Kelly DeRidder
Canadian politician
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Kelly DeRidder MP is a Canadian politician, technologist, and educator serving as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre since 2025. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.[2]
Kelly DeRidder | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Morrice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Conestoga College[1] |
Early life and career
DeRidder was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. She attended Conestoga College, specializing as a mechanical engineering technologist. Prior to entering politics, DeRidder was a professor at Conestoga College and project manager for Rockwell Automation.[1][3]
Political career
DeRidder was elected to represent Kitchener Centre in the 2025 Canadian federal election, in what was considered an upset, defeating incumbent Green MP Mike Morrice by a slim margin.[4]
In August 2025, DeRidder served as a panelist at the Civic Clarity Foundation’s panel on youth mental health and the role of good governance.[5] The panel featured legislators from multiple jurisdictions and across party lines, including representatives from conservative, liberal, Green, and municipal offices.[6]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Kitchener Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kelly DeRidder | 20,234 | 34.2 | +9.38 | ||||
| Green | Mike Morrice | 19,859 | 33.6 | +0.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Adeba | 17,292 | 29.28 | +11.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | Heather Zaleski | 1,157 | 2.0 | –15.54 | ||||
| People's | Wasai Rahimi | 334 | 0.6 | –6.08 | ||||
| Animal Protection | Ellen Papenburg | 111 | 0.2 | –0.09 | ||||
| United | Margaretha Dyck | 97 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,084 | 99.3 | +0.5 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 399 | 0.7 | -0.5 | |||||
| Turnout | 59,483 | 69.3 | +6.9 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,885 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Green | Swing | +4.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] | ||||||||
