# Niagara West (provincial electoral district)

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

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 | Sam Oosterhoff | Progressive Conservative |

## Election results

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 | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,817 | 99.38 | –0.02 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 278 | 0.62 | +0.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,095 | 55.58 | +2.42 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 81,137 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +0.31 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte2022 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,796 | 99.40 | +0.64 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 251 | 0.60 | –0.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,047 | 53.16 | –10.12 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 78,138 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 46,190 | 98.76 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 579 | 1.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,769 | 63.28 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 73,913 |
| | Progressive Conservative notional hold | Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | –2.65 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2014 general election redistributed results :
| 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

* ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
* ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
* ↑ "Niagara West Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
* ↑ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "70 - Niagara West".
* Redistribution of Electoral Districts
* Niagara West – Proposed Boundaries
* Proclamation Declaring the Representation Order to be in Force Effective on the First Dissolution of Parliament that Occurs after May 1, 2014
* Map of riding for 2018 election
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