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Kitchener Centre

2008 Results

Kitchener Centre
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST 213/213 polls
CON Stephen Woodworth 16,480 Elected
LIB Karen Redman 16,141
NDP Oz Cole-Arnal 8,152
GRN John Bithell 3,818
IND Amanda Lamka 215
COM Martin Suter 127

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Stephen Woodworth

Stephen Woodworth

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Birthdate: Jan. 5, 1954

Age: 54

Birthplace: Kitchener, Ont.

Education: Studied at Wilfrid Laurier University and then at the University of Western Ontario, where he received his law degree. Called to the Bar in 1979.

Profession: Lawyer

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Sharon

Children: Three - Nathaniel, Adam and Laura

Career Background: Worked in own legal practice for 27 years, first in Waterloo and since 1993 in Kitchener.

Community Activities: Was founding board member and President of K-W Extend-a-Family. Has been involved with the Knights of Columbus and the Big Brothers Association. Founding member of the Christian Legal Fellowship and served on its board for several years. Has also, as a board member or advisor, been involved in the Oasis Centre, the United Nations Association, K-W Right to Life, Catholic Family Counselling Centre and The Natural Family Planning Centre of Waterloo Region. Has been a lector at Sacred Heart Church in Kitchener since 1967.

Electoral History

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in Waterloo in the 1988 general election.

Mailing address:

Suite 9, 300 Victoria Street North

Kitchener, Ont.

N2H 6R9

Contact information:

stephen@stephenwoodworth.ca

www.stephenwoodworth.ca

Martin Suter

Party: Communist Party of Canada

Age: 54

Profession: Former long-distance truck driver

Electoral History

Federal: Ran in the Kitchener Centre riding three times; defeated

Telephone: 519-584-7531

mart2mns@sympatico.ca

www.communist-party.ca

John Bithell

John Bithell

Party: Green Party of Canada

Education: Has studied macroeconomics and anthropology at the University of Guelph and human resource management at Algonquin College.

Career Background: Is a team leader at an automotive parts manufacturer.

Community Activities: Works as a volunteer with the food bank of the Waterloo region and with the Kitchener-Waterloo Friendship Group for Seniors and Active Vision, a local charity that supplies books to schools in Guyana.

Contact information:

ridings.greenparty.ca

Amanda Lamka

Amanda Lamka

Party: Independent

Birthdate: Sept. 20, 1987

Age: 21

Birthplace: Kitchener, Ont.

Education: Pursuing her GED and training to be a lawyer's assistant.

Children: Cody

Community Activities: Active in Anti-Racist-Action, the K-W Youth Collective and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.

Mailing address:

143 Kraft Ave.

Kitchener, Ont.

N2A 2J2

Contact information:

Telephone: 519-895-0899

vote_4_amanda@hotmail.com

Karen Redman

Karen Redman

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Birthdate: Jan. 8, 1953

Age: 55

Birthplace: Kitchener, Ont.

Education: BA in English, University of Waterloo

Profession: Writer

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Warren

Children: Four - Abby, Laura, Joe and Jim

Community Activities: Active church member at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, has been an Elder with St. Andrew's since 1991. Has also been a member of various community-based organizations including: the Canadian Federation of University Women (K-W Branch); Learning Disabilities Association (K-W Branch); Cambridge Writer's Collective, and the Rotary Club of Kitchener.

Electoral History

Municipal: Was trustee with Waterloo County Board of Education, 1988 to 1994. Was Councillor in Kitchener's Centre Ward and Councillor with Regional Municipality of Waterloo, 1994 to 1997. Sat on a number of committees and councils including: Health and Social Services, Planning and Economic Development, Family and Children's Services, Administration and Finance, Public Works and Transportation and Social Planning.

Federal: Elected in Kitchener Centre in the 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006 general elections.

Political History

Committee: Member of the committee for Procedure and House Affairs and the committee studying bill C-30, an amendment to the environmental protection act.

Caucus: Member of the Liberal caucus and chief opposition whip.

Mailing address:

105 King St. E., Suite 2

Kitchener, Ont.

N2G 2K8

Contact information:

Constituency office: 519-741-2001

Oscar Cole-Arnal

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Birthdate: 1941

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in history from Thiel College in Pennsylvania, a bachelor of divinity degree from Philadelphia Lutheran Seminary, a master's degree in the New Testament from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and a master's degree and a doctorate in modern European history from the University of Pittsburgh.

Profession: Teacher and historian

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Bonnie

Children: William and Bradley

Career Background: Since 1975, he taught church history at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary at Wilfrid Laurier University. Since coming to Wilfrid Laurier, he has received four internal grants and two major grants from the Humanities and Social Science Research Council of Canada, which sent him to France and Quebec for research in French Catholic studies. Since 1985, he has published five books on this subject. He is currently writing a text about women in Christian history.

Community Activities: Before moving to Canada in 1975, he participated in the civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam war protests in the U.S. He is currently active in the Holocaust Education Committee, Sanctuary Committee and Victoria Park Neighbourhood Centre. Also, an organizer of the Interfaith Movement for Social Justice.

Contact information:

oscarcolearnal@ndp.ca

oscarcolearnal.ndp.ca

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2008 Results