Welland (provincial electoral district)

The current electoral district was created in 2003: 74.9% of the riding came from Niagara Centre riding, 22.5% from Erie—Lincoln and 2.7% from Niagara Falls riding.

The riding also existed from 1867 until 1981 under different boundaries.

Geography

Welland riding consists of the cities of Welland, Thorold, and Port Colborne, the Township of Wainfleet, and the part of the City of St. Catharines lying south of a line drawn from the western city limit east along St. Paul Street West, northeast along St. Paul Crescent, east and south along Twelve Mile Creek, and east along Glendale Avenue to the eastern city limit.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Welland
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding re-created from Niagara Centre, Erie—Lincoln and Niagara Falls
39th	2007 − 2011		Peter Kormos	New Democratic
40th	2011 − 2014		Cindy Forster	New Democratic
41st	2014 − Present		Cindy Forster	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Cindy Forster	21,281	46.72	+2.06
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Campion	12,947	28.42	-3.71
	Liberal	Benoit Mercier	8,997	19.75	-0.01
	Green	Donna Cridland	1,874	4.11	+1.81
	Libertarian	Andrea J. Murik	450	0.99	-0.16
Total valid votes			45,549	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.88
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Cindy Forster	19,527	44.66	-9.28
	Progressive Conservative	Domenic Ursini	14,048	32.13	+13.25
	Liberal	Benoit Mercier	8,638	19.76	-3.15
	Green	Donna Cridland	1,005	2.30	-1.94
	Libertarian	Donna-Lynne Hamilton	505	1.15
Total valid votes			43,723	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			248	0.56
Turnout			43,971	51.64
Eligible voters			85,141
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-11.27
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Kormos	24,908	53.94
	Liberal	John Mastroianni	10,579	22.91
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Bodner	8,719	18.88
	Green	Mark Grenier	1,973	4.27
Total valid votes			46,179	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,925	60.1
	Mixed member proportional	17,859	39.9
	Total valid votes	44,784	100.0

References

↑ "General Election Results by District, 098 Welland". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Welland" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

External links

Welland Riding Map from Elections Canada

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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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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