588 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Olney | 9,299 | 19.33 | +1.99 | $48,139 | |||
| Independent | John H. Long | 311 | 0.65 | $0 | ||||
| Independent | Jim Remnant | 237 | 0.49 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,100 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 254 | |||||||
| Turnout | 48,354 | 64.77 | −1.75 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 74,659 | |||||||
| Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. | ||||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Janko Peric | 21,997 | 39.1 | +12.3 | ||||
| Reform | Reg Petersen | 18,932 | 33.7 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Sobeski | 9,776 | 17.4 | -23.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill McBain | 2,962 | 5.3 | -22.8 | ||||
| National | Ron Cooper | 1,804 | 3.2 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Michael Picard | 407 | 0.7 | -3.8 | ||||
| Natural Law | Thomas Mitchell | 370 | 0.7 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 56,248 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Sobeski | 20,578 | 40.4 | -20.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Davidson | 14,298 | 28.1 | +3.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Cooper | 13,639 | 26.8 | +12.1 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Rien Vanden Enden | 2,305 | 4.5 | |||||
| Independent | Shafiq Hudda | 141 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,961 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Speyer | 22,963 | 60.6 | +21.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill McBain | 9,171 | 24.2 | -7.0 | ||||
| Liberal | Lyn Johnston | 5,545 | 14.6 | -14.3 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | John Jagiellowicz | 103 | 0.3 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Peter Harz | 112 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,894 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Speyer | 14,314 | 39.4 | -4.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Farnan | 11,346 | 31.2 | +1.7 | ||||
| Liberal | David Charlton | 10,531 | 29.0 | +2.6 | ||||
| Social Credit | Regent Gervais | 103 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 82 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,376 | 100.0 | ||||||
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| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Speyer | 16,337 | 43.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marc Sommerville | 11,085 | 29.5 | |||||
| Liberal | Lee Palvetzian | 9,903 | 26.4 | |||||
| Social Credit | Regent Gervais | 150 | 0.4 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 78 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,553 | 100.0 | ||||||