Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)

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Niagara West—Glanbrook

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Tim Hudak Progressive Conservative
District created	2004
First contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,024
Electors (2007)	80,444
Area (km²)	1,080
Pop. density (per km²)	102.8
Census divisions	Hamilton, Niagara
Census subdivisions	Hamilton, Grimsby, Pelham, West Lincoln, Lincoln

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For the federal electoral district, see Niagara West—Glanbrook

Niagara West—Glanbrook is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding, which was first contested in the 2007 provincial election, consists 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.

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	24,463	51.0
	Liberal	Mike Lostracco	14,441	30.1
	New Democrat	Bonnie Bryan	5,839	12.2
	Green	Sid Frere	3,214	6.7

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	30972	65.7%
	Mixed member proportional	16195	34.3%

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