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Niagara West (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°07′N 79°22′W / 43.11°N 79.37°W / 43.11; -79.37
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Niagara West
Ontario electoral district
Niagara West in relation to Hamilton and Niagara area ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Sam Oosterhoff
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested2018
Last contested2025
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]90,840
Electors (2018)73,913
Area (km²)[2]1,122
Pop. density (per km²)81
Census division(s)Niagara
Census subdivision(s)Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, St. Catharines, Wainfleet, West Lincoln

Niagara West is a provincial electoral district in south eastern Ontario, Canada.

This riding was created following the creation of the new federal Niagara West riding in the 2012 federal electoral redistribution and includes portions of the former Niagara West—Glanbrook, Niagara Centre and St. Catharines ridings. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 42nd general election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Niagara West—Glanbrook,
Niagara Centre and St. Catharines
42nd  2018–2022     Sam Oosterhoff Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present

Election results

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Winning party in each polling division of Niagara West at the 2025 Ontario general election
2025 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Sam Oosterhoff 22,916 51.13 +6.20
Liberal Shauna Boyle 11,091 24.75 +5.58
New Democratic Dave Augustyn 7,312 16.32 –4.39
Green Mark Harrison 1,794 4.00 –2.46
New Blue Aaron Albano 676 1.51 –1.12
Ontario Party Aaron Allison 629 1.40 –3.88
Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis 326 0.73 +0.11
Populist Jim Torma 73 0.16 –0.03
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,817 99.38 –0.02
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 278 0.62 +0.02
Turnout 45,095 55.58 +2.42
Eligible voters 81,137
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.31
Source: Elections Ontario[3][4]
Winning party in each polling division of Niagara West at the 2022 Ontario general election


2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Sam Oosterhoff 18,779 44.93 –7.88 $76,009
New Democratic Dave Augustyn 8,658 20.71 –9.09 $63,171
Liberal Doug Joyner 8,013 19.17 +8.65 $16,498
Green Laura Garner 2,702 6.46 +0.86 $37
Ontario Party Dan Dale 2,207 5.28 N/A $13,247
New Blue Chris Arnew 1,098 2.63 N/A $5,952
Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis 259 0.62 –0.36 none listed
Populist Jim Torma 80 0.19 N/A none listed
Total valid votes 41,796 99.40 +0.64
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 251 0.60 –0.64
Turnout 42,047 53.16 –10.12
Eligible voters 78,138
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.61
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Sam Oosterhoff 24,394 52.81 +5.01 $45,217
New Democratic Curtis Fric 13,769 29.81 +10.31 $11,680
Liberal Joe Kanee 4,859 10.52 –14.45 $12,332
Green Jessica Tillmanns 2,590 5.61 –0.15 $3,012
Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis 451 0.98 N/A none listed
Multicultural Geoffrey E. Barton 127 0.27 N/A none listed
Total valid votes 46,190 98.76
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 579 1.24
Turnout 46,769 63.28
Eligible voters 73,913
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing –2.65
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2014 general election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Progressive Conservative 19,482 47.80
  Liberal 10,185 24.97
  New Democratic 7,948 19.50
  Green 2,348 5.76
  Others 803 1.97

Sources

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  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ "Niagara West Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. ^ "70 - Niagara West".

43°07′N 79°22′W / 43.11°N 79.37°W / 43.11; -79.37