Niagara Centre (renamed to Welland from 2006 to 2018) is a provincial

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in Ontario, Canada, represented from

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until 1977 and again since

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(under different boundaries) in the

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. Its population in 2006 was 112,875. A new riding of Niagara Centre was created before the 1999 election from small parts of the Lincoln and

St. Catharines—Brock St. Catharines—Brock was a provincial electoral division in Ontario, Canada containing the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake as well as the southern portion of the city of St. Catharines. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election, and w ...

ridings, and almost all of the Welland—Thorold riding. The current electoral district was created in 2003: 74.9% of the riding came from

Niagara Centre Niagara Centre (french: Niagara-Centre; formerly Welland) is a federal electoral district in the Niagara Region of Ontario that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988 and since 1997. Demographics :''Accordi ...

riding, 22.5% from

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and 2.7% from Niagara Falls riding. The name was changed to Welland during redistricting in 2006. In 2018, the name was changed back to Niagara Centre.

Geography

The pre-2018 Welland riding consisted of the cities of Welland, Thorold, Port Colborne, and the part of the City of St. Catharines lying south of a line drawn from the western city limit east along St. Paul Street West, northeast along St. Paul Crescent, east and south along Twelve Mile Creek, and east along Glendale Avenue to the eastern city limit.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Source:

Election results

Niagara Centre, 2018–

Welland, 2007–2018

Niagara Centre, 1999–2007

2007 electoral reform referendum

References

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

Map of riding boundaries
{{DEFAULTSORT:Niagara Centre (provincial electoral district) Ontario provincial electoral districts Politics of St. Catharines Port Colborne Thorold Welland