Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Nicholson seeks a fifth straight term in Niagara Falls.
Boundaries: This urban-rural riding spans the entire Niagara peninsula, stretching from the U.S. border in the east to Thorold Townline and Holloway Bay roads in the west.
Last Election: Nicholson defeated NDP candidate Heather Kelley by 29.7 per cent, his highest margin of victory yet.
History: Prior to Nicholson’s election in 2004, the riding had gone back and forth between the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives since the 1970s, with neither party holding it for more than three terms at a time. Nicholson first represented this riding as a Progressive Conservative from 1984 until 1993, going down to defeat in the year the party only won two seats in the entire country.
Provincially, the riding is currently held by NDP MPP Wayne Gates, and was held by Liberal MPP Kim Craitor from 2003 to 2014.
Demographics: 24,830 seniors lived in this riding as of the 2011 census, the highest number in Ontario.
Candidates
Conservatives: Rob Nicholson, MP since 2004 and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
NDP: Carolynn Ioannoni, Niagara Falls city councillor since 1999
Liberals: Ron Planche, photographer and former Vice-chair for Niagara Falls Transit Commission
Greens: Steven Soos, student at Trent University
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