Apparently Nicholson's well-liked personally, it's not (exclusively) that every single person in Fort Erie is conservative.
I'm fairly dumbfounded about Maloney as well. Did Kormos win Welland again? My mother told me when I got home from work how surprised she was that the Liberals beat out the NDP in Welland. I asked about Maloney, and then we kind of went in circles; I think we may have been referring to the same seat.
Kormos is MPP.
Maloney is in the Welland riding, which includes Welland, Port Colborne, Thorold and South St. Catharines (pretty much up to Glendale). Maloney finished third behind the Conservatives and NDP.
Nicholson is a douche and someone should punch him in the face.