Niagara West () is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario formerly included in the electoral districts of Niagara West—Glanbrook, Welland and St. Catharines. It is currently represented by Dean Allison.

Geography

It includes the towns of Grimsby, Lincoln, and Pelham, the townships of West Lincoln and Wainfleet, and part of the City of St. Catharines. The boundary in St. Catharines begins at the city’s northern limit where it intersects the extension of Courtleigh Road, then follows Courtleigh Road and Third Street Louth south to Queen Elizabeth Way. It continues east along Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 406, then south along the highway to First Street Louth, and finally south to the city’s southern limit.

History

Niagara West was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015..

Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 90.4% White, 3.0% Indigenous, 1.9% South Asian, 1.3% Black

Languages: 86.3% English, 1.8% Dutch, 1.3% French, 1.2% Italian

Religions: 65.1% Christian (25.9% Catholic, 6.1% United Church, 5.8% Anglican, 4.6% Reformed, 2.0% Presbyterian, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist, 1.1% Anabaptist, 1.0% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 14.9% Other), 1.0% Muslim, 32.2% None

Median income: $46,000 (2020)

Average income: $59,250 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote %   Conservative 27,497 44.03   Liberal 19,391 31.05   New Democratic 8,724 13.97   People's 4,430 7.09   Green 1,749 2.80   Others 657 1.05

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   Conservative 25,999 59.47   New Democratic 8,401 19.22   Liberal 6,249 14.29   Green 1,972 4.51   Others 1,100 2.52

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References