Riding profile

Niagara Centre

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on sw

The question

Niagara Centre: a safe seat for the NDP?

Editorial read

Niagara Centre, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 5-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 44% vote share, against 36% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jeff Burch

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.9
P(close race)
1%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 43.8%
  • PC 35.9%
  • OLP 16.5%
  • GP 2.1%
  • OTH 1.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP GP
HereNiagara Centre 43.8%35.9%16.5%2.1%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +23.5 40.2% −4.3 33.4% −16.9 3.9% −1.8

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
4.8 pts
Turnout
48.4%
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.0 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
JEFF BURCH Elected NDP 20,408 42.2
BILL STEELE PC 18,073 37.4
DAMIEN O'BRIEN OLP 7,143 14.8
NATASHIA BERGEN GP 1,261 2.6
JIMMY JACKSON OTH 857 1.8
DARRYL WEINBERG OTH 513 1.1
ANGELA BROWNE OTH 130 0.3
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029