Tim Louis (Ontario politician)

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. 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.{{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}}

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,{{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|id={{ProQuest|363029527}} }} 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).{{cite web |title=Tim Louis |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tim-louis/83934349 |website=Apple Music |access-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite web |title=Tim Louis |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/7810857-Tim-Louis |website=Discogs |access-date=11 January 2022}} Between 2012 and 2019 Louis hosted a jazz radio program, Tim's Jazz Sessions, on Centre Wellington station CICW-FM,{{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}} based on which he also developed two pilot television episodes.{{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}}

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In 2015, Louis ran unsuccessfully against Conservative incumbent Harold Albrecht, who had held the seat since 2006.{{Cite web |title=Roles - Harold Albrecht - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/harold-albrecht(35607)/roles |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220808155845/https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/harold-albrecht(35607)/roles |archive-date=2022-08-08 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.ourcommons.ca |language=en}} 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.{{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}} Louis told CBC News that his victory in 2019 stemmed from a greater understanding of his riding, including issues such as affordability, climate change, and health care.{{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}} He was re-elected to a second term in 2021.{{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}}{{Cite web |title=Roles - Tim Louis - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/tim-louis(88810)/roles |access-date=April 29, 2025 |website=www.ourcommons.ca}}

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

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{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Harold Albrecht|20,649|43.29|-11.12|$126,202.90}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Tim Louis|20,398|42.76|+19.29|$65,863.92}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|James Villeneuve|4,653|9.75|-8.50|$13,161.73}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Bob Jonkman|1,314|2.75|-0.89|$1,743.36}}

{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Richard Hodgson|685|1.44|–|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|47,699|100.00| |$202,562.28}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|227|0.47|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|47,926|69.84|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|68,623}}

{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|-15.21}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[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]{{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}}}}

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