St. Catharines (electoral district)

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St. Catharines is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It 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.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Provincial electoral district 2.1 Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Federal election results 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Federal electoral district

It was created in 1966 from parts of Lincoln riding.

It consisted initially of the part of the City of St. Catharines bounded on the east by the eastern city limit, and on the north, west and south by a line drawn from the city limit southwest along Eastchester Avenue, south along Bunting Road, southwest along Rockwood Street, south along Hartzell Road, northwest along the C.N.R. line, south along Glengarry Road, east along Glendale Avenue, south along Mountain Street and east along Bradley Street to the city limit.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of the Canadian National Railway.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist 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 Street West to St. Paul Crescent, the old Welland Canal, Carter Creek, the first Canadian National Railway spur line and the main CNR line and Queenston Street.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north and east of a line drawn from the western city limit along St. Paul Street West, St. Paul Crescent, the Old Welland Canal, Carter Creek, the first Canadian National Railway spur line, the most easterly Canadian National Railway spur line and the yard line to the southern city limit.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1. James C. McNulty, Liberal (1968 - 1972)
2. Trevor Morgan, Progressive Conservative (1972 - 1974)
3. Gilbert Parent, Liberal (1974 - 1979)
4. Joe Reid, Progressive Conservative (1979 - 1988)
5. Ken Atkinson, Progressive Conservative (1988 - 1993)
6. Walt Lastewka, Liberal (1993 - 2006)
7. Rick Dykstra, Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rick Dykstra	21,668
	Liberal	Walt Lastewka	21,424
	New Democrat	Jeff Burch	11,849
	Green	Jim Fannon	2,306
	Christian Heritage	Bill Bylsma	499
	Marxist-Leninist	Elaine Couto	100

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walt Lastewka	21,277
	Conservative	Leo Bonomi	18,261
	New Democrat	Ted Mouradian	10,135
	Green	Jim Fannon	1,927
	Christian Heritage	Linda Klassen	751
	Canadian Action	Jane Elizabeth Paxton	204
	Marxist-Leninist	Elaine Couto	61

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walt Lastewka	20,992
	Canadian Alliance	Randy Taylor Dumont	15,871
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Atkinson	6,522
	New Democrat	John Bacher	2,878
	Natural Law	Jim Morris	203
	Not affiliated	Tilly Bylsma	166
	Marxist-Leninist	Elaine Couto	93

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walt Lastewka	21,081
	Reform	Rob Hesp	15,029
	Progressive Conservative	Gregg Crealock	6,503
	New Democrat	Ed Gould	4,657
	Christian Heritage	Tristan Emmanuel	688
	Canadian Action	G.L. Malcolm	308
	Natural Law	Helene Darisse	245

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walt Lastewka	22,402
	Reform	Rob Hesp	13,130
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Atkinson	6,831
	New Democrat	Jane Hughes	2,659
	Christian Heritage	David W. Bylsma	549
	Abolitionist	Kevin Doucet	81

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Atkinson	19,623
	Liberal	Barbara Buchanan	16,043
	New Democrat	Rob West	12,260
	Communist	Eric Blair	241

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	26,621
	New Democrat	Gerry Michaud	16,397
	Liberal	Linus Hand	9,890
	Green	Tom Ferguson	365
	Social Credit	Glen Hodgins	108
	Communist	Mel Doig	93
	Commonwealth	Lancelot Mottley	56

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	18,622
	Liberal	David Wiebe	17,173
	New Democrat	Peter Elliott	13,006
	Rhino	Fred Horny Lake	230
	Communist	Don Stewart	76
	Marxist-Leninist	Vicki Wiwcharyk	35

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	23,444
	Liberal	William Andres	14,990
	New Democrat	Peter J. Elliott	11,897
	Libertarian	Kenneth F. MacKay	186
	Communist	Melbourne Doig	111
	Marxist-Leninist	Victoria A. Wiwcharyk	40

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilbert Parent	22,528
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Morgan	16,402
	New Democrat	Fred Dickson	9,147
	Social Credit	Jean Charles Hamelin	443
	Communist	William Stewart	129
	Marxist-Leninist	Roger Ten Trey	69

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Morgan	19,257
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	18,442
	New Democrat	Michael Inneq	9,683
	Social Credit	R.H. James	538
	Not affiliated	John Donald Clout	250

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	18,100
	Progressive Conservative	Laura Sabia	14,544
	New Democrat	June E. Cook	7,185

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External link

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
Conservative	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | St. Catharines
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain
Liberal	Oakville | Welland | Halton*
* Halton MP Garth Turner was elected as a Conservative, but has resigned from the party and is now sitting as a Liberal.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
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Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
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