Global News is projecting Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli will be re-elected in the riding of Niagara Falls.
Baldinelli captured the riding in 2019, keeping it under Conservative leadership after longtime MP Rob Nicholson did not seek re-election.
It was a tight race, though, with Baldinelli defeating the Liberal Party’s Andrea Kaiser by three percentage points.
The urban-rural Niagara Falls riding consists of the regional Municipality of Niagara, including the city of Niagara Falls, and the towns of Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Niagara Falls has been represented in the House of Commons since 1953. The southern Ontario riding was created in 1952 from parts of the Erie—Lincoln and Welland ridings. It is home to 136,292 residents and 113,232 registered voters.
Immigrants make up 20 per cent of this riding’s population, with Italian, German and Spanish being the most popular non-official languages, according to the 2016 census.
Candidates
Liberals: Andrea Kaiser
Conservatives: Tony Baldinelli (incumbent)
NDP: Brian Barker
Green: Melanie Holm
People’s Party Of Canada: Peter Taras