Niagara Falls (electoral district)

For the Ontario provincial electoral district, see Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district).

Niagara Falls

Ontario electoral district
File:Niagara Falls, riding.png Niagara Falls in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Rob Nicholson Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	128,357
Electors (2015)	101,505
Area (km²)	579
Pop. density (per km²)	221.7
Census divisions	Niagara
Census subdivisions	Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara Falls is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.

It consists of the city of Niagara Falls and the towns of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie.

History

The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Erie—Lincoln and Welland ridings. It consisted initially of the townships of Stamford, Willoughby and Bertie, the city of Niagara Falls, and the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach in the county of Welland. In 1966, the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach and the township of Stamford were excluded from the riding.

In 1976, the riding was redefined to consist of the City of Niagara Falls and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 1996, the riding was expanded to include the part of the City of Thorold lying east of the Welland Canal. In 2004 the western boundary of the riding was moved east from the Welland Canal to the Thorold town line, while the southern boundary was extended south to Lake Erie. This change excluded the town of Thorold and included all of the town of Fort Erie.

This riding was left unchanged during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 89.5% White, 2.4% Aboriginal, 1.9% Black, 1.3% Chinese, 1.2% Filipino, 1.0% South Asian
Languages: 82.3% English, 3.8% Italian, 2.4% French, 1.9% German, 1.1% Chinese, 1.0% Spanish
Religions: 74.2% Christian (35.5% Catholic, 9.2% Anglican, 7.3% United Church, 3.4% Presbyterian, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.6% Baptist, 11.7% Other Christian), 1.1% Muslim, 23.2% None.
Median income: $27,796 (2010)
Average income: $35,758 (2010)

Federal riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Christian Heritage Party of Canada	CHP Niagara Falls	Andy Langendoen	3562 Garner Road	Niagara Falls
	Conservative Party of Canada	Niagara Falls Conservative Association	Barbara Ruth Greenwood	4322 Kilman Place	Niagara Falls
	Green	Niagara Falls Federal Green Party Association	Karen Lynn Fraser	4756 Saint Lawrence Avenue	Niagara Falls
	Liberal Party of Canada	Niagara Falls Federal Liberal Association	Alex MacGregor	PO BOX 1128	Niagara-on-the-Lake
	New Democratic Party	Niagara Falls Federal NDP Riding Association	Sharon Shearing	6457 Delta Drive	Niagara Falls

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Niagara Falls Riding created from Erie—Lincoln and Welland
22nd	1953–1957		William Houck	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1960
	1960–1962		Judy LaMarsh
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Joe Greene
29th	1972–1974		Joe Hueglin	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979		Roger Carl Young	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Jake Froese	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Al MacBain	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Rob Nicholson	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Gary Pillitteri	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Rob Nicholson	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Current Member of Parliament

The current member of parliament for Niagara Falls is Rob Nicholson, who was first elected in 1984. Nicholson lost his seat in 1993, but was re-elected in 2004.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	27,235	42.1	-11.16	–
	Liberal	Ron Planche	22,318	34.5	+15.59	–
	New Democratic	Carolynn Ioannoni	13,525	20.9	-2.59	–
	Green	Steven Soos	1,633	2.5	-1.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,711	100.0		$249,861.38
Total rejected ballots			353	0.34	-0.15
Turnout			65,064	63.93;	+7.03
Eligible voters			102,606
	Conservative hold		Swing		-13.38
Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	28,748	53.26	+6.56	–
	New Democratic	Heather Kelley	12,681	23.49	+5.63	–
	Liberal	Bev Hodgson	10,206	18.91	-8.00	–
	Green	Shawn Willick	2,086	3.86	-4.61	–
	Christian Heritage	Harold Jonker	259	0.5%	+0.48	–
Total valid votes			53,980	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			264	0.49	-0.01
Turnout			54,244	56.90	+2.30
Eligible voters			95,326	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Nicholson	24,016	46.70%	+6.3%	$77,050
	Liberal	Joyce Morocco	13,867	26.96%	-7.5%	$89,565
	New Democratic	Eric Gillespie	9,186	17.86%	-3.1%	$18,513
	Green	Shawn Willick	4,356	8.47%	+4.4%	$7,974
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,425	99.5%	$94,533
Total rejected ballots			264	0.5%
Turnout			51,689	54.60%

Canadian federal election, 2006
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%

Canadian federal election, 2004
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%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	17,907	45.9%	+7.6%
	Alliance	Mel Grunstein	11,999	30.8%	+4.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Baldinelli	6,077	15.6%	-8.4%
	New Democratic	Ed Booker	2,356	6.0%	-3.8%
	Green	Clara Tarnoy	501	1.3%	+0.4%
	Natural Law	William Norman Amos	155	0.4%	0.0%
Total valid votes			38,995	100.0%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	15,868	38.4%	-8.7%
	Reform	Mel Grunstein	10,986	26.6%	+1.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	9,935	24.0%	+1.7%
	New Democratic	John Cowan	4,052	9.8%	+6.4%
	Green	Alexander Rados	374	0.9%	+0.3%
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	154	0.4%	0.0%
Total valid votes			41,369	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	20,542	47.1%	+12.1%
	Reform	Mel Grunstein	10,890	25.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	9,719	22.3%	-17.2%
	New Democratic	Steve Leonard	1,470	3.4%	-18.0%
	National	John Cowan	513	1.2%
	Green	John Bruce McBurney	258	0.6%
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	166	0.4%
	Abolitionist	Ted Wiwchar	82	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,640	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	17,077	39.5%	-15.6%
	Liberal	Gary Pillitteri	15,137	35.0%	+15.2%
	New Democratic	Dick Harrington	9,232	21.3%	-2.4%
	Christian Heritage	Bill Andres	1,713	4.0%
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jean-Claude Souvray	97	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,256	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Nicholson	22,852	55.1%	+18.2%
	New Democratic	Richard Harrington	9,863	23.8%	+2.6%
	Liberal	Al MacBain	8,219	19.8%	-21.3%
	Green	Robert G. Scott	352	0.8%
	Social Credit	Earl G. Erb	177	0.4%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			41,463	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Al MacBain	15,871	41.1%	+2.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Froese	14,251	36.9%	-5.0%
	New Democratic	John A. Dawson	8,167	21.2%	+2.0%
	Social Credit	Bruce Arnold	221	0.6%
	Marxist–Leninist	David Wiwcharyk	61	0.2%	-0.2%
Total valid votes			38,571	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Froese	16,916	41.9%	+10.3%
	Liberal	Roger Carl Young	15,545	38.5%	-14.7%
	New Democratic	John Dawson	7,757	19.2%	+4.7%
	Marxist–Leninist	David Wiwcharyk	135	0.3%
Total valid votes			40,353	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Roger Carl Young	20,618	53.3%	14.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Hueglin	12,225	31.6%	-9.0%
	New Democratic	Pat Piccirillo	5,607	14.5%	-5.4%
	Social Credit	George Olesevich	254	0.7%	0.0%
Total valid votes			38,704	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Hueglin	15,701	40.6%	+8.7%
	Liberal	Tom Jamieson	14,978	38.7%	-12.0%
	New Democratic	Ray Wilson	7,705	19.9%	+2.6%
	Social Credit	George Olesevich	270	0.7%
Total valid votes			38,654	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	John James Greene	17,183	50.7%	-9.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Rolls	10,825	32.0%	+6.8%
	New Democratic	Ray Wilson	5,861	17.3%	+6.0%
Total valid votes			33,869	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Judy LaMarsh	17,794	60.1%	+0.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Douglas	7,442	25.1%	-3.3%
	New Democratic	Ronald C. Seebach	3,361	11.4%	-0.1%
	Independent PC	John G. Graaskamp	657	2.2%
	Social Credit	Arthur David Brooker	346	1.2%
Total valid votes			29,600	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Judy LaMarsh	18,749	60.2%	+0.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Douglas	8,863	28.4%	+3.3%
	New Democratic	Bill Johnson	3,555	11.4%	-0.6%
Total valid votes			31,167	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Judy LaMarsh	18,500	59.7%	+12.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Douglas	7,795	25.2%	-4.1%
	New Democratic	Bill Johnson	3,713	12.0%	-11.4%
	Social Credit	Vito Antonio	985	3.2%
Total valid votes			30,993	100.0%

Canadian federal by-election, 31 October 1960 On Mr. Houck's death (5 May 1960)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Judy LaMarsh	13,428	47.3%	+1.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Lougheed	8,309	29.3%	-14.8%
	New Democratic	Edward E. Mitchelson (as New Party)	6,627	23.4%	+13.2%
Total valid votes			28,364	100.0%

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	William Houck	14,025	45.8%	-8.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert H. Hamilton	13,504	44.1%	-2.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward F. Twocock	3,115	10.2%
Total valid votes			30,644	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	William Houck	12,706	54.0%	-5.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert H. Hamilton	10,845	46.0%	+18.1%
Total valid votes			23,551	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Houck	13,400	59.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Winnifred Margaret Stokes	6,264	27.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Bacon	2,605	11.6%
	Independent	Henry Speakman	167	0.7%
Total valid votes			22,436	100.0%

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Niagara Falls Liberal Website