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St. Catharines — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

St. Catharines was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 3,051 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in St. Catharines from 1968 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1968–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1968 Liberal Liberal 18,100 45.4% Progressive Conservative (14,544) 3,556 (8.9 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,257 40.0% Liberal (18,442) 815 (1.7 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 22,528 46.2% Progressive Conservative (16,402) 6,126 (12.6 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 23,444 46.3% Liberal (14,990) 8,454 (16.7 pts)
1980 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 18,622 37.9% Liberal (17,173) 1,449 (2.9 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 26,621 49.7% NDP (16,397) 10,224 (19.1 pts)
1988 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,623 40.7% Liberal (16,043) 3,580 (7.4 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 23,928 49.0% Reform (14,011) 9,917 (20.3 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 21,081 43.5% Reform (15,029) 6,052 (12.5 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 20,992 44.9% Canadian Alliance (15,871) 5,121 (11.0 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 21,277 40.4% Conservative (18,261) 3,016 (5.7 pts)
2006 Conservative Conservative 21,669 37.5% Liberal (21,423) 246 (0.4 pts)
2008 Conservative Conservative 23,474 45.9% Liberal (14,652) 8,822 (17.2 pts)
2011 Conservative Conservative 25,571 50.9% NDP (11,973) 13,598 (27.0 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 24,870 43.2% Conservative (21,637) 3,233 (5.6 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 24,183 40.2% Conservative (18,978) 5,205 (8.7 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 22,069 37.8% Conservative (19,018) 3,051 (5.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,10045.4%
Progressive Conservative14,54436.5%
NDP7,18518.0%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,25740.0%
Liberal18,44238.3%
NDP9,68320.1%
Social Credit5381.1%
Independent2500.5%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,52846.2%
Progressive Conservative16,40233.7%
NDP9,14718.8%
Social Credit4430.9%
Communist1290.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party690.1%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative23,44446.3%
Liberal14,99029.6%
NDP11,89723.5%
Libertarian Party of Canada1860.4%
Communist1110.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party400.1%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative18,62237.9%
Liberal17,17334.9%
NDP13,00626.5%
Rhinoceros2300.5%
Communist760.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party350.1%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative26,62149.7%
NDP16,39730.6%
Liberal9,89018.5%
Green3650.7%
Social Credit1080.2%
Communist930.2%
Party for the Commonwealth of Canada560.1%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,62340.7%
Liberal16,04333.3%
NDP12,26025.5%
Communist2410.5%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,92849.0%
Reform14,01128.7%
Progressive Conservative7,44815.2%
NDP2,7995.7%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada5681.2%
Abolitionist Party of Canada860.2%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,08143.5%
Reform15,02931.0%
Progressive Conservative6,50313.4%
NDP4,6579.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada6881.4%
Canadian Action Party3080.6%
Natural Law Party of Canada2450.5%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,99244.9%
Canadian Alliance15,87134.0%
Progressive Conservative6,52214.0%
NDP2,8786.2%
Natural Law Party of Canada2030.4%
Independent1660.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party930.2%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,27740.4%
Conservative18,26134.7%
NDP10,13519.3%
Green1,9273.7%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada7511.4%
Canadian Action Party2040.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party610.1%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Conservative21,66937.5%
Liberal21,42337.0%
NDP11,84820.5%
Green2,3054.0%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada4810.8%
Marxist-Leninist Party1010.2%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Conservative23,47445.9%
Liberal14,65228.6%
NDP9,42818.4%
Green3,4776.8%
Communist1130.2%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Conservative25,57150.9%
NDP11,97323.8%
Liberal10,35820.6%
Green1,9243.8%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada3570.7%
Communist910.2%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal24,87043.2%
Conservative21,63737.6%
NDP9,51116.5%
Green1,4882.6%
Communist850.1%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal24,18340.2%
Conservative18,97831.6%
NDP12,43120.7%
Green3,6956.1%
People's Party8261.4%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,06937.8%
Conservative19,01832.6%
NDP12,29421.1%
People's Party3,8606.6%
Green1,0911.9%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1968: Liberal margin 8.9 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 1.7 pts 1974: Liberal margin 12.6 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 16.7 pts 1980: Progressive Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 19.1 pts 1988: Progressive Conservative margin 7.4 pts 1993: Liberal margin 20.3 pts 1997: Liberal margin 12.5 pts 2000: Liberal margin 11.0 pts 2004: Liberal margin 5.7 pts 2006: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 2008: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 2011: Conservative margin 27.0 pts 2015: Liberal margin 5.6 pts 2019: Liberal margin 8.7 pts 2021: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

St. Catharines has been contested at 17 general elections on record since 1968. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won St. Catharines in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won St. Catharines in 2021 with 22,069 votes (37.8%), a margin of 3,051 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won St. Catharines since 1968?

Since 1968, St. Catharines has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Progressive Conservative.

What was the closest result in St. Catharines?

The closest contested result on record for St. Catharines was 2006, when Conservative beat Liberal by 246 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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