Niagara West (French: Niagara-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario formerly included in the electoral districts of Niagara West—Glanbrook, Welland and St. Catharines. It is currently represented by Dean Allison.[3]
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 86,533 | ||
Electors (2015) | 68,333 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 1,057 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 81.9 | ||
Census division(s) | Niagara | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, St. Catharines, Wainfleet, West Lincoln |
It consists of the towns of Grimsby, Lincoln and Pelham, the Townships of West Lincoln and Wainfleet, and part of the City of St. Catharines lying westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with the production of Courtleigh Road; thence southerly along said production, Courtleigh Road, and Third Street Louth to Queen Elizabeth Way; thence easterly along Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway No. 406; thence generally southerly along said highway to First Street Louth; thence southerly along said street to the southerly limit of said city.[4]
Niagara West was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[5]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Niagara West Riding created from Niagara West—Glanbrook. St. Catharines and Welland |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Dean Allison | Conservative | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dean Allison | 25,206 | 45.6 | +0.2 | ||||
Liberal | Ian Bingham | 16,815 | 30.4 | -1.9 | ||||
New Democratic | Nameer Rahman | 7,064 | 12.8 | +0.7 | ||||
People's | Shaunalee Derkson | 3,933 | 7.1 | +5.5 | ||||
Green | Joanna Kocsis | 1,602 | 2.9 | -3.8 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Harold Jonker | 657 | 1.2 | -0.7 | ||||
Total valid votes | 55,277 | 99.6 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 217 | 0.4 | ||||||
Turnout | 55,494 | 71.6 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 77,484 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dean Allison | 24,447 | 45.4 | -3.42 | $86,960.67 | |||
Liberal | Ian Bingham | 17,429 | 32.3 | -0.43 | $77,942.53 | |||
New Democratic | Nameer Rahman | 6,540 | 12.1 | +0.65 | none listed | |||
Green | Terry Teather | 3,620 | 6.7 | +3.72 | $4,788.88 | |||
Christian Heritage | Harold Jonker | 1,019 | 1.9 | -0.54 | $16,035.83 | |||
People's | Miles Morton | 869 | 1.6 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,924 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 252 | |||||||
Turnout | 54,176 | 72.5 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 74,760 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.99 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dean Allison | 24,732 | 48.82 | -10.64 | $81,875.54 | |||
Liberal | Phil Rose | 16,581 | 32.73 | +18.44 | $55,489.05 | |||
New Democratic | Nameer Rahman | 5,802 | 11.45 | -7.76 | $12,449.14 | |||
Green | Sid Frere | 1,511 | 2.98 | -1.53 | $990.69 | |||
Christian Heritage | Harold Jonker | 1,234 | 2.44 | – | $21,772.10 | |||
Libertarian | Allan de Roo | 797 | 1.57 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,657 | 100.00 | $202,783.01 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 242 | 0.48 | – | |||||
Turnout | 50,889 | 73.83 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 68,937 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -14.54 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[10][11] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 25,999 | 59.47 | |
New Democratic | 8,401 | 19.22 | |
Liberal | 6,249 | 14.29 | |
Green | 1,972 | 4.51 | |
Others | 1,100 | 2.52 |
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