We’re continuing our profile of local provincial election ridings in Niagara today ahead of next week’s election with the riding that has the most candidates: Niagara West.
The riding, which was formed in 2018, has only ever seen one MPP, Sam Oosterhoff, who won both the 2018 and 2022 elections by more than 10,000 votes each time.
Niagara West consists of six different municipalities including Grimsby, Lincoln, Pelham, Wainfleet, West Lincoln and the western part of St. Catharines, and has a population of just over 90,000 people.
Also running in Niagara West includes former Pelham Mayor Dave Augustyn for the NDP, Shauna Boyle for the Liberals, Green Party candidate Mark Harrison, Aaron Albano for the New Blue Party, Aaron Allison for the Ontario Party, Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis and People’s Party of Ontario candidate Jim Torma.
(Written by: Matt Latour)
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