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Thunder Bay—Atikokan (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 48°52′N 90°02′W / 48.86°N 90.04°W / 48.86; -90.04
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Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Kevin Holland
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]75,920
Electors (2018)59,996
Area (km²)25,653
Pop. density (per km²)3
Census division(s)Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District

Thunder Bay—Atikokan is a provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The electoral district was created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River in 1999 when Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts, including Thunder Bay—Atikokan, are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.[2]

Members

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Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River
37th  1999–2003     Lyn McLeod Liberal
38th  2003–2007 Bill Mauro
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     Judith Monteith-Farrell New Democratic
43rd  2022–present     Kevin Holland Progressive Conservative

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Kevin Holland 9,657 36.31 +13.08 $57,863
New Democratic Judith Monteith-Farrell 8,759 32.93 −3.33 $84,682
Liberal Rob Barrett 6,486 24.39 −11.62 $43,988
Green Eric Arner 781 2.94 +0.23 $509
New Blue David Tommasini 529 1.99   $2,767
Ontario Party Dan Criger 248 0.93   $0
Northern Ontario Heritage Kenneth Jones 138 0.52 −0.92 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 26,598 99.39 +0.36 $97,107
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 163 0.61 -0.36
Turnout 26,761 43.09 -11.65
Eligible voters 61,879
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +8.20
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Judith Monteith-Farrell 11,793 36.26 +8.15
Liberal Bill Mauro 11,712 36.01 -16.97
Progressive Conservative Brandon Postuma 7,555 23.23 +10.04
Green John Northey 880 2.71 -0.66
Northern Ontario David Bruno 469 1.44 +0.99
Libertarian Dorothy Snell 116 0.36 -1.55
Total valid votes 32,525 99.03
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 317 0.97 +0.17
Turnout 32,842 54.74 +5.72
Eligible voters 59,996
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +12.56
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Mauro 15,176 52.98 +14.01
New Democratic Mary Kozorys 8,052 28.11 -9.20
Progressive Conservative Harold Wilson 3,779 13.19 -8.77
Green John Northey 964 3.37 +1.94
Libertarian Joe Talarico 547 1.91
Northern Ontario Heritage Ed Deibel 129 0.45
Total valid votes 28,647 99.20
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 231 0.80
Turnout 28,878 49.02
Eligible voters 58,908
Liberal hold Swing +11.56
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Mauro 10,319 38.97 +1.28
New Democratic Mary Kozorys 9,881 37.31 -0.21
Progressive Conservative Fred Gilbert 5,815 21.96 +1.55
Green Jonathan Milnes 379 1.43 -2.95
Independent Marvin Robert McMenemy 86 0.32
Total valid votes 26,480 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 98 0.37
Turnout 26,578 46.61
Eligible voters 57,027
Liberal hold Swing +0.75
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Mauro 10,928 37.69 -20.55
New Democratic John Rafferty 10,878 37.52 +15.88
Progressive Conservative Rebecca Johnson 5,918 20.41 +2.78
Green Russ Aegard 1,270 4.38 +1.89
Total valid votes 28,994 100.00
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Mauro 17,735 58.25 -5.78
New Democratic John Rafferty 6,582 21.62 +4.86
Progressive Conservative Brian McKinnon 5,365 17.62 -1.59
Green Kristin Boyer 762 2.5
Total valid votes 30,444 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lyn McLeod 20,268 64.03
Progressive Conservative John Henderson 6,081 19.21
New Democratic Jack Drewes 5,304 16.76
Total valid votes 31,653 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 19,153 67.9
Mixed member proportional 9,056 32.1
Total valid votes 28,209 100.0

Notes

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  1. ^ "Voter Information Service". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 090 Thunder Bay-Atikokan". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thunder Bay—Atikokan" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.[permanent dead link]

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