Thunder Bay—Atikokan (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Thunder Bay—Atikokan
province = Ontario


caption =
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Bill Mauro
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 76009
demo-electors = 55007
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 24660
demo-cd =
demo-csd = :"For the former federal electoral district, see Thunder Bay—Atikokan"

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. [ [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/new_electoral_boundaries_en.shtml Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”] ]

Election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Bill Mauro
align="right"|10,913
align="right"|37.7
align="right"|-20.55
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John Rafferty
align="right"|10,877
align="right"|37.5
align="right"|+15.88
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Rebecca Johnson
align="right"|5,914
align="right"|20.4
align="right"|+2.78
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Russ Aegard
align="right"|1,271
align="right"|4.4
align="right"|+1.89

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
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Bill Mauro
align="right"|17735
align="right"|58.25
align="right"|-5.78
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John Rafferty
align="right"|6582
align="right"|21.62
align="right"|4.86
-
Brian McKinnon
align="right"|5365
align="right"|17.62
align="right"|-1.59
-
Kristin Boyer
align="right"|762
align="right"|2.5

OntElec5|1999
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Lyn McLeod
align="right"|20268
align="right"|64.03
-
John Henderson
align="right"|6081
align="right"|19.21
-
Jack Drewes
align="right"|5304
align="right"|16.76

Notes

External links

* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]