Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district)

For the federal Canadian electoral district, see Niagara Falls (electoral district).

Niagara Falls

Ontario electoral district
File:Niagara Falls, riding.png Niagara Falls in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Wayne Gates New Democratic
District created	1914
First contested	1914
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	128,357
Electors (2011)	95,266
Area (km²)	508.78
Pop. density (per km²)	252.3
Census divisions	Niagara
Census subdivisions	Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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.

Its boundaries were significantly redrawn in 1999, when Ontario adjusted all of its provincial electoral divisions to match those at the federal level.

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
21st	1943–1945		Cyril Overall	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Carl Hanniwell	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		William Houck	Liberal
24th	1951–1953
	1951–1953		Arthur Jolley	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
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
38th	2003–2007		Kim Craitor	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2013
	2014–2014		Wayne Gates	New Democratic
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
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

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

Ontario general election, 2011
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

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	22,178	47.51	+0.64
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	14,573	31.22	-6.86
	Green	Melanie Mullen	5,337	11.43	+8.61
	New Democratic	Mike Piché	4,591	9.84	-2.50
Total valid votes			46,679	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
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

Ontario general election, 1999
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

Ontario general election, 1995
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

Ontario general election, 1990
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

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
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

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results