Voters in Niagara West have re-elected Sam Oosterhoff of the Progressive Conservative party as their MPP in the 2018 Ontario election.
Candidates
Liberals: Joe Kanee
PC: Sam Oosterhoff (incumbent)
NDP: Curtis Fric
Green: Jessica Tillmanns
Geography
The new, largely rural riding of Niagara West includes Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln, Pelham, Wainfleet and other communities in between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
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History
The riding formerly known as Niagara West-Glanbrook was redrawn for the 2018 election to exclude the Glanbrook area of Hamilton and extend as far south as Lake Erie.
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Since 2016, Niagara West-Glanbrook has been represented by Sam Oosteroff, who was elected at age 19 in a byelection to replace former PC leader Tim Hudak.
Hudak had held the riding since it was created for the 2007 election.
By the numbers
A large riding at 1,122 sq. km, Niagara West has a population of 90,840
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