With the upcoming provincial election taking place later this month, we’ve rounded up a list of the local candidates running in the Niagara Region.

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St. Catharines

• Robin McPherson – Ontario Liberal Party
• Sal Sorrento – PC Party of Canada 
• Jennie Stevens – Ontario NDP
• Stephen Vincelette-Smith – Green Party of Ontario
• Rob Atalick – New Blue Party 
• Natalia Benoit – Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda
• Liz Leeuwenburg – Ontario Party
• J. Justin O’Donnell – Alliance

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Niagara Falls 

• Wayne J. Gates – Ontario NDP 
• Ruth-Ann Nieuwesteeg – PC Party of Ontario 
• Celia Taylor – Green Party of Ontario
• Shafoli Kapur – Ontario Liberal Party
• Gary Dumelie – New Blue Party 
• Joedy Burdett – Independent 
• Andrew Soifert – Ontario Party

Niagara Centre

• Jeff Burch – Ontario NDP
• Damien O’Brien – Ontario Liberal Party
• Jimmy Jackson – New Blue Party
• Natasha Bergen – Green Party of Ontario
• Bill Steele – PC Party of Ontario
• Daryl Weinberg – Ontario Party
• Angela Browne – Alliance

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Niagara West

• Dave Augustyn – Ontario NDP
• Shauna Boyle – Ontario Liberal Party
• Mark Harrison – Green Party of Ontario
• Sam Oosterhoff – PC Party of Ontario
• Aaron Albano – New Blue Party
• Jim Torma – Populist Ontario
• Stefanos Karatopis – Libertarian

Election day is Feb. 27 with voting locations open from 9 a.m to 9 p.m.

You can apply to vote by mail before Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. to receive a voting kit in the mail. 

To find voter information based on your postal code you can visit the Ontario elections website here.