Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district)

Niagara Falls
Ontario electoral district
	Niagara Falls in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Wayne Gates ; New Democratic
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District created	1914
First contested	1914
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	136,290
Electors (2018)	110,035
Area (km²)	680
Pop. density (per km²)	200.4
Census division(s)	Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Last updated December 13, 2024

Niagara Falls is a provincial electoral division in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1914 provincial election, and has existed continuously since then.

List of representatives

Niagara Falls
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created*
14th	1914–1919		George Musgrove	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Charles Swayze	Labour
16th	1923–1926		William Gore Willson	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		William Houck	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		William Houck	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		Cyril Overall	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Carl Hanniwell	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		William Houck	Liberal
24th	1951–1953		William Houck	Liberal
24th	1951–1953		Arthur Jolley	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959		Arthur Jolley	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963		George Bukator	Liberal
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		John Clement	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Vince Kerrio	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Margaret Harrington	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Bart Maves	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003		Bart Maves	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Kim Craitor	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2013
40th	2014–2014		Wayne Gates	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	24,207	48.08	−2.71
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Gale	18,342	36.43	+0.86
	Liberal	Ashley Waters	4,239	8.42	−0.93
	New Blue	Christine Lewis-Napolitano	1,409	2.80
	Green	Tommy Ward	1,356	2.69	−0.77
	Ontario Party	Wesley Kavanagh	656	1.30
	None of the Above	Devon St. Denis-Richard	135	0.27
Total valid votes			50,344	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			309
Turnout			50,653	43.60
Eligible voters			115,083
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−1.78
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	30,161	50.79	+3.40
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck McShane	21,126	35.58	+2.76
	Liberal	Dean Demizio	5,554	9.95	−5.06
	Green	Karen Fraser	2,057	3.46	+0.03
	Libertarian	Shaun Somers	314	0.53	−0.54
	Moderate	Goran Zubic	169	0.28
Total valid votes			59,381	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario ^[1]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	24,131	47.39	+7.84
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	16,702	32.80	-3.96
	Liberal	Lionel Tupman	7,329	14.39	-5.00
	Green	Clarke Bitter	1,724	3.39	+0.65
	Libertarian	Ralph Panucci	559	1.10	+0.67
	None of the Above	John Ringo Beam	478	0.94
Total valid votes			50,923	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			640	1.26
Turnout			51,563	51.21
Eligible voters			100,698
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.90
Source: Elections Ontario ^[2]

Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Kim Craitor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	14,589	39.54	+13.24
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	13,564	36.76	+1.93
	Liberal	Joyce Morocco	7,144	19.36	-16.53
	Green	Clarke Bitter	1,011	2.74	+1.12
	Independent	Tim Tredwell	226	0.61	+0.24
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	159	0.43	-0.03
	People's Political Party	Troy Young	107	0.29
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	101	0.27
Total valid votes			36,901	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			324	0.87
Turnout			37,225	37.59
Eligible voters			99,024
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.66
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	16,794	35.89	-11.62
	Progressive Conservative	George Lepp	16,296	34.83	+3.61
	New Democratic	Wayne Redekop	12,304	26.30	+16.46
	Green	Byrne Smith	759	1.62	-9.81
	Libertarian	Adam Hyde	217	0.46
	Family Coalition	John Jankovic	191	0.41
	Independent	Jeannette Tossounian	119	0.25
	Independent	Tim Tredwell	112	0.24
Total valid votes			46,792	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			308	0.65
Turnout			47,100	49.44
Eligible voters			95,266
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.62
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	22,210	47.53	+0.64
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	14,540	31.12	-6.86
	Green	Melanie Mullen	5,373	11.50	+8.61
	New Democratic	Mike Piché	4,605	9.85	-2.50
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			381	0.82
Turnout			47,109	51.08
Eligible voters			92,225
Total valid votes			46,728	100.00

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	18,904	46.86	+4.66
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	15,353	38.06	-7.64
	New Democratic	Claude Sonier	4,962	12.30	+2.45
	Green	Ryan McLaughlin	1,124	2.79	+2.05
Total valid votes			40,343	100.00

v t e 1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	18,497	45.70	+2.37	$57,730.70
	Liberal	Selina Volpatti	17,080	42.20	+12.6	$49,687.00
	New Democratic	Claude Sonier	3,985	9.85	−15.27	$14,873.79
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	317	0.78	−0.49	$0.00
	Green	Clara Tarnoy	300	0.74		not listed
	Independent	Darren Wood	298	0.74		$330.00
Total valid votes			40,477	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			335	0.82
Turnout			40,812	59.39
Electors on the lists			68,725

v t e 1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	12,132	43.33	+30.4	$37,908.69
	Liberal	Marg Germano	8,289	29.60	+2.93	$40,823.66
	New Democratic	Margaret Harrington	7,034	25.12	−21.12	$15,733.37
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	355	1.27		$0.00
	Independent	Melania Gural	189	0.68		not listed
Total valid votes			27,999	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			388	1.37
Turnout			28,387	59.48
Electors on the lists			47,729

v t e 1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Margaret Harrington	13,884	46.24
	Liberal	Wayne Campbell	7,979	26.67
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Puttick	3,869	12.93
	Confederation of Regions	Ted Wiwchar	3,141	10.50
	Family Coalition	Art Klassen	674	2.25
	Green	Donald MacDonald-Ross	365	1.22
Total valid votes			29,912	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	29,259	64.6
	Mixed member proportional	16,013	35.4
	Total valid votes	45,272	100.0

Sources

↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 054 Niagara Falls". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Niagara Falls by-election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official report from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Niagara Falls" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

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[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[2] "General Election Results by District, 054 Niagara Falls". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[3] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Niagara Falls by-election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

[4] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official report from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Niagara Falls" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

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v t e Provincial ridings in Ontario
Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Kiiwetinoong Mushkegowuk—James Bay Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins
Eastern	Bay of Quinte Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Hastings—Lennox and Addington Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

v t e Provincial ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Niagara Centre Niagara Falls St. Catharines
Progressive Conservative	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Milton Niagara West Oakville Oakville North—Burlington