Voters in Niagara Falls have re-elected Wayne Gates of the NDP as their MPP in the 2018 Ontario election.
Candidates
Liberals: Dean Demizio
PC: Chuck McShane
NDP: Wayne Gates (incumbent)
Green: Karen Fraser
Global News is only featuring the candidates for the four main parties. For a complete list of candidates, visit Elections Ontario.
Geography
The Niagara Falls riding stretches from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie along the Niagara River, and includes Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie and the city of Niagara Falls.
History
Former Niagara councillor Wayne Gates won this seat in a byelection in 2014 and then again in the general election that year.
The Liberals, which previously held the seat for a decade under Kim Craitor, finished well back that year with 14.4 per cent of the vote.
By the numbers
136,290 people live in this 680 sq. km riding as of 2016.