Tony Baldinelli
Canadian politician (born 1964)
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Tony Baldinelli MP (born November 24, 1964) is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of Niagara Falls in the House of Commons of Canada since winning the 2019 Canadian federal election.[1] He held the seat for the Tories after its long-serving member of Parliament, former cabinet minister Rob Nicholson, retired. Prior to being elected, he had worked at Niagara Parks for 18 years.[2] In September 2020, Conservative leader Erin O'Toole named Baldinelli his special adviser on Tourism Recovery.[3]
Tony Baldinelli | |
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| Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara Falls (2019–2025) | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Nicholson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 24, 1964 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Conservative Party of Canada |
Politics
Federal politics
In the 44th Parliament, Baldinelli tabled Private Member's Bill C-342, titled '"An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders)". The bill did not progress past the first reading. Baldinelli also jointly-seconded C-313, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody) and C-266, An Act to amend the Excise Act and the Excise Act, 2001 (adjusted duties - beer, malt liquor, spirits and wine).[4]
Baldinelli is the current Conservative Shadow Minister for Tourism.[5]
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tony Baldinelli | 29,774 | 49.14 | +11.72 | ||||
| Liberal | Andrea Kaiser | 27,194 | 44.88 | +9.69 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shannon Mitchell | 2,335 | 3.85 | –14.00 | ||||
| Green | Celia Taylor | 518 | 0.85 | –1.10 | ||||
| People's | Dinah Althorpe | 481 | 0.79 | –6.79 | ||||
| Libertarian | Daniel Shakhmundes | 160 | 0.26 | N/A | ||||
| Centrist | Yawar Anwar | 128 | 0.21 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 60,590 | 66.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,766 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.02 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Niagara Falls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tony Baldinelli | 26,810 | 37.9 | +2.4 | $111,535.19 | |||
| Liberal | Andrea Kaiser | 23,650 | 33.5 | +1.0 | $114,330.02 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Barker | 12,871 | 18.2 | +0.2 | $22,072.98 | |||
| People's | Peter Taras | 5,948 | 8.4 | +7.0 | $43,091.46 | |||
| Green | Melanie Holm | 1,370 | 1.9 | -3.0 | $1,799.97 | |||
| Total valid votes | 70,649 | 99.1 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 646 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Turnout | 71,295 | 62.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 114,698 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Niagara Falls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tony Baldinelli | 24,751 | 35.49 | -6.59 | $99,463.10 | |||
| Liberal | Andrea Kaiser | 22,690 | 32.54 | -1.95 | $88,011.69 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Barker | 12,566 | 18.02 | -2.88 | $17,190.50 | |||
| Independent | Mike Strange | 4,997 | 7.17 | - | none listed | |||
| Green | Sandra O'Connor | 3,404 | 4.88 | +2.36 | $7,271.20 | |||
| People's | Alexander Taylor | 968 | 1.39 | - | none listed | |||
| Christian Heritage | Tricia O'Connor | 358 | 0.51 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,734 | 99.10 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 636 | 0.90 | +0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 70,370 | 62.15 | -0.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 113,232 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.32 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Pillitteri | 17,907 | 45.9% | +7.6% | ||||
| Alliance | Mel Grunstein | 11,999 | 30.8% | +4.2% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Baldinelli | 6,077 | 15.6% | -8.4% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ed Booker | 2,356 | 6.0% | -3.8% | ||||
| Green | Clara Tarnoy | 501 | 1.3% | +0.4% | ||||
| Natural Law | Bill Amos | 155 | 0.4% | 0.0% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,995 | 100.0% | ||||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
