K-W VOTES | Guns, environment, opioids top issues in Kitchener South-Hespeler

This is the newest riding in Waterloo region and like other areas, there are a number of issues voters are contemplating as they head to the polls.

The area has seen a rise in gun violence this year, but voters are also thinking about climate change, the rise in the cost of living and whether they can trust politicians.

There are seven candidates running in this riding.

Liberal Marwan Tabbara is the incumbent. He's facing Conservative Alan Keeso, NDP's Wasai Rahimi, Green Party candidate David Weber, Joseph Todd of the People's Party, Elaine Baetz of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada and Veterans Coalition Party of Canada candidate Matthew Correia.

About the riding

Population: 105,309

Number of voters: 72,953

This riding was first created in 2015. The first MP and the incumbent for this election is Marwan Tabbara, who won the 2015 election with 42.27 per cent of the vote.

The next closest candidate was Conservative Marian Gagn with 36.68 per cent of the vote.

The boundaries include the part of Cambridge that is north of Highway 401 and a section of Kitchener east of Fischer-Hallman Road and south of the Conestoga Parkway, Fairway Road and Kossuth Road. The riding stretches east to Townline Road.

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