Niagara West

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	Member		Party
Niagara West Riding created from Niagara West—Glanbrook. St. Catharines and Welland
42nd	2015–Present		Dean Allison	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dean Allison	24,732	48.82	-10.64	–
	Liberal	Phil Rose	16,581	32.73	+18.44	–
	New Democratic	Nameer Rahman	5,802	11.45	-7.76	–
	Green	Sid Frere	1,511	2.98	-1.53	–
	Christian Heritage	Harold Jonker	1,234	2.44	–	–
	Libertarian	Allan de Roo	797	1.57	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,657	100.00		$202,020.07
Total rejected ballots			242	0.48	–
Turnout			50,889	73.83	–
Eligible voters			68,937
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.54
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
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

Federal ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara

Liberal	Burlington Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Niagara Centre Oakville Oakville North—Burlington St. Catharines

Conservative	Flamborough—Glanbrook Milton Niagara Falls Niagara West

New Democratic	Hamilton Centre Hamilton Mountain

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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