Wayne Gates
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, and re-elected in the 2014 and 2018 General elections. He represents the riding of Niagara Falls.
Wayne Gates MPP | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Niagara Falls | |
| Assumed office February 13, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Craitor |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Residence | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
Background
Prior to entering provincial politics, Gates was a City Councillor for the City of Niagara Falls, campaign chair for the United Way, and 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 finishing third 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 962 votes.[4] He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Bart Maves by 7,424 votes.[5] Gates is the only New Democrat in history to be re-elected in the Niagara Falls riding and holds the record for highest vote tally of any candidate ever in the Niagara Falls provincial riding, at 24,123 votes.
Gates has served in several critic portfolio roles as part of the Ontario NDP caucus, including Transportation, Economic Development, and Consumer Services.
In 2016, he scored a major victory by winning unanimous support for his motion to address lengthy wait times for MRI services in Niagara.[6]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: Niagara Falls | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Gates | 30,161 | 50.79 | +3.40 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chuck McShane | 21,126 | 35.58 | +2.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Dean Demizio | 5,554 | 9.95 | −5.06 | ||||
| Green | Karen Fraser | 2,057 | 3.46 | +0.03 | ||||
| Libertarian | Shaun Somers | 314 | 0.53 | −0.54 | ||||
| Ontario Moderate Party | Goran Zubic | 169 | 0.28 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 59,381 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Gates | 24,123 | 47.38 | +7.84 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bart Maves | 16,699 | 32.80 | -3.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Lionel Tupman | 7,314 | 14.36 | -5.00 | ||||
| Green | Clarke Bitter | 1,724 | 3.39 | +0.65 | ||||
| Libertarian | Ralph Panucci | 560 | 1.10 | +0.67 | ||||
| None of the Above | John Ringo Beam | 498 | 0.98 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,918 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +5.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Kim Craitor | ||||||||
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| 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% | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||
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References
- "NDP take Niagara Falls riding". Toronto Sun. February 13, 2014.
- "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 29, 2004. p. A14. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - "Election results...riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. January 24, 2006. p. A16. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - "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.
- "Province supports Gates MRI motion". Niagara Falls Review. October 28, 2016.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- "General Election Results by District, 054 Niagara Falls". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.