Cindy Forster (born ) is a politician in

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, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of

Welland Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-on ...

as an

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from 2011 until 2018.

Background

Forster was born and raised in

Welland, Ontario Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Ontario, N ...

. She worked as a nurse before entering politics.

Politics

Forster was mayor of

from 2000 to 2003, and later represented the city on

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. She was succeeded on Niagara Regional Council by

Peter Kormos Peter Kormos (October 7, 1952 – March 30, 2013) was a politician in Welland, Ontario, Canada. A lawyer by profession, he was first elected as an Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) to the Legislative Ass ...

, her predecessor as Welland's MPP. She ran in the 2011 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of

. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Domenic Ursini by 5,479 votes. She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Frank Campion by 8,334 votes. She is the party's critic for Labour. On January 3, 2017, Forster announced that she would not seek re-election in 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Cindy 1953 births Living people Mayors of Welland Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs Women mayors of places in Ontario Women MPPs in Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians