Niagara South

{{Distinguish|Niagara South (federal electoral district)}}

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Niagara South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1987 to 1999, when it was abolished when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It was created out of Erie and consisted of the southern areas of the Niagara Region.

Members of Provincial Parliament

  • Ray Haggerty (Liberal) (1987–1990){{Cite web |date=1967-10-17 |title=Raymond Haggerty {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/raymond-louis-haggerty |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.ola.org |language=en}}
  • Shirley Coppen (New Democrat) (1990–1995){{Cite web |date=1990-09-06 |title=Shirley Coppen {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/shirley-coppen |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.ola.org |language=en}}
  • Tim Hudak (Progressive Conservative) (1995-1999){{Cite web |date=1995-06-08 |title=Tim Hudak {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/tim-hudak |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.ola.org |language=en}}

{{OntMPP|Niagara South}}

{{OntMPP NoData|Riding created out of Erie}}

{{OntMPP Row|FromYr=1987|ToYr=1990|Assembly#=34|OntParty=Liberal|RepName=Ray Haggerty|PartyTerms#=1|RepTerms#=1}}

{{OntMPP Row|FromYr=1990|ToYr=1995|Assembly#=35|OntParty=NDP|RepName=Shirley Coppen|PartyTerms#=1|RepTerms#=1}}

{{OntMPP Row|FromYr=1995|ToYr=1999|Assembly#=36|OntParty=PC|RepName=Tim Hudak|PartyTerms#=1|RepTerms#=1}}

{{OntMPP NoData|Riding dissolved into Niagara Centre}}

{{OntMPP End}}

Election results

= 1990 =

class="wikitable"

|+1990 Ontario general election

!Candidates

!Party

!Votes

!%

Shirley Coppen

|NDP

|11,161

|46.6%

John Lopinski

|Liberal

|7,232

|30.2%

Doug Martin

|PC

|4,032

|16.8%

Glen Hutton

|CoR

|1,547

|6.5%

= 1995 =

class="wikitable"

|+1995 Ontario general election

!Candidates

!Party

!Votes

Tim Hudak

|PC

|8,815

Aubrey Foley

|Liberal

|7,634

Shirley Coppen

|NDP

|5,376

Morton Sider

|Ind.

|688

Al Kiers

|FCP

|536

References