On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Niagara Falls.
Candidates
Liberals: Lionel Tupman
Progressive Conservatives: Bart Maves
NDP: Wayne Gates
Green: Clarke Bitter
Geography
History
The NDP won this seat in a by-election earlier in 2014, with Niagara Falls city councillor Wayne Gates defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Bart Maves by just under 1,000 votes. The Liberals, who had held the seat since 2003 under Kim Craitor, finished well back with 19.4 per cent of the vote. In previous elections, the Liberals had done well in Niagara Falls; the PCs everywhere else.
By the numbers
The median age of 43.7 is 12th highest in southern Ontario. Twenty-four per cent of people identified as second generation Canadians in the 2011 census, the second largest number in Ontario outside the GTA.
Riding in a tweet
Ridings that recently had by-elections can be unpredictable in general elections, especially when they are as varied as Niagara Falls.
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