St. Catharines—Brock

St. Catharines—Brock was a provincial electoral division in Ontario, Canada containing the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake as well as the southern portion of the city of St. Catharines. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election, and was abolished in 1999 when Ontario adjusted all of its provincial electoral divisions to match those at the federal level. With the riding being merged into the ridings of St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Niagara Centre.

St. Catharines-Brock

Ontario electoral district
St. Catharines-Brock in relation to southern Ontario ridings, 1995
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
First contested	1975
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division(s)	Niagara
Census subdivision(s)	St. Catharines, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Members of Provincial Parliament

St. Catharines—Brock
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Brock (1975-1987)
30th	1975–1977		Bob Welch	Progressive Conservative
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Peter Partington
St. Catharines—Brock
34th	1987–1990		Mike Dietsch	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Christel Haeck	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Tom Froese	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Niagara Centre

Provincial election results

1975 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Bob Welch 10,978 48 Liberal Margo Pyfe 5,911 25.8 New Democratic Fred Lindal 5,836 25.5 Total valid votes 25,572 100.00 1977 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Bob Welch 11,944 51.8 +3.8 Liberal Marv Edwards 5,910 25.6 -.2 New Democratic Robert Hoover 5,215 22.6 -2.9 Total valid votes 23,069 100.00 1981 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative (x)Bob Welch 10,547 48.8 -3 Liberal Bill Andres 6,882 31.8 +6.2 New Democratic Heather Lee Kilty 4,204 19.4 -3.2 Total valid votes 21,633 100.00 1985 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Peter Partington 9,741 41.6 -7.2 Liberal Bill Andres 9,081 38.7 +6.5 New Democratic Robert Woolston 5,624 16.5 -2.9 Green Brian Dolby 755 3.2 – Total valid votes 23,444 100.00

1987 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Mike Dietsch 10,822 41.4 +2.6 Progressive Conservative (x)Peter Partington 8,821 33.7 -7.8 New Democratic Christel Haeck 6,514 14.9 +8.9 Total valid votes 27,777 100.00 1990 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democratic Christel Haeck 9,538 34.6 +9.7 Liberal (x)Mike Dietsch 8,379 30.4 -10.9 Progressive Conservative Rob Welch 6,969 25.3 -8.4 Confederation of Regions Rodney Book 1,499 5.4 — Family Coalition Ed Klassen 837 3.2 Libertarian Conrad Gibbons 270 1.0 Total valid votes 27,525 100.00 1995 Ontario general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Tom Froese 11,976 47.0 +21.7 Liberal Gail Richardson 7,373 29 -1.5 New Democratic (x)Christel Haeck 5521 21.7 -13 Family Coalition Bert Pynenburg 598 2.3 -.8 Total valid votes 25,468 100.00