Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada}}

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Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from Welland riding.

Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold consisted of the southern part of the City of St. Catharines, the City of Thorold and the northern part of the city of Welland.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Niagara Centre, Niagara Falls, and St. Catharines ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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{{CanMP nodata|Riding created from Welland}}

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| FromYr = 1988

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 34

| CanParty = Liberal

| PartyTerms# = 2

| RepName = Gilbert Parent

| RepTerms# = 2

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| FromYr = 1993

| ToYr = 1997

| Assembly# = 35

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{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Niagara Centre, Niagara Falls
and St. Catharines}}

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Election results

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold}}

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}}

|Liberal

|Gilbert Parent

|align="right"|17,878

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservatives|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Allan Pietz

|align="right"|16,287

{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|row}}

|New Democratic

|Ken Lee

|align="right"|12,646

{{CANelec|CA |Green |Rachel Thomson|273}}

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independents|row}}

|No affiliation

|Ron Walker

|align="right"|71

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Communist|row}}

|Communist

|David Wallis

|align="right"|57

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold|percent=yes}}

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}}

|Liberal

|Gilbert Parent

|align="right"|25,534

|53.97%

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Reform|row}}

|Reform

|Don Johnstone

|align="right"| 11,901

|25.15%

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservatives|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Terry St. Amand

|align="right"| 5,472

|11.56%

{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|row}}

|New Democratic

|Rob Dobrucki

|align="right"|3,737

|7.89%

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Natural Law|row}}

|Natural Law

|Laureen Amos

|align="right"|311

|0.66%

{{CANelec|CA |Green |Jim Fannon |304 |0.64%}}

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Abolitionist|row}}

|Abolitionist

|Leonard Doucet

|align="right"|64

|0.14%

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See also

References

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