Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)

Niagara West—Glanbrook
Ontario electoral district
	Niagara West—Glanbrook in relation to southern Ontario ridings
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	2004
District abolished	2018
First contested	2007
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,024
Electors (2007)	80,444
Area (km²)	1,080
Census division(s)	Hamilton, Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton, Grimsby, Pelham, West Lincoln, Lincoln

Niagara West—Glanbrook was a provincial electoral district in south eastern Ontario, Canada between 2007 and 2018. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding, which was first contested in the 2007 provincial election, consisted of the municipalities of Grimsby, Pelham, West Lincoln, Lincoln and that part of Hamilton east of Glancaster Road and south of the transmission line south of Rymal Road south of the former city of Hamilton, and also south of the Niagara Escarpment east of the former city.

52.5% of the riding came from Stoney Creek, 31.5% came from Erie—Lincoln, 15.6% came from Niagara Centre and 0.2% came from Hamilton Mountain.

In 2018, the riding was dissolved into Niagara West and Flamborough—Glanbrook.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 93.3% White, 1.5% South Asian, 1.2% Aboriginal, 1.1% Black
Languages: 85.6% English, 2.1% Italian, 2.0% Dutch, 1.7% French, 1.5% Polish, 1.3% German
Religion: 76.2% Christian (32.0% Catholic, 9.6% United Church, 8.5% Anglican, 2.8% Presbyterian, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 17.4% Other Christian), 1.2% Muslim, 21.1% No religion.
Average household income: $94,033
Median household income: $80,296
Average individual income: $45,345
Median individual income: $35,874

Niagara West—Glanbrook
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Stoney Creek, Erie—Lincoln, Niagara Centre and Hamilton Mountain
39th	2007–2011		Tim Hudak	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2016
41st	2016–2018		Sam Oosterhoff
Riding dissolved into Niagara West and Flamborough—Glanbrook

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, November 17, 2016 Resignation of Tim Hudak
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Oosterhoff	17,652	53.95	+12.18
	New Democratic	Mike Thomas	8,159	24.94	+2.63
	Liberal	Vicky Ringuette	4,997	15.27	-13.05
	Green	Donna Cridland	892	2.73	-2.64
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	355	1.09	-0.65
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	343	1.05
	Independent	Martin Poos	200	0.61
	Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	Queenie Yu	76	0.23
	Canadian Constituents'	Arthur Smitherman	44	0.13
Total valid votes			32,718
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			182	0.56
Turnout			32,900	32.23
Eligible voters			102,076
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.78

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	23,378	41.82	-9.13
	Liberal	David Mossey	15,843	28.34	+2.36
	New Democratic	Brian McCormack	12,423	22.22	+3.68
	Green	Basia Krzyzanowski	3,004	5.37	+2.57
	Libertarian	Stefanos Karatopis	970	1.74	+1.40
	Freedom	Geoff Peacock	284	0.51	+0.34
Total valid votes			55,902	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,052	1.85	+1.43
Turnout			56,954	58.59	+3.71
Eligible voters			97,201
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.74
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]^{[dead link‍]}

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	24,919	50.95	-0.10
	Liberal	Katie Trombetta	12,708	25.98	-4.03
	New Democratic	Anthony Marco	9,070	18.55	+6.35
	Green	Meredith Cross	1,372	2.81	-3.93
	Family Coalition	Phil Lees	303	0.62
	Libertarian	Rob Wienhold	166	0.34
	People's Political Party	Marty Poos	158	0.32
	Reform	Gerry Augustine	130	0.27
	Freedom	Geoff Peacock	80	0.16
Total valid votes			48,906	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			205	0.42	-0.16
Turnout			49,111	54.88	-3.69
Eligible voters			89,489
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.96
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	24,311	51.06	+3.69
	Liberal	Mike Lostracco	14,290	30.01	-5.76
	New Democratic	Bonnie Bryan	5,839	12.20	-1.50
	Green	Sid Frere	3,214	6.73
Total valid votes			47,616	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			275	0.57
Turnout			47,891	58.57
Eligible voters			81,765
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.72

2003 general election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	20,306	47.37
	Liberal	15,334	35.77
	New Democratic	5,874	13.70
	Others	1,356	3.16

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30,972	65.7
	Mixed member proportional	16,195	34.3
	Total valid votes	47,167	100.0