Riding profile

Waterloo

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on sw

The question

Waterloo: a safe seat for the NDP?

Editorial read

Waterloo, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 52% vote share, against 26% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Catherine Fife

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
25.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 51.9%
  • PC 26.0%
  • OLP 17.5%
  • GP 3.2%
  • OTH 1.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP GP
HereWaterloo 51.9%26.0%17.5%3.2%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +31.6 40.2% −14.3 33.4% −15.9 3.9% −0.8

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
22.8 pts
Turnout
51.6%
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.1 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
CATHERINE FIFE Elected NDP 25,055 50.2
PETER TURKINGTON PC 13,670 27.4
CLAYTON MOORE OLP 7,839 15.7
SHEFAZA ESMAIL GP 1,814 3.6
SUJA BIBER OTH 543 1.1
CHRIS MARTIN OTH 477 1.0
JAMES SCHULZ OTH 325 0.7
PETER HOUSE OTH 161 0.3
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029