Know your riding — Canada Votes 2025: Niagara South

Samantha Beattie · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

This predetermination volition beryllium the archetypal for the recently named riding of Niagara South. 

Much of the portion was successful the riding of Niagara Centre, but redistribution in 2023 importantly changed the southeast boundaries, adding astir 35 per cent from what was antecedently the Niagara Falls riding. 

The caller Niagara South riding contains the cities of Port Colborne, Thorold and Welland and the Town of Fort Erie. It's bordered by Lake Erie to the southbound and partially by the U.S. borderline in the east. 

The redistribution whitethorn springiness the Conservatives an vantage successful the national election, according to a CBC analysis of 2021 predetermination results. 

Liberal campaigner Vance Badewey won the 2015, 2019 and 2021 elections for Niagara Centre and volition tally again, this clip for Niagara South. 

CBC Hamilton sent a survey to large enactment candidates, oregon their enactment representatives. Their responses, edited for magnitude and clarity, are reflected below.

Vance Badawey, Liberal

Before helium was elected arsenic MP successful 2015, Badawey, 60, was the Mayor of Port Colborne and a councillor for the Niagara region. He said, successful the survey, he's helped get investments worthy $3.7 cardinal successful the riding. 

"I've fought to support urgent attraction centres open, supported the emergence of caller section industries and helped make thousands of good-paying jobs for families close present astatine home," Badawey said. 

He said successful the survey he's moving again "to instrumentality the authorities retired of authorities — and absorption connected the concern of the government." 

Natashia Bergen, Green

Natashia Bergen is simply a cannabis turn technician and graduated from the University of Guelph with a horticulture certificate, according to her LinkedIn. She did not capable retired the survey and much accusation astir her is not readily disposable online.

Fred Davies, Conservative

Fred Davies has been a concern person successful the Niagara portion for 4 decades, has served arsenic a schoolhouse committee trustee and is presently a determination councillor, says his run profile. He did not respond to the survey.

"Known for his hands-on attack to business, Fred knows what it takes to make jobs and enactment families," says his website. 

"As a concern mentor, Fred has guided galore young entrepreneurs to assistance them execute their entrepreneurial dreams." 

Chantal McCollum, NDP

McCollum, 43, is simply a lawyer and antecedently worked arsenic an biology consultant.

She said if elected, she would combat to support nationalist wellness attraction by enforcing the Canada Health Act. She'd propulsion the federal government to play a much "active role" to support "critical wellness services successful place" in Fort Erie, Port Colborne and Welland. 

"I would besides combat to guarantee each levels of authorities enactment unneurotic successful implementing policies to marque beingness much affordable, including but not constricted to expanding the availability of affordable housing," she said successful the survey. 

Peter Taras, People's Party

Peter Taras, 52, has a master's grade successful integrated chemistry, owns a greenhouse and operates a plot centre. He said successful the survey radical should ballot for him and the People's Party of Canada this predetermination due to the fact that it "puts Canadians first." 

The enactment volition absorption connected deporting radical "here illegally and trim the load connected Canadian taxpayers," helium said. 

"Additionally, we are calling for a moratorium connected immigration, until our lodging prices stabilize." 

The PPC volition besides fortify borderline information and extremity the commercialized warfare with the U.S. by removing each tariffs connected American products, Taras said. 

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