St. Catharines (provincial electoral district)

St. Catharines
Ontario electoral district
	St. Catharines in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
;
District created	1966
First contested	1967
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	112,869
Electors (2006)	84,967
Area (km²)	77
Pop. density (per km²)	1,465.8
Census divisions	Niagara
Census subdivisions	St. Catharines

St. Catharines is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1967.

The riding was redrawn in 1999, when Ontario adjusted all of its provincial electoral divisions to match those already existing at the federal level, and has matched the federal riding since. It currently consists of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of a line drawn from west to east along St. Paul Street West, St. Paul Crescent, Twelve Mile Creek, Glendale Avenue, Merrit Street and Glendale Avenue.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

St. Catharines
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
28th	1967–1971		Robert Mercer Johnston	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981		Jim Bradley	Liberal
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present		Jennie Stevens	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2018
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennie Stevens	18,911	36.61	+12.16
	Progressive Conservative	Sandie Bellows	17,353	33.60	+3.88
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	12,671	24.53	−16.40
	Green	Colin Ryrie	1,923	3.72	−0.13
	None of the Above	Jim Fannon	494	0.96	–
	Libertarian	Daniel Tisi	195	0.38	−0.09
	Communist	Saleh Waziruddin	66	0.13	−0.18
	Cultural Action	Duke Willis	37	0.07	–
Total valid votes				100.0
Eligible voters			87,746
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.14
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	19,005	40.93	+0.72
	Progressive Conservative	Mat Siscoe	13,798	29.72	-6.49
	New Democratic	Jennie Stevens	11,353	24.45	+4.25
	Green	Karen Fraser	1,788	3.85	+1.35
	Libertarian	Nicholas Dushko	220	0.47
	Freedom	Dave Unrau	170	0.37	+0.24
	Communist	Saleh Waziruddin	98	0.21	+0.05
Total valid votes			46,432	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.60
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	17,166	40.21	−7.02
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Bellows	15,461	36.21	+7.32
	New Democratic	Irene Lowell	8,624	20.20	+4.32
	Green	Jennifer Mooradian	1,066	2.50	−4.58
	Family Coalition	Chris Clarke	191	0.45	−0.15
	Communist	Saleh Waziruddin	68	0.16	−0.15
	Independent	Jon Radick (Canadians' Choice)	62	0.15
	Freedom	Dave Unrau	57	0.13
Total valid votes			42,695	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			188	0.44
Turnout			42,883	51.00
Eligible voters			84,078
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.17
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - St. Catherines" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2014.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	21,023	47.23	−10.21	$60,133.56
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Timms	12,861	28.89	−0.45	$33.521.98
	New Democratic	Henry Bosch	7,069	15.88	+6.93	$11,300.79
	Green	Byrne Smith	3,151	7.08	+4.43	$2,172.38
	Family Coalition	Barra Gots	267	0.60	−1.02	$0.00
	Communist	Sam Hammond	139	0.31		$826.44
Total valid votes			44,510	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003: St. Catharines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	25,319	57.44	+3.54	$63,576.04
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Brickell	12,932	29.34	−9.17	$72,267.48
	New Democratic	John Bacher	3,944	8.95	+2.74	$8,542.84
	Green	Jim Fannon	1,167	2.65	+2.19	$2,858.89
	Family Coalition	Linda Klassen	714	1.62		$13.80
Total valid votes			44,076	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			271	0.61
Turnout			44,347	56.43

Ontario general election, 1999: St. Catharines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	25,186	53.90	+7.37	$45,478.14
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Froese	17,994	38.51	−0.33	$68,831.44
	New Democratic	Gordon Coggins	2,902	6.21	−7.08	$8,286.11
	Natural Law	Helene Ann Darisse	272	0.58		$0.00
	Green	Douglas Woodard	215	0.46		$83.93
	Independent (Marxist-Leninist)	Ron Walker	154	0.33		$112.00
Total valid votes			46,723	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			336	0.71
Turnout			47,059	59.61
Note: percentage change in vote is calculated from 1995 results redistributed according to new riding boundaries.

Ontario general election, 1995: St. Catharines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	13,761	46.53	+7.77	$33,835.95
	Progressive Conservative	Archie Heide	11,486	38.84	+25.68	$36,875.32
	New Democratic	Jeff Burch	3,929	13.29	−22.34	$12,043.92
	Family Coalition	Jon Siemens	245	0.83	−3.63	$0.00
	Natural Law	Marcy Sheremetta	153	0.52		$0.00
Total valid votes			29,574	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			227	0.76
Turnout			29,801	64.58

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	11,565	38.76	-24.54
	New Democratic	Dave Kappele	10,629	35.63	+15.59
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Timms	3,926	13.16	-2.17
	Confederation of Regions	Eva Longhurst	2,384	7.99
	Family Coalition	Bert Pynenburg	1,331	4.46
Total valid votes			29,835	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			337	1.12
Turnout			30,172	66.77

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	17,584	63.30	+5.36
	New Democratic	Rob West	5,566	20.04	+4.23
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Bradley	4,258	15.33	-10.06
	Communist	Eric Blair	369	1.33	+0.29
Total valid votes			27,777	100.00

Ontario general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	20,605	57.94	+6.09
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine Herzog	9,029	25.39	-6.87
	New Democratic	Michael Cormier	5,624	15.81	-0.34
	Communist	Eric Blair	305	0.86	+0.45
Total valid votes			35,563	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			201	0.56
Turnout			35,764	61.65

Ontario general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	16,509	51.85	+12.96
	Progressive Conservative	John Larocque	10,273	32.26	-4.36
	New Democratic	Don Loucks	4,927	15.47	-8.24
	Communist	Norman J. Newell	132	0.41	-0.37
Total valid votes			31,841	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			181	0.57
Turnout			32,022	57.20

Ontario general election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Bradley	12,392	38.89	+6.89
	Progressive Conservative	Eleanor Lancaster	11,669	36.62	+1.88
	New Democratic	Fred Dickson	7,556	23.71	-8.1
	Communist	Eric Blair	247	0.78	–
Total valid votes			31,864	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			213	0.66
Turnout			32,077	60.91

Ontario general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Johnston	10,064	34.74
	Liberal	J.A. Rochefort	9,270	32.00
	New Democratic	Fred Dickson	9,215	31.81
	Communist	Bruce Magnuson	227	0.78
	Independent	Lucylle Boikoff	192	0.66
Total valid votes			28,968	100.0
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			253	1.1
Turnout			22,221

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,589	61.5
	Mixed member proportional	16,626	38.5
	Total valid votes	43,215	100.0

Sources

↑ "St. Catharines". Election Night Results. Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
↑ "General Election Results by District, 076 St. Catharines". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

The 1999, 2003 and 2007 expenditure entries are taken from official candidate reports as listed by Elections Ontario. The figures cited are the Total Candidate's Campaign Expenses Subject to Limitation, and include transfers from constituency associations. The 1995 expenditures are taken from an official listing of election expenses published by Elections Ontario.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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[1] "St. Catharines". Election Night Results. Elections Ontario. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[2] "General Election Results by District, 076 St. Catharines". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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