Niagara West (french: Niagara-Ouest) is a federal
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
in
Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario formerly included in the electoral districts of
Niagara West—Glanbrook
Niagara West—Glanbrook was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that existed from 2004 to 2015.
The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot,
Erie—Lincoln, Hamilton Mountain, Niagara ...
,
Welland and
St. Catharines
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...
. It is currently represented by
Dean Allison.
Geography
It consists of the towns of
Grimsby,
Lincoln and
Pelham, the Townships of
West Lincoln
West Lincoln is a township in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Main urban areas are located along the former provincial Highway 20. The administrative centre of West Lincoln is the community of Smithville, situated halfway between Hamilton ...
and
Wainfleet, and part of the
City of St. Catharines lying westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northerly limit of said city with the production of Courtleigh Road; thence southerly along said production, Courtleigh Road, and Third Street Louth to Queen Elizabeth Way; thence easterly along Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway No. 406; thence generally southerly along said highway to First Street Louth; thence southerly along said street to the southerly limit of said city.
History
Niagara West was created by the
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the
42nd Canadian federal election
The 2015 Canadian federal election held on October 19, 2015, saw the Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, win 184 seats, allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister.
The election was held to elect me ...
, scheduled for 19 October 2015.
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Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament:
Election results
References
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Ontario federal electoral districts
Grimsby, Ontario
Politics of St. Catharines
2013 establishments in Ontario