St. Catharines (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with St. Catharines (federal electoral district).

St. Catharines is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, first from 1914 to 1934, and again from 1967.

St. Catharines

Ontario electoral district
St. Catharines in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Jennie Stevens New Democratic
District created	1966
First contested	1967
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	111,690
Electors (2018)	89,924
Area (km²)	84
Pop. density (per km²)	1,329.6
Census division(s)	Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	St. Catharines

The riding was redrawn in 1999, when Ontario adjusted all of its provincial electoral divisions to match those already existing at the federal level, and has matched the federal riding since. It currently consists of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of a line drawn from west to east along St. Paul Street West, St. Paul Crescent, Twelve Mile Creek, Glendale Avenue, Merrit Street and Glendale Avenue.

Members of Provincial Parliament

1914-1934

The riding was severed from Lincoln in 1914,^[1] and was merged back into that riding for the 1934 election.^[2]

St. Catharines
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created (1914)
14th	1914–1919		Elisha Jessop	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Frank Howard Greenlaw	Labour
16th	1923–1926		Edwin Cyrus Graves	Conservative
17th	1926–1929			Independent-Conservative
18th	1929–1934			Conservative

1967 to present

The riding was recreated once more from Lincoln for the 1967 election.^[3]

St. Catharines
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
28th	1967–1971		Robert Mercer Johnston	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Jim Bradley	Liberal
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Jennie Stevens	New Democratic
43rd	2022–2025
44th	2025–present

Election results

Winning party in each polling division of St. Catharines at the 2025 Ontario general election

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennie Stevens	19,688	42.12	+2.41
	Progressive Conservative	Sal Sorrento	16,422	35.13	+0.70	$73,420
	Liberal	Robin McPherson	8,092	17.31	+0.68
	Green	Stephen Vincelette-Smith	1,033	2.21	–1.88
	New Blue	Rob Atalick	807	1.73	–0.83	$4,178
	Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	Natalia Benoit	347	0.74	N/A
	Ontario Party	Liz Leeuwenburg	300	0.64	–0.78
	Ontario Alliance	J. Justin O'Donnell	56	0.12	+0.05
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,745	99.28	–0.20	$151,984
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			340	0.72	+0.20
Turnout			47,085	50.22	+3.56
Eligible voters			93,754
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.86
Source: Elections Ontario[4][5]

Winning party in each polling division of St. Catharines at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennie Stevens	17,128	39.71	+3.09	$72,978
	Progressive Conservative	Sal Sorrento	14,851	34.43	+0.83	$68,299
	Liberal	Ryan Madill	7,175	16.63	–7.90	$78,102
	Green	Michele Braniff	1,764	4.09	+0.37	$25
	New Blue	Keith McDonald	1,103	2.56	N/A	$15
	Ontario Party	Michael Goddard	613	1.42	N/A	none listed
	Libertarian	Judi Falardeau	372	0.86	+0.48	none listed
	Communist	Rin Simon	99	0.23	+0.10	none listed
	Ontario Alliance	J. Justin O'Donnell	31	0.07	N/A	$0
Total valid votes			43,136	99.48	+0.55
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			224	0.52	–0.55
Turnout			43,360	46.66	–11.40
Eligible voters			93,002
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.13
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.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennie Stevens	18,911	36.61	+12.01	$8,736
	Progressive Conservative	Sandie Bellows	17,353	33.60	+4.28	$41,729
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	12,671	24.53	−16.67	$77,481
	Green	Colin Ryrie	1,923	3.72	−0.11	$10
	None of the Above	Jim Fannon	494	0.96	N/A	$27,700
	Libertarian	Daniel Tisi	195	0.38	N/A	none listed
	Communist	Saleh Waziruddin	66	0.13	N/A	none listed
	Cultural Action	Duke Willis	37	0.07	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes			51,650	98.93
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			556	1.07
Turnout			52,206	58.06
Eligible voters			89,924
	New Democratic notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.87
Source: Elections Ontario[6][7]

2014 general election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	18,809	41.20
	Progressive Conservative	13,386	29.32
	New Democratic	11,231	24.60
	Green	1,751	3.84
	Others	475	1.04

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	19,070	41.93	+0.72
	Progressive Conservative	Mat Siscoe	13,814	29.72	-6.49
	New Democratic	Jennie Stevens	11,350	24.45	+4.25
	Green	Karen Fraser	1,792	3.85	+1.35
	Libertarian	Nicholas Dushko	223	0.47
	Freedom	Dave Unrau	170	0.37	+0.24
	Communist	Saleh Waziruddin	95	0.21	+0.05
Total valid votes			46,514	100.0
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			725	1.56
Turnout			47,239	54.80
Total Registered Electors on List			86,198
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.60
Source: Elections Ontario[9]

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	17,166	40.21	−7.02
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Bellows	15,461	36.21	+7.32
	New Democratic	Irene Lowell	8,624	20.20	+4.32
	Green	Jennifer Mooradian	1,066	2.50	−4.58
	Family Coalition	Chris Clarke	191	0.45	−0.15
	Communist	Saleh Waziruddin	68	0.16	−0.15
	Independent	Jon Radick (Canadians' Choice)	62	0.15
	Freedom	Dave Unrau	57	0.13
Total valid votes			42,695	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			188	0.44
Turnout			42,883	51.00
Eligible voters			84,078
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.17
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - St. Catherines" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	21,029	47.23	−10.21	$60,133.56
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Timms	12,864	28.89	−0.45	$33.521.98
	New Democratic	Henry Bosch	7,069	15.88	+6.93	$11,300.79
	Green	Byrne Smith	3,152	7.08	+4.43	$2,172.38
	Family Coalition	Barra Gots	267	0.60	−1.02	$0.00
	Communist	Sam Hammond	139	0.31		$826.44
Total valid votes			44,520	100.0

v t e 2003 Ontario general election: St. Catharines
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	25,319	57.44	+3.54	$63,576.04
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Brickell	12,932	29.34	−9.17	$72,267.48
	New Democratic	John Bacher	3,944	8.95	+2.74	$8,542.84
	Green	Jim Fannon	1,167	2.65	+2.19	$2,858.89
	Family Coalition	Linda Klassen	714	1.62		$13.80
Total valid votes			44,076	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			271	0.61
Turnout			44,347	56.43

v t e 1999 Ontario general election: St. Catharines
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	25,186	53.90	+7.37	$45,478.14
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Froese	17,994	38.51	−0.33	$68,831.44
	New Democratic	Gordon Coggins	2,902	6.21	−7.08	$8,286.11
	Natural Law	Helene Ann Darisse	272	0.58		$0.00
	Green	Douglas Woodard	215	0.46		$83.93
	Independent (Marxist-Leninist)	Ron Walker	154	0.33		$112.00
Total valid votes			46,723	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			336	0.71
Turnout			47,059	59.61
Note: percentage change in vote is calculated from 1995 results redistributed according to new riding boundaries.

v t e 1995 Ontario general election: St. Catharines
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	13,761	46.53	+7.77	$33,835.95
	Progressive Conservative	Archie Heide	11,486	38.84	+25.68	$36,875.32
	New Democratic	Jeff Burch	3,929	13.29	−22.34	$12,043.92
	Family Coalition	Jon Siemens	245	0.83	−3.63	$0.00
	Natural Law	Marcy Sheremetta	153	0.52		$0.00
Total valid votes			29,574	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			227	0.76
Turnout			29,801	64.58

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	11,565	38.76	-24.54
	New Democratic	Dave Kappele	10,629	35.63	+15.59
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Timms	3,926	13.16	-2.17
	Confederation of Regions	Eva Longhurst	2,384	7.99
	Family Coalition	Bert Pynenburg	1,331	4.46
Total valid votes			29,835	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			337	1.12
Turnout			30,172	66.77

1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	17,584	63.30	+5.36
	New Democratic	Rob West	5,566	20.04	+4.23
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Bradley	4,258	15.33	-10.06
	Communist	Eric Blair	369	1.33	+0.29
Total valid votes			27,777	100.00

1985 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	20,605	57.94	+6.09
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine Herzog	9,029	25.39	-6.87
	New Democratic	Michael Cormier	5,624	15.81	-0.34
	Communist	Eric Blair	305	0.86	+0.45
Total valid votes			35,563	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			201	0.56
Turnout			35,764	61.65

1981 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	16,509	51.85	+12.96
	Progressive Conservative	John Larocque	10,273	32.26	-4.36
	New Democratic	Don Loucks	4,927	15.47	-8.24
	Communist	Norman J. Newell	132	0.41	-0.37
Total valid votes			31,841	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			181	0.57
Turnout			32,022	57.20

1977 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	12,392	38.89	+6.89
	Progressive Conservative	Eleanor Lancaster	11,669	36.62	+1.88
	New Democratic	Fred Dickson	7,556	23.71	-8.1
	Communist	Eric Blair	247	0.78	–
Total valid votes			31,864	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			213	0.66
Turnout			32,077	60.91

1975 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Johnston	10,064	34.74
	Liberal	J.A. Rochefort	9,270	32.00
	New Democratic	Fred Dickson	9,215	31.81
	Communist	Bruce Magnuson	227	0.78
	Independent	Lucylle Boikoff	192	0.66
Total valid votes			28,968	100.0
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			253	1.1
Turnout			22,221

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,589	61.5
	Mixed member proportional	16,626	38.5
	Total valid votes	43,215	100.0