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2025 Ontario general election: Niagara Falls

Wayne Gates MPP
Opposition Critic for Long-Term Care, Retirement Homes and Home Care
Incumbent
Assumed office July 13, 2022
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	29,549	54.95	+6.87
	Progressive Conservative	Ruth-Ann Nieuwesteeg	18,569	34.53	–1.90
	Liberal	Shafoli Kapur	3,398	6.32	–2.10
	New Blue	Gary Dumelie	870	1.62	–1.18
	Green	Celia Taylor	837	1.56	–1.13
	Ontario Party	Andrew Soifert	285	0.53	–0.77
	Independent	Joedy Burdett	263	0.49	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,771	99.18	–0.21
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			444	0.82	+0.21
Turnout			54,215	45.30	+1.70
Eligible voters			119,693
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.39
Source: Elections Ontario [10] [11]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election : Niagara Falls
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	24,207	48.08	–2.71	$139,224
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Gale	18,342	36.43	+0.86	$75,328
	Liberal	Ashley Waters	4,239	8.42	–0.93	$13,483
	New Blue	Christine Lewis-Napolitano	1,409	2.80	N/A	$3,184
	Green	Tommy Ward	1,356	2.69	–0.77	$401
	Ontario Party	Wesley Kavanagh	656	1.30	N/A	none listed
	None of the Above	Devon St. Denis-Richard	135	0.27	N/A	$0
Total valid votes			50,344	99.39	+0.47
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			309	0.61	–0.47
Turnout			50,653	43.60	–10.96
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. "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 4 March 2025.

2018 Ontario general election : Niagara Falls
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
Source: Elections Ontario [12]

2014 Ontario general election : Niagara Falls
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	24,123	47.38	+7.84
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	16,699	32.80	-3.96
	Liberal	Lionel Tupman	7,314	14.36	-5.00
	Green	Clarke Bitter	1,724	3.39	+0.65
	Libertarian	Ralph Panucci	560	1.10	+0.67
	None of the Above	John Ringo Beam	498	0.98
Total valid votes			50,918	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.90
Source: Elections Ontario [13]

Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014: Niagara Falls Resignation of Kim Craitor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	14,526	39.44	+13.14
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	13,564	36.83	+2.00
	Liberal	Joyce Morocco	7,143	19.39	-16.50
	Green	Clarke Bitter	1,006	2.73	+1.11
	Independent	Tim Tredwell	224	0.61	+0.24
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	159	0.43	-0.03
	People's Political Party	Troy Young	108	0.29
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	102	0.28
Total valid votes			36,832
Turnout
	NDP gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.82%

2006 Canadian federal election : Niagara Falls
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	23,489	40.4	+1.7
	Liberal	Gary Burroughs	20,099	34.5	-2.0
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	12,214	21.0	+0.2
	Green	Kay Green	2,402	4.1	+0.1
Total valid votes			58,204	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election : Niagara Falls
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	19,882	38.7	-7.7
	Liberal	Victor Pietrangelo	18,745	36.5	-9.4
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	10,680	20.8	+14.7
	Green	Ted Mousseau	2,071	4.0	+2.7
Total valid votes			51,378	100.0

References

1. @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "NDP take Niagara Falls riding". Toronto Sun. February 13, 2014.
3. "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail , June 29, 2004. p. A14.
4. "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail , January 24, 2006. p. A16.
5. "NDP win Niagara Falls, Tories hold Thornhill in Ontario byelections". Global News. February 13, 2014.
6. "General Election by District: Niagara Falls". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
7. "Gates returned for NDP in Niagara Falls". 8 June 2018.
8. "Province supports Gates MRI motion". Niagara Falls Review. October 28, 2016.
9. "New Democrat MPP urges province to cover the cost of all prostate cancer tests". 26 November 2019.
10. "Niagara Falls Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
11. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
12. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
13. "General Election Results by District, 054 Niagara Falls". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history