Niagara West-Glanbrook by-election campaign

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Voters will hit the polls Thursday for the Niagara West-Glanbrook riding by-election. The riding represents over 120 000 voters, it was former Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak’s old riding. He stepped down two months ago. It’s been a Conservative riding ever since it was created in 2007 and now it is up for grabs. There are 9 candidates and voters say they’re looking for change.

19-year-old PC candidate Sam Oosterhoff was joined by party leader Patrick Brown this morning in Grimsby. The Brock university student shocked many when he beat out party president Rick Dykstra to represent the Tories. NDP candidate and former Hamilton police officer Mike Thomas says Hydro is the biggest issue. Green Party candidate Donna Cridland is a long-time bank manger and says Niagara’s beauty is also at risk. And Liberal candidate Vicky Ringuette was door knocking in Beamsville, she says having a voice in a majority party makes sense.

Elections Ontario released preliminary numbers from last week’s advance polls in the Niagara West-Glanbrook riding, just over 4500 people voted. That’s more than 2500 ballots short of the advance polls during the general election that took place two years ago.