Niagara West (provincial electoral district)

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Niagara West
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Niagara West in relation to Hamilton and Niagara area ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Sam Oosterhoff
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested 2018
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 90,840
Electors (2018)73,913
Area (km²) [2] 1,122
Pop. density (per km²)81
Census division(s) Niagara
Census subdivision(s) Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, St. Catharines, Wainfleet, West Lincoln

Niagara West is a provincial electoral district in south eastern Ontario, Canada.

Contents

This riding was created following the creation of the new federal Niagara West riding in the 2012 federal electoral redistribution and includes portions of the former Niagara West—Glanbrook, Niagara Centre and St. Catharines ridings. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 42nd general election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Niagara West—Glanbrook,
Niagara Centre and St. Catharines
42nd  2018–2022   Sam Oosterhoff Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present

Election results

2025 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sam Oosterhoff 22,91651.13+6.20
Liberal Shauna Boyle11,09124.75+5.58
New Democratic Dave Augustyn7,31216.32–4.39
Green Mark Harrison1,7944.00–2.46
New Blue Aaron Albano6761.51–1.12
Ontario Party Aaron Allison6291.40–3.88
Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis3260.73+0.11
Populist Jim Torma730.16–0.03
Total valid votes/expense limit44,81799.38–0.02
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2780.62+0.02
Turnout45,09555.58+2.42
Eligible voters81,137
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.31
Source: Elections Ontario [3] [4]
2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Sam Oosterhoff 18,77944.93–7.88$76,009
New Democratic Dave Augustyn8,65820.71–9.09$63,171
Liberal Doug Joyner8,01319.17+8.65$16,498
Green Laura Garner2,7026.46+0.86$37
Ontario Party Dan Dale2,2075.28N/A$13,247
New Blue Chris Arnew1,0982.63N/A$5,952
Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis2590.62–0.36none listed
Populist Jim Torma800.19N/Anone listed
Total valid votes41,79699.40+0.64
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2510.60–0.64
Turnout42,04753.16–10.12
Eligible voters78,138
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.61
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.
  • "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 4 March 2025.
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Sam Oosterhoff 24,39452.81+5.01$45,217
New Democratic Curtis Fric13,76929.81+10.31$11,680
Liberal Joe Kanee4,85910.52–14.45$12,332
Green Jessica Tillmanns2,5905.61–0.15$3,012
Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis4510.98N/Anone listed
Multicultural Geoffrey E. Barton1270.27N/Anone listed
Total valid votes46,19098.76
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots5791.24
Turnout46,76963.28
Eligible voters73,913
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing –2.65
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
2014 general election redistributed results [6]
PartyVote %
  Progressive Conservative 19,48247.80
  Liberal 10,18524.97
  New Democratic 7,94819.50
  Green 2,3485.76
 Others8031.97

Sources

  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. "Niagara West Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  4. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  5. "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.
  6. "70 - Niagara West".

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