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.
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, and was merged back into that riding for the 1934 election.
1967 to present The riding was recreated once more from Lincoln for the 1967 election.
Election results
2014 general election redistributed results 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
2007 electoral reform referendum 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendumSideVotes%First Past the Post26,58961.5Mixed member proportional16,62638.5Total valid votes 43,215100.0
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
The 1999, 2003 and 2007 expenditure entries are taken from official candidate reports as listed by Elections Ontario. The figures cited are the Total Candidate's Campaign Expenses Subject to Limitation, and include transfers from constituency associations. The 1995 expenditures are taken from an official listing of election expenses published by Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario Past Election Results