KITCHENER SOUTH-HESPELER RIDING PROFILE

The Kitchener South-Hespeler riding includes part of the City of Cambridge north of Highway 401, and part of the City of Kitchener lying east and south of Fischer-Hallman Road, north of Conestoga Parkway, northeast of Highway 8, southeast of Highway 8 to Fairway Road South.

It encompasses an area of 107 square kilometres with a population of 105,305, based on a 2016 census.

There is no incumbent in the riding as Amy Fee said she would not seek re-election.

THE RACE

PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY: Candidate Jess Dixon is a prosecutor for both the provincial and federal governments. Dixon supports alternative justice initiatives and evidence-based innovation in the practice of criminal law. She graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in philosophy and attended law school at the University of Ottawa.

LIBERAL PARTY: Candidate Ismail Mohamed

is a human-rights activist. As a community worker involved in addressing issues of housing, education and human services,

NEW BLUE PARTY: Candidate John Teat will represent the province's newest party. The party's mandate is to offer solutions to ensure the province's future is one of hope, opportunity and prosperity.

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Candidate Joanne Weston is a former Waterloo Region school board trustee and promises to advocate for the unique needs of Kitchener South-Hespeler residents across governments.

GREEN PARTY: Candidate David Weber is a retired Waterloo Region police officer who ran as the Green Party MPP candidate in 2014 and 2018 and ran twice federally. Weber said he will advocate for election reform.