Niagara West

Niagara West
Ontario electoral district
	Niagara West in relation to nearby electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	86,533
Electors (2015)	68,333
Area (km²)[2]	1,057
Pop. density (per km²)	81.9
Census division(s)	Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, St. Catharines, Wainfleet, West Lincoln

Niagara West (French: Niagara-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario formerly included in the electoral districts of Niagara West—Glanbrook, Welland and St. Catharines. It is currently represented by Dean Allison.[3]

Geography

It consists of the towns of Grimsby, Lincoln and Pelham, the Townships of West Lincoln and Wainfleet, and part of the City of St. Catharines lying westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with the production of Courtleigh Road; thence southerly along said production, Courtleigh Road, and Third Street Louth to Queen Elizabeth Way; thence easterly along Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway No. 406; thence generally southerly along said highway to First Street Louth; thence southerly along said street to the southerly limit of said city.[4]

History

Niagara West was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[5]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Niagara West Riding created from Niagara West—Glanbrook. St. Catharines and Welland
42nd	2015–2019	Dean Allison	Conservative
43rd	2019–present	Dean Allison	Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Niagara West (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dean Allison	24,447	45.4	-3.42	$86,960.67
	Liberal	Ian Bingham	17,429	32.3	-0.43	$77,942.53
	New Democratic	Nameer Rahman	6,540	12.1	+0.65	none listed
	Green	Terry Teather	3,620	6.7	+3.72	$4,788.88
	Christian Heritage	Harold Jonker	1,019	1.9	-0.54	$16,035.83
	People's	Miles Morton	869	1.6		none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,924	100.0
Total rejected ballots			252
Turnout			54,176	72.5
Eligible voters			74,760
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.99
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dean Allison	24,732	48.82	-10.64	$81,875.54
	Liberal	Phil Rose	16,581	32.73	+18.44	$55,489.05
	New Democratic	Nameer Rahman	5,802	11.45	-7.76	$12,449.14
	Green	Sid Frere	1,511	2.98	-1.53	$990.69
	Christian Heritage	Harold Jonker	1,234	2.44	–	$21,772.10
	Libertarian	Allan de Roo	797	1.57	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,657	100.00		$202,783.01
Total rejected ballots			242	0.48	–
Turnout			50,889	73.83	–
Eligible voters			68,937
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.54
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,999	59.47
	New Democratic	8,401	19.22
	Liberal	6,249	14.29
	Green	1,972	4.51
	Others	1,100	2.52

References

Statistics Canada: 2012
Statistics Canada: 2012
Final Report – Ontario
Niagara West – Commission's Report
Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
"Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Niagara West, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[report-3] Final Report – Ontario

[NiagaraWest-4] Niagara West – Commission's Report

[timeline-5] Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[7] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[8] "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[9] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Niagara West, 30 September 2015

[10] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[11] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Conservative	Flamborough—Glanbrook Niagara Falls Niagara West
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre Hamilton Mountain

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Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
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Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
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Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont