About the Kitchener Centre Conservatives
Our vision
Our mission
To serve Kitchener with integrity, advance economic opportunity responsibly, and ensure every resident has a voice in the decisions that shape our community.
We're the Kitchener Centre Conservative Electoral District Association (EDA): the local, volunteer-run team of the Conservative Party of Canada in our riding. We helped elect Kelly DeRidder as our Member of Parliament, and we work beside her all year.
Counted live from Kelly's own channels, the House of Commons record and our event records.
431
speeches in the House of Commons
1,402
posts and videos on her channels
16
community events
100+
neighbours signed up to volunteer
An Electoral District Association, or EDA, is a political party's local organization in one federal riding. Each party can have one in every riding. We're the Conservative Party of Canada's EDA for Kitchener Centre.
Our purpose is to connect the people of Kitchener Centre with the Conservative Party and with the MP they elected, and to make sure our riding's voice is heard in Ottawa, at election time and every day in between.
When a nomination opens, Conservative members in Kitchener Centre vote to choose who runs here. Members also bring policy ideas to the party's national conventions.
Between elections we support Kelly at home: bringing her into the community, sharing her work and making sure she hears what matters on every street.
Community events, door-knocking and volunteering, so people across the riding can meet Kelly, speak up and get involved.
Volunteers, training, signs and fundraising, so Kitchener Centre is ready whenever Canadians go to the polls.
What we've done since election day, from the record: Kelly's work in the House of Commons, and our events here in the riding.
Election day · April 28, 2025
After a campaign powered by local volunteers and donors, Kitchener Centre chose Kelly, raised right here in the riding, as its Conservative Member of Parliament.
About Kelly →First speech in the House of Commons · June 3, 2025
“Mr. Speaker, standing here today and representing my community in the 45th Parliament is the honour of a lifetime. I want to begin by expressing my deepest gratitude to the people of Kitchener Centre for placing their trust in me. Their voices, their concerns and their aspirations are at the heart of everything I will do in Ottawa. I also want to take a…”Read the full speech →
Year in review · 2025
In 2025, Kelly DeRidder, MP for Kitchener Centre, spoke up in Ottawa for local priorities and met with innovators, charities and neighbours across the riding. See what she did on housing, safety, jobs and community.
Coming up · December 19, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
Concordia Club
Join us →Kelly's priorities in Ottawa, the issues she speaks on most, and what's next for our team here at home.
From her posts, videos and House of Commons speeches · updated November 12, 2026
Kelly is speaking up in the House of Commons for treatment, rehabilitation and recovery, including help for young people with addiction, so people have a real path forward.
For you: It would mean more people in Waterloo Region getting care and a way to rebuild their lives, and safer downtown streets for families and local businesses.
Raised in 2 House of Commons speeches, 2 posts and 3 videos since October 6
See Kelly's work on Drug crisis →Kelly is calling in the House of Commons for lower fuel taxes and lower everyday costs, and she has praised Jim Balsillie's gift to the Waterloo Region food bank.
For you: It would mean more room in the family budget for heat, gas and groceries, so fewer neighbours need to rely on food banks.
Raised in 6 House of Commons speeches and 1 video since September 22
See Kelly's work on Affordability and cost of living →Kelly is working for a justice system that puts victims first, with a national plan to prevent intimate partner violence and stronger rules to keep children safe online.
For you: It would mean families in Kitchener Centre feel safer at home, online and on their streets, and survivors get the support they need.
Raised in 2 House of Commons speeches, 2 posts and 3 videos since August 23
See Kelly's work on Safe communities →Kelly is speaking up for Canadian companies, AI tools that help workers, and fair access to federal buying, so ideas built in Kitchener can grow and stay in Canada.
For you: It would mean more good local jobs and a place where Kitchener Centre entrepreneurs and workers can build their futures at home.
Raised in 3 posts and 4 videos since September 15
See Kelly's work on Canada's Innovation Capital →Kelly and her office help residents sort out federal issues, from tax questions to immigration files, and they hold a Seniors Clinic with local organizations.
For you: It would mean neighbours know where to turn when a federal department is confusing, and seniors get clear answers about the services they rely on.
Raised in 8 posts since September 12
See Kelly's work on Constituent help and casework →Her posts, videos and speeches on Your MP at Work, by topic.
December 19, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
🎄 You're Invited! Let's Celebrate Christmas Together! 🎉Concordia Club
Monthly update · October 2026
In October, Kelly DeRidder, MP for Kitchener Centre, spoke up in Ottawa on local radio, food banks and addiction recovery. She also backed local innovators, helped constituents and joined many community celebrations.
Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre
Conservative Shadow Minister for Women and Gender Equality
Raised right here in Kitchener Centre, Kelly DeRidder brings nearly two decades of experience in automation and engineering project management to Parliament. A Conestoga College graduate and former professor, she understands the innovative spirit of our community and works every day to bring that same problem-solving mindset to Ottawa.
Our board of directors are neighbours from across Kitchener Centre who give their time to organize our events and campaigns, look after the association's finances and support Kelly.
Tom Heiber
President
Barbara Shackleton
Vice-President
Kitchener Centre sits in the heart of Canada's Innovation Capital: a growing downtown and tech sector, established neighbourhoods and new ones, and people from every background who take real pride in where they live. Everything we do starts with the priorities of the people who live and work here.
Our team is neighbours who decided to show up: at a door, at an event, or with a monthly gift. There's a place for you, whatever time you have.
