Introduction
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. He represents the riding of Niagara Falls.
Background
He was the president of a Unifor local in the Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Politics
Gates ran as the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Niagara Falls in the 2004 federal election and the 2006 federal election losing both times.
He was elected as a city councillor in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2010. 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 3,381 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Bart Maves by 7,424 votes.
He is the party's critic for Economic Development and Employment and Small Business.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 13, 2014 Resignation of Kim Craitor | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||