Thursday, October 15, 2026
B.C. votes in 9 days

Kitchener—Conestoga

Provincial riding · Ontario · Southwestern Ontario

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the PC Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 10.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 41.1%
  • OLP 30.8%
  • NDP 20.1%
  • OTH 4.4%
  • GP 3.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

PC OLP NDP OTH
Kitchener—Conestoga 41.1%30.8%20.1%4.4%
Provincial averageOntario 41.6%−0.5 32.5%−1.7 20.3%−0.2 3.0%+1.4

Simple average of the 124 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Hon. Mike Harris · PC

44th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The PC Party won by 12.1 points, with 51.1% turnout.

Our current projection: the PC Party ahead by 10.3 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes %
Mike Harris Elected PC 16,946 41.5
Joe Gowing OLP 12,031 29.5
Jodi Szimanski NDP 7,551 18.5
Brayden Wagenaar GP 2,227 5.5
Jim Karahalios OTH 1,152 2.8
Patrick Doucette OTH 890 2.2

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Hamilton MountainOLP52%1.6-point gap
  2. Mississauga CentrePC58%1.6-point gap
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC63%1.7-point gap
Forecast updated