Niagara Falls is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1953. It consists of the city of

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...

and the towns of

Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Niagara Peninsula at the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, across the river from New York, United States. Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of On ...

and

Fort Erie Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812. Fort Erie is one of Ni ...

History

The riding was created in 1952 from parts of

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and

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-o ...

ridings. It consisted initially of the townships of Stamford, Willoughby and Bertie, the city of Niagara Falls, and the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach in the county of Welland. In 1966, the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach and the township of Stamford were excluded from the riding. In 1976, the riding was redefined to consist of the City of Niagara Falls and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 1996, the riding was expanded to include the part of the City of Thorold lying east of the

Welland Canal The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. It forms a key section of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. Traversing the Niagara Peninsula from Port Weller in St. Catharines t ...

. In 2004 the western boundary of the riding was moved east from the Welland Canal to the Thorold town line, while the southern boundary was extended south to

Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...

. This change excluded the town of Thorold and included all of the town of Fort Erie. This riding was left unchanged during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 89.5% White, 2.4% Aboriginal, 1.9% Black, 1.3% Chinese, 1.2% Filipino, 1.0% South Asian
Languages: 82.3% English, 3.8% Italian, 2.4% French, 1.9% German, 1.1% Chinese, 1.0% Spanish
Religions: 74.2% Christian (35.5% Catholic, 9.2% Anglican, 7.3% United Church, 3.4% Presbyterian, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.6% Baptist, 11.7% Other Christian), 1.1% Muslim, 23.2% None.
Median income: $27,796 (2010)
Average income: $35,758 (2010) :''According to the

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'' * Languages: (2016) 81.1% English, 3.4% Italian, 1.9% French, 1.7% German, 1.1% Spanish, 0.8% Serbian, 0.7% Tagalog, 0.7% Polish, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Cantonese

Federal riding associations

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s are the local branches of the national political parties:

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election. Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

References

Notes

External links

Riding history from the

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2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Niagara Falls Liberal Website
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