Erie—Lincoln (federal electoral district)

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Erie—Lincoln (provincial electoral district).

Erie—Lincoln was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Erie, Haldimand—Norfolk and Lincoln ridings.

Erie—Lincoln

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000
Demographics
Population (2001)	98,312
Electors (2002)	66,436
Area (km²)	1,477
Census division(s)	Haldimand, Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	Dunnville, Fort Erie, Wainfleet, Ontario, Port Colborne, West Lincoln, Lincoln

It consisted of the City of Port Colborne, the towns of Fort Erie and Lincoln and the townships of Wainfleet and West Lincoln in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, and the Town of Dunnville in the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Haldimand—Norfolk, Niagara Falls, Niagara West—Glanbrook, and Welland ridings. It was replaced as a provincial riding in the 2007 provincial election by the new federal riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Erie—Lincoln Riding created from Erie, Lincoln and Haldimand—Norfolk
36th	1997–2000		John David Maloney	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Niagara West—Glanbrook, Niagara Falls, Welland and Haldimand—Norfolk

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Maloney	17,054	42.2%
	Alliance	Dean Allison	14,992	37.1%
	Progressive Conservative	David Hurren	5,174	12.8%
	New Democratic	Jody Di Bartolomeo	2,423	5.9%
	Independent	David W. Bylsma	476	1.1%
	Natural Law	John Gregory	143	0.3%
	Canadian Action	William Schleich	137	0.3%
Total			40,399

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Maloney	17,542	42.8%
	Reform	Jim MacInnis	12,788	31.2%
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Clare	6,317	15.4%
	New Democratic	Willem Hanrath	2,509	6.1%
	Christian Heritage	Alfred Kiers	1,301	3.1%
	Canadian Action	William Schleich	267	0.6%
	Natural Law	Margaret Larrass	228	0.5%
Total			40,952

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament