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Campaign Politics
Vote 2015 – Waterloo
CPAC’s Jacqueline Milczarek visits the riding of Waterloo, Ontario to examine key lection issues and to meet candidates vying to become MP for the area in the October 19, 2015, federal election. The riding of Waterloo, formerly Kitchener-Waterloo, loses the Kitchener section along its southern boundary to redistribution but recovers the old riding name that was used from 1976-1996. Conservative Peter Braid was first elected in 2008, defeating long-time Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi by only 17 votes. In 2011, Braid enlarged his margin, defeating Telegdi by more than 2,000 votes. Braid, an international relations graduate, has worked at the Immigration and Refugee Board, and was Director of Operations at Sun Life Financial. In Ottawa, he was named a Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities. Liberal candidate Bardish Chagger was Andrew Telegdi’s executive assistant before joining the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre. She is also the co-chair of the Liberal campaign in southwest Ontario. The NDP candidate is Diane Freeman, who is a civil engineer and has served three terms on the Waterloo council. Running for the Green party is Richard Walsh. He is a retired psychology professor and long time anti poverty activist.