Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Niagara West—Glanbrook.

Niagara West—Glanbrook

Ontario electoral district

Niagara West—Glanbrook in relation to southern Ontario ridings

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Sam Oosterhoff
Progressive Conservative

District created

2004

First contested

2007

Last contested

2016

Demographics

Population (2006)

111,024

Electors (2007)

80,444

Area (km²)

1,080

Pop. density (per km²)

102.8

Census divisions

Hamilton, Niagara

Census subdivisions

Hamilton, Grimsby, Pelham, West Lincoln, Lincoln

Niagara West—Glanbrook is a provincial electoral district in south eastern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding, which was first contested in the 2007 provincial election, consists of the municipalities of Grimsby, Pelham, West Lincoln, Lincoln and that part of Hamilton east of Glancaster Road and south of the transmission line south of Rymal Road south of the former city of Hamilton, and also south of the Niagara Escarpment east of the former city.

52.5% of the riding came from Stoney Creek, 31.5% came from Erie—Lincoln, 15.6% came from Niagara Centre and 0.2% came from Hamilton Mountain.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census^[1]^[2]

Ethnic Groups: 93.3% White, 1.5% South Asian, 1.2% Aboriginal, 1.1% Black
Languages: 85.6% English, 2.1% Italian, 2.0% Dutch, 1.7% French, 1.5% Polish, 1.3% German
Religion: 76.2% Christian (32.0% Catholic, 9.6% United Church, 8.5% Anglican, 2.8% Presbyterian, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 17.4% Other Christian), 1.2% Muslim, 21.1% No religion.
Average household income: $94,033
Median household income: $80,296
Average individual income: $45,345
Median individual income: $35,874

Members of Provincial Parliament

Niagara West—Glanbrook
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Stoney Creek, Erie—Lincoln, Niagara Centre and Hamilton Mountain
39th	2007–2011		Tim Hudak	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2016
41st	2016–Present		Sam Oosterhoff

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, November 17, 2016 Resignation of Tim Hudak
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Oosterhoff	17,651	54.00	+12.18
	New Democratic	Mike Thomas	8,123	24.85	+2.63
	Liberal	Vicky Ringuette	4,997	15.29	-13.05
	Green	Donna Cridland	892	2.73	-2.64
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	355	1.09	-0.65
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	342	1.05
	Independent	Martin Poos	206	0.63
	Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	Queenie Yu	76	0.23
	Canadian Constituents'	Arthur Smitherman	44	0.13
Total valid votes			32,686
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout			32,686	31.98
Eligible voters			102,219
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.78

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	23,378	41.82	-9.13
	Liberal	David Mossey	15,843	28.34	+2.36
	New Democratic	Brian McCormack	12,423	22.22	+3.68
	Green	Basia Krzyzanowski	3,004	5.37	+2.57
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	970	1.74	+1.40
	Freedom	Geoff Peacock	284	0.51	+0.34
Total valid votes			55,902	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,052	1.85	+1.43
Turnout			56,954	58.59	+3.71
Eligible voters			97,201
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	24,919	50.95	-0.10
	Liberal	Katie Trombetta	12,708	25.98	-4.03
	New Democratic	Anthony Marco	9,070	18.55	+6.35
	Green	Meredith Cross	1,372	2.81	-3.93
	Family Coalition	Phil Lees	303	0.62
	Libertarian	Rob Wienhold	166	0.34
	People's Political Party	Marty Poos	158	0.32
	Reform	Gerry Augustine	130	0.27
	Freedom	Geoff Peacock	80	0.16
Total valid votes			48,906	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			205	0.42	-0.16
Turnout			49,111	54.88	-3.69
Eligible voters			89,489
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.96
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	24,311	51.06	+3.69
	Liberal	Mike Lostracco	14,290	30.01	-5.76
	New Democratic	Bonnie Bryan	5,839	12.20	-1.50
	Green	Sid Frere	3,214	6.73
Total valid votes			47,616	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			275	0.57
Turnout			47,891	58.57
Eligible voters			81,765
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.72

2003 general election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	20,306	47.37
	Liberal	15,334	35.77
	New Democratic	5,874	13.70
	Others	1,356	3.16

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,972	65.7
	Mixed member proportional	16,195	34.3
	Total valid votes	47,167	100.0

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

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