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Waterloo riding: Liberal Bardish Chagger elected

Liberal candidate Bardish Chagger has been elected in the riding of Waterloo with 49.3 per cent of the popular vote, defeating incumbent Conservative Peter Braid.
Bardish Chagger greets supporters at her election night celebration at Maxwell's in Waterloo. (Amanda Grant/CBC)

Liberal candidate Bardish Chaggerhas been elected in the ridingof Waterloo, defeatingincumbent Conservative Peter Braid.

With about 80per cent of the polls counted, Chagger has 49.3per centof the popular vote. Braid has 32.7per cent,NDP candidate Diane Freeman has14.8per cent and Green candidate Richard Walsh has2.9per cent.

Waterloo was renamed from "Kitchener-Waterloo" forthe 2015 federalelection, and the small section of Kitchener formerly includedinthe ridingwas removedin the redistribution.

In the 2011 election, Conservative Peter Braid won with 41 per cent of the vote share.

On Sept. 14, thecandidates for Waterlootook part in a panel discussionon CBC K-W'sThe Morning Edition.You can find that coveragehere.

Check out the map below to comparelocal electionresults from 2011 and 2015, as data becomes available:

On mobile? Compare the 2011 and 2015 results for theKitchenerareahere.


Candidates in 2015:

  • Conservative:Peter Braid, has been the MPsince 2008 (Kitchener-Waterlooriding).
  • NDP:Diane Freeman, has been aWaterloo citycouncillorsince 2006.
  • Liberal:BardishChagger, worked attheKitchener-WaterlooMulticultural Centre.
  • Green:Richard Walsh, Psychology professor,WilfridLaurierUniversity