Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Sault Ste. Marie
province = Ontario


caption = Sault Ste. Marie in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1890
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1890
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = David Orazietti
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Ontario
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 74566
demo-electors = 57907
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 247
demo-cd = Sault Ste. Marie
demo-csd = Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1890 when it was created. The electoral district consists of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, bounded by Prince Township, and the Rankin Indian Reserve 15D.

In 1996, 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 Sault Ste. Marie, 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”] ]

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

# Andrew Miscampbell, Conservative (1902-1903), Miscampbell had previously served consecutive terms as the member for Simcoe East (1890 - 1902)
# Charles Napier Smith, Liberal (1903-1908)
# William Hearst, Conservative (1908-1919)
# James Bertram Cunningham, Labour (1919-1923)
# James Lyons, Conservative (1923-1934)
# Augustus Roberts, Liberal (1934-1937)
# Colin Alexander Campbell, Liberal (1937-1943)
# George Isaac Harvey, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1943-1951)
# Clayton Lyons, Progressive Conservative (1951-1962)
# Arthur Wishart, Progressive Conservative (1963-1971)
# John Reginald Rhodes, Progressive Conservative (1971-1978)
# Russ Ramsay, Progressive Conservative (1978-1985)
# Karl Morin-Strom, New Democrat (1985-1990)
# Tony Martin, New Democrat (1990-2003)
# David Orazietti, Liberal (2003-present)

Provincial election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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David Orazietti
align="right"|19,313
align="right"|60.2
align="right"|3.16
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Jeff Arbus
align="right"|8,474
align="right"|26.4
align="right"|-5.97
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Josh Pringle
align="right"|2,329
align="right"|7.3
align="right"|-0.31
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André Riopel
align="right"|1,386
align="right"|4.3
align="right"|3.05
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Bill Murphy
align="right"|605
align="right"|1.9
align="right"|0.18

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
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David Orazietti
align="right"|20,050
align="right"|57.04
align="right"|+29.45
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Tony Martin
align="right"|11,379
align="right"|32.37
align="right"|-10.86
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Bruce Willson
align="right"|2,674
align="right"|7.61
align="right"|-20.79
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Al Walker
align="right"|606
align="right"|1.72
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Dan Brosemer
align="right"|441
align="right"|1.25

OntElec5|1999
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Tony Martin
align="right"|15,949
align="right"|43.23
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James Caicco
align="right"|10,477
align="right"|28.4
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Terry Sheehan
align="right"|10,180
align="right"|27.59
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Colleen Hibbs
align="right"|288
align="right"|0.78

Notes

External links

* Elections Ontario
** [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
]
** [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]
** [http://www3.elections.on.ca/internetapp/RealTimeED.aspx?channel_id={923146e7-4d81-42a8-99f0-e61f5ab50387}&EDID=79&lang=en-ca 2007 results]