Erie—Lincoln was a provincial electoral district in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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, that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

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The riding was created in 1999 from Lincoln

Lincoln (electoral district)

Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario...

, Brant—Haldimand

Brant—Haldimand

Brant—Haldimand was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1999.-Federal electoral district:...

 and Niagara South and abolished in 2007 when it was redistributed into Niagara West—Glanbrook

Niagara West—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)

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

, Haldimand—Norfolk

Haldimand—Norfolk

Haldimand—Norfolk is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997, and since 2004. Its Member of Parliament is Conservative Diane Finley...

, Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls (electoral district)

Niagara Falls is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.It consists of the city of Niagara Falls and the towns of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie....

 and Welland

Welland (electoral district)

Welland is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 112,875....

. It consisted of the municipalities of Lincoln

Lincoln, Ontario

Lincoln is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. The town's administrative and commercial centre is in the community of Beamsville.-Geography:...

, West Lincoln

West Lincoln, Ontario

West Lincoln is a township in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Main urban areas are located along the former provincial Highway 20. The administrative centre of West Lincoln is the community of Smithville, situated halfway between Hamilton and Pelham....

, Wainfleet

Wainfleet, Ontario

Wainfleet is a rural township in southern Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.There is a small and growing tourist industry, near and on Lake Erie at the southern area of Wainfleet called Long Beach...

, Dunnville

Dunnville, Ontario

Dunnville is an unincorporated community of 6,000 people located near the mouth of the Grand River in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, near the historic Talbot Trail...

, Port Colborne

Port Colborne, Ontario

Port Colborne is a city on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, Canada...

 and Fort Erie

Fort Erie, Ontario

Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York....

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For its entire existence, the riding was represented by Tim Hudak

Tim Hudak

Timothy Patrick "Tim" Hudak is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . He also serves as member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook.-Background:Tim Hudak was born in Fort Erie, Ontario...

, from the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.

Election results

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|Tim Hudak

Tim Hudak

Timothy Patrick "Tim" Hudak is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . He also serves as member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook.-Background:Tim Hudak was born in Fort Erie, Ontario...

|align="right"|20,348
|align="right"|48.49
|align="right"|-2.19
|-

|Vance Badawey
|align="right"|16,290
|align="right"|38.82
|align="right"|+2.68
|-

|Julius Antal
|align="right"|3,950
|align="right"|9.41
|align="right"|-0.20
|-

|Tom Ferguson
|align="right"|713
|align="right"|1.7
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|Steve Elgersma
|align="right"|666
|align="right"|1.59
|align="right"|-0.91
|}


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|Tim Hudak

Tim Hudak

Timothy Patrick "Tim" Hudak is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . He also serves as member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook.-Background:Tim Hudak was born in Fort Erie, Ontario...

|align="right"|20,481
|align="right"|50.68
|-

|Lorne Boyko
|align="right"|14,603
|align="right"|36.14
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|Dave Thomas
|align="right"|3,884
|align="right"|9.61
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|Alfred Kiers
|align="right"|1009
|align="right"|2.5
|-

|John Gregory
|align="right"|435
|align="right"|1.08
|}

External links

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results