Wayne Gates
| Wayne Gates MPP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Niagara Falls | |
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Assumed office February 13, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Craitor |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Residence | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
Wayne Gates is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in a by-election in February 2014. He represents the riding of Niagara Falls.
Background
He was the president of a Unifor local in the Niagara Falls, Ontario.[1]
Politics
Gates ran as the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Niagara Falls in the 2004 federal election and the 2006 federal election losing both times.[2][3]
He was elected as a city councillor in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2010.[1] In February 2014, he was elected in a provincial by-election in the riding of Niagara Falls. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Bart Maves by 3,381 votes.[4] He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Bart Maves by 7,424 votes.[5]
He is the party's critic for Economic Development and Employment and Small Business.[6]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Rob Nicholson | 19,882 | 38.7% | -7.7% | ||||
| Liberal | Victor Pietrangelo | 18,745 | 36.5% | -9.4% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Gates | 10,680 | 20.8% | +14.7% | ||||
| Green | Ted Mousseau | 2,071 | 4.0% | +2.7% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,378 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Rob Nicholson | 23,489 | 40.4% | +1.7% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Burroughs | 20,099 | 34.5% | -2.0% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Gates | 12,214 | 21.0% | +0.2% | ||||
| Green | Kay Green | 2,402 | 4.1% | +0.1% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 58,204 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Kim Craitor | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Gates | 14,526 | 39.44 | +13.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bart Maves | 13,564 | 36.83 | +2.00 | ||||
| Liberal | Joyce Morocco | 7,143 | 19.39 | -16.50 | ||||
| Green | Clarke Bitter | 1,006 | 2.73 | +1.11 | ||||
| Independent | Tim Tredwell | 224 | 0.61 | +0.24 | ||||
| Libertarian | Stefanos Karatopis | 159 | 0.43 | -0.03 | ||||
| People's Political Party | Troy Young | 108 | 0.29 | |||||
| Freedom | Andrew Brannan | 102 | 0.28 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,832 | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| N.D.P. gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.82% | ||||||
References
- 1 2 "NDP take Niagara Falls riding". Toronto Sun. February 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 29, 2004. p. A14.
- ↑ "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. January 24, 2006. p. A16.
- ↑ "NDP win Niagara Falls, Tories hold Thornhill in Ontario byelections". Global News. February 13, 2014.
- ↑ "General Election by District: Niagara Falls". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Reevely, David (June 25, 2014). "Horwath sticks around, names NDP shadow cabinet".