Niagara Falls (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Niagara Falls (federal electoral district).

Niagara Falls is a provincial electoral division in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1914 provincial election, and has existed continuously since then.

Niagara Falls

Ontario electoral district
Niagara Falls in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Wayne Gates New Democratic
District created	1914
First contested	1914
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	136,290
Electors (2018)	110,035
Area (km²)	680
Pop. density (per km²)	200.4
Census division(s)	Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Its boundaries were significantly redrawn in 1999, when Ontario adjusted all of its provincial electoral divisions to match those at the federal level.

List of representatives

Niagara Falls
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
14th	1914–1919		George Musgrove	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Charles Swayze	Labour
16th	1923–1926		William Gore Willson	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		William Houck	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Cyril Overall	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Carl Hanniwell	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		William Houck	Liberal
24th	1951–1953
	1951–1953		Arthur Jolley	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		George Bukator	Liberal
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		John Clement	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Vince Kerrio	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Margaret Harrington	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Bart Maves	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007		Kim Craitor	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2013
	2014–2014		Wayne Gates	New Democratic
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–2025
44th	2025–present

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of Niagara Falls at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	29,549	54.95	+6.87
	Progressive Conservative	Ruth-Ann Nieuwesteeg	18,569	34.53	–1.90
	Liberal	Shafoli Kapur	3,398	6.32	–2.10	$25,619
	New Blue	Gary Dumelie	870	1.62	–1.18	$1,512
	Green	Celia Taylor	837	1.56	–1.13
	Ontario Party	Andrew Soifert	285	0.53	–0.77
	Independent	Joedy Burdett	263	0.49	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,771	99.18	–0.21	$193,910
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			444	0.82	+0.21
Turnout			54,215	45.30	+1.70
Eligible voters			119,693
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.39
Source: Elections Ontario[1][2]

Winning party in each polling division of Niagara Falls at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	24,207	48.08	–2.71	$139,224
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Gale	18,342	36.43	+0.86	$75,328
	Liberal	Ashley Waters	4,239	8.42	–0.93	$13,483
	New Blue	Christine Lewis-Napolitano	1,409	2.80	N/A	$3,184
	Green	Tommy Ward	1,356	2.69	–0.77	$401
	Ontario Party	Wesley Kavanagh	656	1.30	N/A	none listed
	None of the Above	Devon St. Denis-Richard	135	0.27	N/A	$0
Total valid votes			50,344	99.39	+0.47
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			309	0.61	–0.47
Turnout			50,653	43.60	–10.96
Eligible voters			115,083
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–1.78
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 4 March 2025.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	30,161	50.79	+3.40	$106,759
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck McShane	21,126	35.58	+2.76	$53,890
	Liberal	Dean Demizio	5,554	9.95	−5.06	$20,779
	Green	Karen Fraser	2,057	3.46	+0.03	$10
	Libertarian	Shaun Somers	314	0.53	−0.54	none listed
	Moderate	Goran Zubic	169	0.28	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes			59,381	98.92	+0.18
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			651	1.08	–0.18
Turnout			60,032	54.56	+3.35
Eligible voters			110,035
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.32
Source: Elections Ontario[3][4]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	24,131	47.39	+7.84
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	16,702	32.80	-3.96
	Liberal	Lionel Tupman	7,329	14.39	-5.00
	Green	Clarke Bitter	1,724	3.39	+0.65
	Libertarian	Ralph Panucci	559	1.10	+0.67
	None of the Above	John Ringo Beam	478	0.94
Total valid votes			50,923	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			640	1.26
Turnout			51,563	51.21
Eligible voters			100,698
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.90
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Kim Craitor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Wayne Gates	14,589	39.54	+13.24
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	13,564	36.76	+1.93
	Liberal	Joyce Morocco	7,144	19.36	-16.53
	Green	Clarke Bitter	1,011	2.74	+1.12
	Independent	Tim Tredwell	226	0.61	+0.24
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	159	0.43	-0.03
	People's Political Party	Troy Young	107	0.29
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	101	0.27
Total valid votes			36,901	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			324	0.87
Turnout			37,225	37.59
Eligible voters			99,024
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.66
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	16,794	35.89	-11.62
	Progressive Conservative	George Lepp	16,296	34.83	+3.61
	New Democratic	Wayne Redekop	12,304	26.30	+16.46
	Green	Byrne Smith	759	1.62	-9.81
	Libertarian	Adam Hyde	217	0.46
	Family Coalition	John Jankovic	191	0.41
	Independent	Jeannette Tossounian	119	0.25
	Independent	Tim Tredwell	112	0.24
Total valid votes			46,792	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			308	0.65
Turnout			47,100	49.44
Eligible voters			95,266
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.62
Source: Elections Ontario[7]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	22,210	47.53	+0.64
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	14,540	31.12	-6.86
	Green	Melanie Mullen	5,373	11.50	+8.61
	New Democratic	Mike Piché	4,605	9.85	-2.50
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			381	0.82
Turnout			47,109	51.08
Eligible voters			92,225
Total valid votes			46,728	100.00

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kim Craitor	18,904	46.86	+4.66
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	15,353	38.06	-7.64
	New Democratic	Claude Sonier	4,962	12.30	+2.45
	Green	Ryan McLaughlin	1,124	2.79	+2.05
Total valid votes			40,343	100.00

v t e 1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	18,497	45.70	+2.37	$57,730.70
	Liberal	Selina Volpatti	17,080	42.20	+12.6	$49,687.00
	New Democratic	Claude Sonier	3,985	9.85	−15.27	$14,873.79
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	317	0.78	−0.49	$0.00
	Green	Clara Tarnoy	300	0.74		not listed
	Independent	Darren Wood	298	0.74		$330.00
Total valid votes			40,477	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			335	0.82
Turnout			40,812	59.39
Electors on the lists			68,725

v t e 1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Bart Maves	12,132	43.33	+30.4	$37,908.69
	Liberal	Marg Germano	8,289	29.60	+2.93	$40,823.66
	New Democratic	Margaret Harrington	7,034	25.12	−21.12	$15,733.37
	Natural Law	Bill Amos	355	1.27		$0.00
	Independent	Melania Gural	189	0.68		not listed
Total valid votes			27,999	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			388	1.37
Turnout			28,387	59.48
Electors on the lists			47,729

v t e 1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Margaret Harrington	13,884	46.24
	Liberal	Wayne Campbell	7,979	26.67
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Puttick	3,869	12.93
	Confederation of Regions	Ted Wiwchar	3,141	10.50
	Family Coalition	Art Klassen	674	2.25
	Green	Donald MacDonald-Ross	365	1.22
Total valid votes			29,912	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	29,259	64.6
	Mixed member proportional	16,013	35.4
	Total valid votes	45,272	100.0