Kelly DeRidder
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| riding = Kitchener Centre
| parliament = Canadian
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}
| term_start = {{start date|2025|04|28}}
| party = Conservative
| predecessor = Mike Morrice
| birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario
| residence = Cambridge, Ontario
| website =
| alma_mater = Conestoga College
}}
Kelly DeRidder {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} is a Canadian politician, technologist, and educator serving as the Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre since 2025. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.{{cite web |title='Underdog' Kelly DeRidder shocked after beating Kitchener Centre incumbent Mike Morrice |url=https://www.therecord.com/politics/federal-elections/kelly-deridder-wins-back-and-forth-kitchener-centre-riding-from-incumbent-mike-morrice/article_8dd7d4ac-9e87-5a37-9541-e20554df5155.html |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Waterloo Region Record}}
Early life and career
DeRidder was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. She attended Conestoga College, specializing as a mechanical engineering technologist. Prior to entering politics, DeRidder was a professor at Conestoga College and project manager for Rockwell Automation.{{Cite web
|last=Parvez
|first=Sami
|title=College Professor Kelly DeRidder Seeks Conservative Nomination in Kitchener Centre
|url=https://samiparvez.substack.com/p/college-professor-kelly-deridder?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
|website=Sami’s Substack
|publisher=Substack
|access-date=April 30, 2025
}}{{cite web |title=Nomination circuit heats up as prospect of early spring election grows |url=https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/03/03/nomination-circuit-heats-up-as-prospect-of-early-spring-election-grows/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |author=O'Malley, Kady |website=iPolitics}}
Political career
DeRidder was elected to represent Kitchener Centre in the 2025 Canadian federal election, in what was considered an upset, defeating incumbent Green MP Mike Morrice.{{cite web |title=Election blog: Big changes in Waterloo Region, Conservatives flip seats, Green party loses Kitchener Centre |url=https://www.therecord.com/politics/federal-elections/election-day-live-results-for-waterloo-region/article_e26b163d-a2ef-552f-b76e-456dfb7c73a4.html |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Waterloo Region Record}}
Electoral record
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Kitchener Centre}}
References
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Category:Conestoga College alumni
Category:Canadian industrialists
Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:Politicians from Kitchener, Ontario
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