Niagara South Explained

Niagara South
Province:	Ontario
Prov-Status:	defunct
Prov-Created:	1986
Prov-Abolished:	1996
Prov-Election-First:	1987
Prov-Election-Last:	1995

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)^[1]
• Shirley Coppen (New Democrat) (1990–1995)^[2]
• Tim Hudak (Progressive Conservative) (1995-1999)^[3]

Election results

1990

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1967-10-17 . Raymond Haggerty Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2023-06-12 . www.ola.org . en.
2. Web site: 1990-09-06 . Shirley Coppen Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2023-06-12 . www.ola.org . en.
3. Web site: 1995-06-08 . Tim Hudak Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2023-06-12 . www.ola.org . en.