Editing Cambridge, Ontario (section)

==Government==
The first mayor of Cambridge, taking office as of the city's creation in 1973, was [[Claudette Millar]]. Most recently, [[Kathryn McGarry]] was elected in the [[Waterloo Region municipal elections, 2018|2018 municipal election]] to succeed [[Doug Craig (politician)|Doug Craig]] as the city's sixth mayor, taking office on December 1, 2018.

[[Cambridge, Ontario City Council|Cambridge City Council]] consists of the mayor and eight councillors, each representing a [[Ward (politics)|ward]].

A referendum question asking municipal electors if they wished to change to [[ranked voting]] was approved on October 23, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8983478-ranked-balloting-wins-in-cambridge/ |title=Ranked balloting wins in Cambridge |date=October 23, 2018 |first=Jeff |last=Hicks |newspaper=Waterloo Region Record |access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref>

In 2020, Scott Hamilton was elected in a by-election for Ward 7 to replace Councillor Frank Monteiro who passed while serving the community.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 5, 2020|title=Scott Hamilton elected to council seat in Cambridge byelection|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/scott-hamilton-cambridge-byelection-ward-7-1.5751595|access-date=November 30, 2021}}</ref>

City councillors by ward:
* Ward 1: Helen Shwery
* Ward 2: Mike Devine
* Ward 3: Corey Kimpson
* Ward 4: Ross Earnshaw
* Ward 5: Sheri Roberts
* Ward 6: Adam Cooper
* Ward 7: Scott Hamilton
* Ward 8: Nicholas Ermeta

[[File:WaterlooRegionHQ-Frederick.JPG|thumb|Region of Waterloo Headquarters in Kitchener]]
Cambridge is also represented on the higher-tier Waterloo Regional Council which consists of the regional chair, the mayors of the seven cities and townships, and eight additional councillors - four from Kitchener and two each from Cambridge and Waterloo. Ken Seiling has held the position of regional chair from 1985-November 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Ken Seiling|url=http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/regionalchairandsupportstaff.asp|publisher=Region of Waterloo|access-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808105737/http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/regionalchairandsupportstaff.asp|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=regionalcouncilwaterloo>{{cite web |url=http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/regionalcouncil.asp |title=Regional Council - Region of Waterloo |publisher=Region of Waterloo |access-date=2011-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709065256/http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalgovernment/regionalcouncil.asp |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In the 2018 Region of Waterloo elections, Karen Redman was elected as Regional Chair.

The City of Cambridge is represented by:
* Cambridge Mayor Jan Ligget
* Regional Councillor Doug Craig
* Regional Councillor Pam Wolf

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Cambridge federal election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Cambridge)|date=May 10, 2022 |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | '''38%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''23,522''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 34%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''20,820''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''10,529''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''1,979''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | '''40%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''25,995''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 30%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''19,757''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 19%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''12,220''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 8%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''5,242''
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Cambridge provincial election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.on.ca/en/resource-centre/elections-results.html |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Cambridge)|publisher=Election Ontario |access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|PC]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Ontario|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC}}|
! [[2022 Ontario general election|2022]]
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} | '''37%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"| ''16,048''
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} | 23%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''9,978''
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} | 20%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"|''8,651''
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Green|background}} | 9%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''4,042''
|-
! [[2018 Ontario general election|2018]]
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} | '''37%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"| ''20,119''
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} | 33%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''17,830''
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"|''11,564''
| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Green|background}} | 7%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''3,623''
|-
|}

[[Cambridge (federal electoral district)]] is represented in Ottawa by [[Connie Cody]] (Liberal), the federal member of Parliament who defeated the previous incumbent [[House of Commons of Canada|MP]] ([[Bryan May]], Liberal – 2015 to 2025) in the April 2025 federal election. The second federal representative for Cambridge is [[Matt Strauss]] (Conservative), who represents the federal riding of [[Kitchener South—Hespeler (federal electoral district)|Kitchener South—Hespeler]].

The [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] for the [[Cambridge (provincial electoral district)|provincial district of Cambridge]] is [[Brian Riddell]] ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]]), who defeated [[New Blue Party of Ontario]] co-founder [[Belinda Karahalios]] in 2022. The second provincial representative for Cambridge is [[Jess Dixon]] (Progressive Conservative), who represents the provincial riding of [[Kitchener South—Hespeler (provincial electoral district)|Kitchener South—Hespeler]].