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Niagara Centre was a federal and provincial electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.Contents
Federal riding
The federal electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Erie and Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold ridings. It existed only for the 1997 and 2000 elections.
It consisted of the Town of Pelham, the City of Welland, the southern part of the City of St. Catharines, and the part of the City of Thorold lying west of the Welland Canal.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Niagara West—Glanbrook, St. Catharines and Welland ridings.
Provincial riding
The provincial riding of Niagara Centre was created before the 1999 election from small parts of Lincoln and St. Catharines—Brock ridings, and almost all of Welland—Thorold riding.
The riding is held by the Ontario New Democratic Party's Peter Kormos since 1988 (then as Welland—Thorold). He served briefly as a minister in the cabinet of Bob Rae.
Federal election results
Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes Liberal PARENT, Gib 24,115 Reform JOHNSTONE, Don 12,053 Progressive Conservative ATKINSON, Joe 5,827 New Democrat WILSON, James 5,510 Christian Heritage BYLSMA, David 515 Natural Law LARRASS, Anne 363 Marxist–Leninist WALKER, Ron 143 Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes Liberal TIRABASSI, Tony 21,641 Canadian Alliance LAW, Bernie 13,313 New Democrat GRIMALDI, Mike 7,029 Progressive Conservative ATKINSON, Joe 4,893 Canadian Action PRUE, Tom 290 Marxist–Leninist WALKER, Ron 149 Provincial election results
Ontario general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat 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 Ontario general election, 1999 Party Candidate Votes % New Democrat Peter Kormos 21856 44.43 Progressive Conservative Frank Sheehan 17217 35 Liberal Maurice Charbonneau 9539 19.39 Natural Law Margaret Larrass 382 0.78 Independent Lank Makuloluwa 198 0.4 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct Ontario federal electoral districts
- Defunct Ontario provincial electoral districts
- Welland, Ontario
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