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Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)

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District created
  
2004

Last contested
  
2016

Province
  
Ontario

First contested
  
2007

Population (2006)
  
111,024

Elector
  
80,444

Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)

Legislature
  
Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP
  
Sam Oosterhoff Progressive Conservative

Census divisions
  
Hamilton, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Grimsby, Pelham, West Lincoln, Ontario, Lincoln

Niagara West—Glanbrook is a provincial electoral district in south eastern 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.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

  • 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
  • References

    Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia