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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name = Tim Louis
| name = Tim Louis
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| honorific-suffix = [[House of Commons of Canada|MP]]
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| riding = [[Kitchener—Conestoga]]
| riding = [[Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district)|Kitchener—Conestoga]]
| parliament = Canadian
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| term_start = October 21, 2019
| term_start = October 21, 2019
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| predecessor = [[Harold Albrecht]]
| predecessor = [[Harold Albrecht]]
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| birth_date = {{Bbad|46|2015|10|14|mos=1}}<ref name="2015election">{{cite news|title=Tim Louis|url=https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/5960114-tim-louis/|publisher=Waterloo Region Record|date=October 14, 2015|accessdate=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|46|2015|10|14|mos=1}}<ref name="2015election">{{cite news|title=Tim Louis|url=https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news-story/5960114-tim-louis/|publisher=Waterloo Region Record|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Cliffside Park, New Jersey]], United States
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| profession = musician
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| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| residence = [[Kitchener, Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|title=Official Voting Results|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref>
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| alma_mater = [[Rutgers University]]
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'''Tim Louis''' (born 1968 or 1969) is a Canadian [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] politician who was elected as a [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] to represent the federal riding [[Kitchener—Conestoga]] during the [[2019 Canadian federal election]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-conestoga-results-1.5330361| title=Liberal Tim Louis elected in Kitchener-Conestoga, says Elections Canada| publisher=CBC | date=22 October 2019 | accessdate=22 October 2019}}</ref> He is a professional musician, with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in music from [[Rutgers University]].<ref name="2015election" />
'''Tim Louis''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born 1969) is a Canadian [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] politician and musician first elected as a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] to represent the federal riding [[Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district)|Kitchener—Conestoga]] during the [[2019 Canadian federal election]], defeating incumbent [[Harold Albrecht]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-conestoga-results-1.5330361| title=Liberal Tim Louis elected in Kitchener-Conestoga, says Elections Canada| publisher=CBC News| date=October 22, 2019 | access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref>

==Election results==
==Music==
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2019|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes|on=21 October 2019}}
Born in [[New Jersey]], Louis is a jazz singer and pianist. He began playing the piano at five, eventually studying and graduating in [[1991]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in music from [[Rutgers University]], where he studied under jazz pianist [[Kenny Barron]].<ref name="2015election" /> After graduation Louis pursued further study in elementary education and, at the same time, a music career, playing with an Italian wedding band and a touring rock and roll band, Soul Engines, that opened for bands including [[Hootie and the Blowfish]] but whose debut album produced by [[Teo Macero]] was scuttled when its independent label folded.<ref>{{cite news |title=MP Tim Louis: How His Life Became an Epic Journey |url=https://www.wrruralpost.com/mp-tim-louis-how-his-life-became-an-epic-journey/ |access-date=11 January 2022 |publisher=The Waterloo Region Rural Post}}</ref>
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Tim Louis|20,106|39.61|-3.15|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Harold Albrecht]]|19,833|39.07|-4.22|}}
Louis then relocated to his future spouse's native [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], in [1994], and married on September 21, 1995. He toured with Canadian [[country music]] artists including [[Lace (band)|Lace]] and [[Jamie Warren]], with whom he won a 2002 [[Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada|SOCAN]] Songwriter of the Year award for the single Sunny Day in the Park,<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamie Warren one of most recognized Canadian country music aritists |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/363029527 |publisher=The Collingwood Connection |date=14 February 2007 |page=T8}}</ref> and later recorded a series of jazz albums including Til it be Tomorrow (2006), Untrue (2009), Snowflakes in Bloom (2010), Snapshots (2012), and Bittersweet (2019).<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Louis |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tim-louis/83934349 |website=Apple Music |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Louis |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/7810857-Tim-Louis |website=Discogs |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> Between 2012 and 2019 Louis hosted a jazz radio program, Tim's Jazz Sessions, on [[Centre Wellington]] station [[CICW-FM]],<ref>{{cite web |title=CICW-FM |url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cicw-fm |website=History of Canadian Broadcasting |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> based on which he also developed two pilot television episodes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aggerholm |first1=Barbara |title=What you do for love: American musician pulls up stakes and reboots his career here after falling for Kitchener woman |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/grand-magazine/20130103/281741266800560 |access-date=11 January 2022 |publisher=Grand Magazine |date=3 January 2013}}</ref>
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Riani De Wet|5,152|10.15|+0.4|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Stephanie Goertz|4,889|9.63|+6.88|}}
==Politics==
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Koltyn Wallar|783|1.54|&ndash;|}}
[[File:Tim Louis 42nd Election Kitchener Consestoga Chamber of Commerce Debate.jpg|thumb|left|Louis at a debate during the 2015 election]]
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|50,763|100.0 &nbsp;|| }}
In 2015, Louis ran unsuccessfully against [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] incumbent [[Harold Albrecht]], who had held the seat since 2006. During the following election, in 2019, Louis unseated Albrecht, but was not confirmed as the winner in his electoral district until the next morning. Clerical errors in five polls prevented them from being opened and counted for over 12 hours.<ref name="12hours">{{cite news|url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9655993-tim-louis-wins-kitchener-conestoga-after-botched-paperwork-delayed-vote-count-12-hours/|title=Tim Louis wins Kitchener-Conestoga after botched paperwork delayed vote count 12 hours|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019|publisher=Waterloo Region Record}}</ref> He previously ran for the seat in 2015, losing to Albrecht.<ref name="12hours" /> Louis told CBC News that based his victory in 2019 from a greater understanding of his riding particularity the townships in the riding compared to 2015 and cited issues such as affordability, [[climate change]], and health care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-conestoga-results-1.5330361|title=Liberal Tim Louis elected in Kitchener-Conestoga, says Elections Canada|last=Louis|first=Tim|date=October 22, 2019|website=CBC News}}</ref> He was re-elected to a second term in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beuckert |first1=Kate |title=Liberal Tim Louis re-elected in Kitchener-Conestoga |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kitchener-conestoga-federal-election-winner-1.6186732 |access-date=1 March 2022 |agency=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=23 September 2021}}</ref>
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|||}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|50,763|68.08|-1.76}}
Since his election, Louis has served on numerous parliamentary committees, including the COVID-19 Pandemic, Canadian Heritage, and Agriculture and Afri-Food committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roles - Tim Louis |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/tim-louis(88810)/roles |website=House of Commons {{!}} Chambre Des Communes Canada |publisher=House of Commons |access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref>
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|74,562}}
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{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of confirmed candidates |url=https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/lst&document=index&lang=e |website=Elections Canada |accessdate=4 October 2019}}</ref>|}}
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==Electoral record==
{{2021 Canadian federal election/Kitchener—Conestoga}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Kitchener—Conestoga}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Harold Albrecht]]|20,649|43.29|-11.12|$126,202.90}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Harold Albrecht]]|20,649|43.29|-11.12|$126,202.90}}
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{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|68,623}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|68,623}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|-15.21}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|-15.21}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35046&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=2015-08-15 }}</ref>}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35046&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/content2.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e|url-status=dead|title=Error page|first=Elections|last=Canada|archivedate=August 15, 2015|website=www.elections.ca}}</ref>}}
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Tim Louis
MP
Member of Parliament
for Kitchener—Conestoga
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byHarold Albrecht
Personal details
Born1968 or 1969 (age 54–55)[1]
Cliffside Park, New Jersey, United States
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceKitchener, Ontario[2]
Alma materRutgers University
Professionmusician

Tim Louis MP (born 1969) is a Canadian Liberal politician and musician first elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding Kitchener—Conestoga during the 2019 Canadian federal election, defeating incumbent Harold Albrecht.[3]

Music[edit]

Born in New Jersey, Louis is a jazz singer and pianist. He began playing the piano at five, eventually studying and graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Rutgers University, where he studied under jazz pianist Kenny Barron.[1] After graduation Louis pursued further study in elementary education and, at the same time, a music career, playing with an Italian wedding band and a touring rock and roll band, Soul Engines, that opened for bands including Hootie and the Blowfish but whose debut album produced by Teo Macero was scuttled when its independent label folded.[4]

Louis then relocated to his future spouse's native Kitchener, in [1994], and married on September 21, 1995. He toured with Canadian country music artists including Lace and Jamie Warren, with whom he won a 2002 SOCAN Songwriter of the Year award for the single Sunny Day in the Park,[5] and later recorded a series of jazz albums including Til it be Tomorrow (2006), Untrue (2009), Snowflakes in Bloom (2010), Snapshots (2012), and Bittersweet (2019).[6][7] Between 2012 and 2019 Louis hosted a jazz radio program, Tim's Jazz Sessions, on Centre Wellington station CICW-FM,[8] based on which he also developed two pilot television episodes.[9]

Politics[edit]

Louis at a debate during the 2015 election

In 2015, Louis ran unsuccessfully against Conservative incumbent Harold Albrecht, who had held the seat since 2006. During the following election, in 2019, Louis unseated Albrecht, but was not confirmed as the winner in his electoral district until the next morning. Clerical errors in five polls prevented them from being opened and counted for over 12 hours.[10] He previously ran for the seat in 2015, losing to Albrecht.[10] Louis told CBC News that based his victory in 2019 from a greater understanding of his riding particularity the townships in the riding compared to 2015 and cited issues such as affordability, climate change, and health care.[11] He was re-elected to a second term in 2021.[12]

Since his election, Louis has served on numerous parliamentary committees, including the COVID-19 Pandemic, Canadian Heritage, and Agriculture and Afri-Food committees.[13]

Electoral record[edit]

2021 Canadian federal election: Kitchener—Conestoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Tim Louis 20,025 39.3 -0.4 $87,010.06
Conservative Carlene Hawley 19,448 38.2 -0.8 $102,975.68
New Democratic Narine Dat Sookram 5,948 11.7 +1.6 $3,366.91
People's Kevin Dupuis 3,690 7.2 +5.7 $7,913.55
Green Owen Bradley 1,842 3.6 -6.0 $6,206.36
Total valid votes 50,953 99.4
Total rejected ballots 290 0.6
Turnout 51,243 68.3
Eligible voters 75,079
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
Source: Elections Canada[14]
2019 Canadian federal election: Kitchener—Conestoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Tim Louis 20,480 39.7 -3.15 $78,912.65
Conservative Harold Albrecht 20,115 39.0 -4.22 $90,924.77
New Democratic Riani De Wet 5,204 10.1 +0.4 none listed
Green Stephanie Goertz 4,946 9.6 +6.88 none listed
People's Koltyn Wallar 790 1.5 – $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,535 100.0
Total rejected ballots 361
Turnout 51,896 69.6 -0.24
Eligible voters 74,562
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.54
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Harold Albrecht 20,649 43.29 -11.12 $126,202.90
Liberal Tim Louis 20,398 42.76 +19.29 $65,863.92
New Democratic James Villeneuve 4,653 9.75 -8.50 $13,161.73
Green Bob Jonkman 1,314 2.75 -0.89 $1,743.36
Libertarian Richard Hodgson 685 1.44 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,699 100.00   $202,562.28
Total rejected ballots 227 0.47 –
Turnout 47,926 69.84 –
Eligible voters 68,623
Conservative hold Swing -15.21
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Tim Louis". Waterloo Region Record. October 14, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Liberal Tim Louis elected in Kitchener-Conestoga, says Elections Canada". CBC News. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "MP Tim Louis: How His Life Became an Epic Journey". The Waterloo Region Rural Post. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Jamie Warren one of most recognized Canadian country music aritists". The Collingwood Connection. February 14, 2007. p. T8.
  6. ^ "Tim Louis". Apple Music. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Tim Louis". Discogs. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "CICW-FM". History of Canadian Broadcasting. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Aggerholm, Barbara (January 3, 2013). "What you do for love: American musician pulls up stakes and reboots his career here after falling for Kitchener woman". Grand Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Tim Louis wins Kitchener-Conestoga after botched paperwork delayed vote count 12 hours". Waterloo Region Record. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  11. ^ Louis, Tim (October 22, 2019). "Liberal Tim Louis elected in Kitchener-Conestoga, says Elections Canada". CBC News.
  12. ^ Beuckert, Kate (September 23, 2021). "Liberal Tim Louis re-elected in Kitchener-Conestoga". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Roles - Tim Louis". House of Commons | Chambre Des Communes Canada. House of Commons. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  15. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  16. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  17. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kitchener—Conestoga, 30 September 2015
  18. ^ Canada, Elections. "Error page". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.

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