Erie (electoral district)

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Erie was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Lincoln and Welland ridings.

It initially consisted of the Townships of Wainfleet and West Lincoln, the City of Port Colborne and the Towns of Fort Erie and Pelham.

In 1987, it was redefined to include the part of the City of Welland lying south of a line drawn from west to east along the Welland River, east along Broadway Avenue, north along Regional Road No. 68, east along Ontario Road, and east in a straight line to Ridge Road.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Erie—Lincoln, Niagara Centre and Niagara Falls ridings.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FRETZ, Girve	15,500
	Liberal	LAFONTAINE, Pierre	11,175
	New Democrat	GIBSON, Clarence	6,985
	Libertarian	KUBIAS, Jerry	180

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FRETZ, Girve	12,861
	Liberal	PLYLEY, John M.	12,334
	New Democrat	GIBSON, Clarence	6,848
	Marxist-Leninist	BLASHILL, Betty	105

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FRETZ, Girve	19,197
	Liberal	LAFONTAINE, Pierre	9,316
	New Democrat	HAVLIN, Elaine	5,868

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	FRETZ, Girve	15,063
	Liberal	COLYN, Allard	14,278
	New Democrat	O'FLYNN, Sean	8,168
	Christian Heritage	GRITTER, Cope	1,607

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MALONEY, John	19,799
	Reform	LUND, Bob	11,753
	Progressive Conservative	WILSON, Bradd	5,894
	New Democrat	PENWARDEN, Lesley	1,842
	Christian Heritage	KIERS, Alfred	591
	National	ROBBINS, Bill	586
	Natural Law	DREBEN, Jeffrey Ian	197