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Here’s what you need to know about election day in Cambridge

Who's running, where they'll be and how they did in 2022
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Voters are set to select the 44th provincial government today.

With just hours until polls officially close and the next provincial government is known, here's everything you need to know about the process and candidates in Cambridge.

When do polls open and close?

Polls will be open for 12 hours from  9 a.m. until 9 p.m. For information on where to vote, click here and enter your postal code.

Not everyone has received a voter information card at this point but there’s no need to worry.

“You don't need your voter information card to vote. Bring one piece of ID with your name and home address when you go to vote,” the Elections Ontario website states.

Vote tallying will begin soon after the polls close and, in the past, unofficial results are generally known within a few hours.

Advanced polling locations in the Cambridge and Kitchener South-Hespeler ridings saw 9,047 votes cast or 4.95 per cent of eligible voters in the ridings between Feb. 20 and 22.

Who's running in Cambridge?

Progressive Conservative Party: Brian Riddell (incumbent)

Liberal Party: Rob Deutschmann

New Democratic Party: Marjorie Knight

Green Party: Carla Johnson

New Blue Party: Belinda Karahalios

Kitchener South - Hespeler candidates

Progressive Conservative: Jess Dixon (incumbent)

Liberal: Ismail Mohamed

New Democratic: Jeff Donkersgoed

Green: Jessica Riley

New Blue: John Soule

Where will they be on election night?

Cambridge:

Brian Riddell: Blackshop Restaurant at 595 Hespeler Rd

Rob Deutschmann: campaign office at 561 Hespeler Road, Unit 1B

Marjorie Knight: Bossa Nova Brazilian Taste at 35 Queen St. E.

Carla Johnson: Kypreos Restaurant at 305 Lancaster St. W in Kitchener with Kitchener Centre candidate Aislinn Clancy

New Blue Party: Unknown

Kitchener South - Hespeler

Jess Dixon: Unknown

Ismail Mohamed: campaign office at 15 Fifth Ave in Kitchener

Jeff Donkersgoed: Unknown

Jessica Riley: No public viewing

John Soule: Unknown

How'd they fare in 2022?

Cambridge:

PC: Brian Riddell (14,590 votes, 37 per cent)

NDP: Marjorie Knight (8,745 votes, 22.2 per cent)

Liberal: Surekha Shenoy (8,137 votes, 20.7 per cent)

New Blue: Belinda Karahalios (4,374 votes, 11.1 per cent)

Green: Carla Johnson (3,537, nine per cent)

Total votes: 39,383

Kitchener South - Hespeler 

PC: Jess Dixon (13,978 votes, 40 per cent)

NDP: Joanne Weston (9,255 votes, 26.5 per cent)

Liberal: Ismail Mohamed (5,769 votes, 16.5 per cent)

Green: David Webe (3,899 votes, 11.2 per cent)

New Blue: John Teat (1,461 votes, 4.2 per cent)

Ontario: David Gillies (553, 1.6 per cent)

Total votes: 34,915

Keep an eye on CambridgeToday.com throughout the evening as results roll in both provincially and locally. We’ll have news reporters on-scene with the various local major party candidates.



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