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Niagara Centre (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Niagara Centre.

Niagara Centre (renamed to Welland from 2006 to 2018) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented from 1867 until 1977 and again since 2007 (under different boundaries) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Its population in 2006 was 112,875.

Niagara Centre
Ontario electoral district
Niagara Centre in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 		 
Jeff Burch
New Democratic
District created2006
First contested2007
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)109,070
Electors (2018)88,287
Area (km²)490
Pop. density (per km²)222.6
Census division(s)Niagara
Census subdivision(s)Welland, Thorold, Port Colborne, St. Catharines

A new riding of Niagara Centre was created before the 1999 election from small parts of the Lincoln and St. Catharines—Brock ridings, and almost all of the Welland—Thorold riding. The current electoral district was created in 2003: 74.9% of the riding came from Niagara Centre riding, 22.5% from Erie—Lincoln and 2.7% from Niagara Falls riding. The name was changed to Welland during redistricting in 2006. In 2018, the name was changed back to Niagara Centre.

Geography

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From 1967 to 1975, the southern part of the riding was covered by the Welland South district.

The pre-2018 Welland riding consisted of the cities of Welland, Thorold, Port Colborne, and the part of the City of St. Catharines lying south of a line drawn from the western city limit east along St. Paul Street West, northeast along St. Paul Crescent, east and south along Twelve Mile Creek, and east along Glendale Avenue to the eastern city limit.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Assembly Years Member Party
Welland
1st  1867–1871     William Beatty Liberal
2nd  1871–1874 James Currie
3rd  1875–1879
4th  1879–1883 Daniel Near
5th  1883–1886 James E. Morin
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1894     William McCleary Conservative
8th  1894–1898     William Manley German Liberal
9th  1898–1900
 1900–1902 John Franklin Gross
10th  1902–1904
11th  1905–1908     Evan Eugene Fraser Conservative
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914
14th  1914–1919 Donald Sharpe
15th  1919–1923     Robert Cooper Liberal
16th  1923–1926     Marshall Vaughan Conservative
17th  1926–1929
18th  1929–1934
19th  1934–1937     Edward James Anderson Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     Howard Elis Brown Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     Thomas Henry Lewis Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951     Harold William Walker Liberal
24th  1951–1955     Ellis Morningstar Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977     Mel Swart New Democratic
Welland—Thorold
31st  1977–1981     Mel Swart New Democratic
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1988
 1988–1990 Peter Kormos
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999
Niagara Centre
Created from Welland—Thorold, Lincoln and St. Catharines—Brock
37th  1999–2003     Peter Kormos New Democratic
38th  2003–2007
Welland
39th  2007–2011     Peter Kormos New Democratic
40th  2011–2014 Cindy Forster
41st  2014–2018
Niagara Centre
42nd  2018–2022     Jeff Burch New Democratic
43rd  2022–present

Source: Legislative Assembly of Ontario[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Election results

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Niagara Centre, 2018–

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jeff Burch 16,360 39.70 −4.53
Progressive Conservative Fred Davies 15,506 37.63 +0.12
Liberal Terry Flynn 5,492 13.33 +1.50
Green Michelle McArthur 1,865 4.53 +0.84
New Blue Gary Dumelie 1,148 2.79  
Ontario Party Vincent Gircys 837 2.03  
Total valid votes 41,208 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 194
Turnout 41,402 43.37
Eligible voters 94,966
New Democratic hold Swing −2.32
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.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jeff Burch 21,618 44.23 −3.65
Progressive Conservative April Jeffs 18,333 37.51 +10.87
Liberal Benoit Mercier 5,779 11.82 −8.60
Green Joe Dias 1,803 3.69 −0.34
None of the Above Joe Crawford 623 1.27
Libertarian Patrick Pietruszko 368 0.75 −0.27
Independent Steve Soos 217 0.44
People's Political Party Dario Smagata-Bryan 133 0.27
Total valid votes 48,874 98.63
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 680 1.37
Turnout 49,554 56.13
Eligible voters 88,287
New Democratic hold Swing −7.26
Source: Elections Ontario[22]
2014 general election redistributed results[23]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 20,334 47.88
  Progressive Conservative 11,313 26.64
  Liberal 8,674 20.42
  Green 1,713 4.03
  Libertarian 435 1.02

Welland, 2007–2018

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2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Cindy Forster 21,326 46.79 +2.06
Progressive Conservative Frank Campion 12,933 28.37 −3.71
Liberal Benoit Mercier 9,060 19.88 −0.01
Green Donna Cridland 1,803 3.96 +1.81
Libertarian Andrea J. Murik 460 1.01 −0.16
Total valid votes 45,582 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +2.88
Source: Elections Ontario[24]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Cindy Forster 19,527 44.66 −9.28
Progressive Conservative Domenic Ursini 14,048 32.13 +13.25
Liberal Benoit Mercier 8,638 19.76 −3.15
Green Donna Cridland 1,005 2.30 −1.94
Libertarian Donna-Lynne Hamilton 505 1.15  
Total valid votes 43,723 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 248 0.56
Turnout 43,971 51.64
Eligible voters 85,141
New Democratic hold Swing −11.27
Source: Elections Ontario[25]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Peter Kormos 24,910 53.94
Liberal John Mastroianni 10,580 22.91
Progressive Conservative Ron Bodner 8,722 18.88
Green Mark Grenier 1,973 4.27
Total valid votes 46,185 100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 347 0.75
Turnout 46,532 55.29
Eligible voters 84,161
Source: Elections Ontario[26][27]

Niagara Centre, 1999–2007

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2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Peter Kormos 23,289 49.64 +5.21
Liberal Henry D'Angela 12,526 26.7 +7.31
Progressive Conservative Ann D. Gronski 10,336 22.03 −12.97
Green Jordan McArthur 768 1.64
Source: Elections Ontario[28]
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Peter Kormos 21,856 44.43
Progressive Conservative Frank Sheehan 17,217 35
Liberal Maurice Charbonneau 9,539 19.39
Natural Law Margaret Larrass 382 0.78
Independent Lank Makuloluwa 198 0.4
Source: Elections Ontario[28]

Welland (1867–1977)

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Ontario provincial by-election, July 1875
Previous election voided
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Currie 1,747 52.51 −47.49
Conservative W. Buchnar 1,580 47.49  
Total valid votes 3,327
Liberal hold Swing −47.49
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[29]: 387 
1875 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Currie 1,719 51.16 −48.84
Conservative W. Buchner 1,641 48.84  
Total valid votes 3,360 69.48 +8.40
Eligible voters 4,836
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario[30]
1871 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Currie 1,182 53.12 −1.10
Liberal William Beatty 1,043 46.88 −7.34
Turnout 2,225 61.08 −7.44
Eligible voters 3,643
Liberal hold Swing +3.12
Source: Elections Ontario[31]
1867 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal William Beatty 1,298 54.22
Conservative E.A. Pew 1,096 45.78
Total valid votes 2,394 68.52
Eligible voters 3,494
Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[32]
1879 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Near 1,966 50.97 +3.48
Liberal James Currie 1,891 49.03 −3.48
Total valid votes 3,857 66.49
Eligible voters 5,801
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.48
Source: Elections Ontario[33]

2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 26,925 60.1
Mixed member proportional 17,859 39.9
Total valid votes 44,784 100.0

References

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  2. ^ "William Beatty". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. ^ "James George Currie". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Daniel Near". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "James E. Morin". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. ^ "William McCleary". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  7. ^ "William Manley German". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  8. ^ "John Franklin Gross". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Evan Eugene Fraser". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Donald Sharpe". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Robert Cooper". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Marshall Vaughan". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Edward James Anderson". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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  16. ^ "Harold William Walker". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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  18. ^ "Melvin Leroy Swart". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Peter Kormos". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Cindy Forster". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Jeff Burch". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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  23. ^ "Constituency Profile: Niagara Centre". Election Prediction Project. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  24. ^ "General Election Results by District, 098 Welland". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  25. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Welland" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  26. ^ "Graphics & Charts District 098". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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  29. ^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
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  33. ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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