Niagara Centre (renamed to Welland from 2006 to 2018) is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented from 1867 until 1977 and again since 2007 (under different boundaries) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Its population in 2006 was 112,875.
A new riding of Niagara Centre was created before the 1999 election from small parts of the Lincoln and St. Catharines—Brock ridings, and almost all of the Welland—Thorold riding. 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 name was changed to Welland during redistricting in 2006. In 2018, the name was changed back to Niagara Centre.
Geography From 1967 to 1975, the southern part of the riding was covered by the Welland South district.
The pre-2018 Welland riding consisted of the cities of Welland, Thorold, Port Colborne, 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
Source: Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Election results
Niagara Centre, 2018–
2014 general election redistributed results Party Vote % New Democratic 20,334 47.88 Progressive Conservative 11,313 26.64 Liberal 8,674 20.42 Green 1,713 4.03 Libertarian 435 1.02
Welland, 2007–2018
Niagara Centre, 1999–2007
Welland (1867–1977)
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendumSideVotes%First Past the Post26,92560.1Mixed member proportional17,85939.9Total valid votes 44,784100.0
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Map of riding for 2018 election Map of riding boundaries