Vance Badawey

Vance M. Badawey (born October 5, 1964) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Niagara Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.^[2][3] He was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.

Vance Badawey
Member of Parliament for Niagara Centre
In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Malcolm Allen
Succeeded by	Fred Davies
Personal details
Born	(1964-10-05) October 5, 1964 (age 61) Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Party	Liberal
Residence	Port Colborne, Ontario[1]
Profession	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport

Badawey was first elected to the city council of Port Colborne in 1994, serving until 1997, at which point he was elected mayor. He retired from mayoral office in 2003, but sought another term in 2006, serving until 2014. He was simultaneously elected as a councillor for the Regional Municipality of Niagara, and served on the Police Services Board. He currently resides in Port Colborne.^[4]

On August 23, 2023, Vance Badawey was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Transport.

He was unseated by Conservative Fred Davies in the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[5]

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Niagara South
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Fred Davies	36,702	47.81	+14.40
	Liberal	Vance Badawey	33,708	43.91	+10.95
	New Democratic	Chantal McCollum	4,307	5.61	–17.18
	People's	Peter Taras	1,147	1.49	–7.46
	Green	Natashia Bergen	683	0.89	–1.01
	Christian Heritage	David Vedova	215	0.28	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			76,762	67.86
Eligible voters			113,111
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+1.73
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Niagara Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Vance Badawey	20,576	35.0	±0.0	$110,313.54
	Conservative	Graham Speck	18,324	31.2	+0.2	$47,554.12
	New Democratic	Melissa McGlashan	14,086	24.0	-2.7	$35,052.11
	People's	Michael Kimmons	4,670	7.9	+6.6	$9,696.81
	Green	Kurtis McCartney	1,123	1.9	-3.4	$1,496.71
Total valid votes			58,779	99.3
Total rejected ballots			437	0.7
Turnout			59,216	63.5
Eligible voters			93,264
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.1
Source: Elections Canada[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Niagara Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Vance Badawey	20,292	35.01	-0.68	$78,098.76
	Conservative	April Jeffs	17,987	31.03	+1.32	none listed
	New Democratic	Malcolm Allen	15,469	26.69	-4.80	none listed
	Green	Michael Tomaino	3,054	5.27	+2.86	$2,561.88
	People's	Andrew Sainz-Nieto	776	1.34		none listed
	Christian Heritage	Nic Bylsma	308	0.53		none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Walker	77	0.13	-0.04	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,963	99.08
Total rejected ballots			539	0.92	+0.33
Turnout			58,502	64.31	-1.33
Eligible voters			90,698
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.00
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2015 Canadian federal election: Niagara Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Vance Badawey	19,432	35.7	+21.7
	New Democratic	Malcolm Allen	17,103	31.4	-10.8
	Conservative	Leanna Villella	16,157	29.7	-10.5
	Green	David Clow	1,314	2.4	-0.1
	Animal Alliance	Jody Di Bartolomeo	297	0.5	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Ron J. Walker	97	0.2	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,400	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,400	66.1	–
Eligible voters			82,305
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

Provincial

2003 Ontario general election: Erie-Lincoln

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hudak	20,348	48.49	-2.19
	Liberal	Vance Badawey	16,290	38.82	+2.68
	New Democratic	Julius Antal	3,950	9.41	-0.20
	Green	Tom Ferguson	713	1.7
	Family Coalition	Steve Elgersma	666	1.59	-0.91

Municipal

2014 Municipal Election	Regional Councillor, Port Colborne
Candidate	Votes
Barrick, David	3,725
Badawey, Vance	3,163
Source: City of Port Colborne Election Results

2010 Port Colborne mayoral election
Mayoral Candidate [13]	Vote	%
Vance Badawey (X)	4,800	61.58
Frank DiBartolomeo	2,995	38.42