Niagara West (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Niagara West (French: Niagara-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario formerly included in the electoral districts of Niagara West—Glanbrook, Welland and St. Catharines. It is currently represented by Dean Allison.[3]
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 86,533 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 68,333 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 1,057 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 81.9 | ||
| Census division | Niagara | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | St. Catharines (part), Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, West Lincoln, Wainfleet | ||
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Geography
It includes the towns of Grimsby, Lincoln, and Pelham, the townships of West Lincoln and Wainfleet, and part of the City of St. Catharines. The boundary in St. Catharines begins at the city’s northern limit where it intersects the extension of Courtleigh Road, then follows Courtleigh Road and Third Street Louth south to Queen Elizabeth Way. It continues east along Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 406, then south along the highway to First Street Louth, and finally south to the city’s southern limit. [4]
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, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[6]
Ethnic groups: 90.4% White, 3.0% Indigenous, 1.9% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Languages: 86.3% English, 1.8% Dutch, 1.3% French, 1.2% Italian
Religions: 65.1% Christian (25.9% Catholic, 6.1% United Church, 5.8% Anglican, 4.6% Reformed, 2.0% Presbyterian, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist, 1.1% Anabaptist, 1.0% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 14.9% Other), 1.0% Muslim, 32.2% None
Median income: $46,000 (2020)
Average income: $59,250 (2020)
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara West Riding created from Niagara West—Glanbrook. St. Catharines and Welland |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Dean Allison | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dean Allison | 36,535 | 51.89 | +7.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Korstanje | 30,309 | 43.04 | +11.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Justin Abando | 2,261 | 3.21 | –10.76 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Dave Bylsma | 727 | 1.03 | –0.02 | ||||
| People's | Ryan Anderson | 583 | 0.83 | –6.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 70,415 | 75.72 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,994 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | –2.07 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 27,497 | 44.03 | |
| Liberal | 19,391 | 31.05 | |
| New Democratic | 8,724 | 13.97 | |
| People's | 4,430 | 7.09 | |
| Green | 1,749 | 2.80 | |
| Others | 657 | 1.05 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dean Allison | 25,206 | 45.6 | +0.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Ian Bingham | 16,815 | 30.4 | -1.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nameer Rahman | 7,064 | 12.8 | +0.7 | ||||
| People's | Shaunalee Derkson | 3,933 | 7.1 | +5.5 | ||||
| Green | Joanna Kocsis | 1,602 | 2.9 | -3.8 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Harold Jonker | 657 | 1.2 | -0.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 55,277 | 99.6 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 217 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 55,494 | 71.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,484 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dean Allison | 24,447 | 45.4 | -3.42 | $86,960.67 | |||
| Liberal | Ian Bingham | 17,429 | 32.3 | -0.43 | $77,942.53 | |||
| New Democratic | Nameer Rahman | 6,540 | 12.1 | +0.65 | none listed | |||
| Green | Terry Teather | 3,620 | 6.7 | +3.72 | $4,788.88 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Harold Jonker | 1,019 | 1.9 | -0.54 | $16,035.83 | |||
| People's | Miles Morton | 869 | 1.6 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,924 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 252 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,176 | 72.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 74,760 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.99 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dean Allison | 24,732 | 48.82 | -10.64 | $81,875.54 | |||
| Liberal | Phil Rose | 16,581 | 32.73 | +18.44 | $55,489.05 | |||
| New Democratic | Nameer Rahman | 5,802 | 11.45 | -7.76 | $12,449.14 | |||
| Green | Sid Frere | 1,511 | 2.98 | -1.53 | $990.69 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Harold Jonker | 1,234 | 2.44 | – | $21,772.10 | |||
| Libertarian | Allan de Roo | 797 | 1.57 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,657 | 100.00 | $202,783.01 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 242 | 0.48 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 50,889 | 73.83 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,937 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -14.54 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 25,999 | 59.47 | |
| New Democratic | 8,401 | 19.22 | |
| Liberal | 6,249 | 14.29 | |
| Green | 1,972 | 4.51 | |
| Others | 1,100 | 2.52 | |