Riding profile

St. Catharines

Provincial riding — ON · Rural · on sw

The question

St. Catharines: a safe seat for the NDP?

Editorial read

St. Catharines, a rural riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 44% vote share, against 34% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 43.7%
  • PC 33.7%
  • OLP 19.1%
  • OTH 1.8%
  • GP 1.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP OTH
HereSt. Catharines 43.7%33.7%19.1%1.8%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +23.5 40.2% −6.5 33.4% −14.3 2.2% −0.5

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
7.0 pts
Turnout
49.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.0 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
JENNIE STEVENS Elected NDP 19,688 42.1
SAL SORRENTO PC 16,422 35.1
ROBIN MCPHERSON OLP 8,092 17.3
STEPHEN VINCELETTE-SMITH GP 1,033 2.2
ROB ATALICK OTH 807 1.7
NATALIA BENOIT OTH 347 0.7
LIZ LEEUWENBURG OTH 300 0.6
J. JUSTIN O'DONNELL OTH 56 0.1
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029