Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Timiskaming—Cochrane
province = Ontario


caption =
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = David James Ramsay
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 69901
demo-electors = 47700
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 40645
demo-cd = Timiskaming, Cochrane District, Sudbury District, Nipissing District
demo-csd = :"For the former federal electoral district, see Timiskaming—Cochrane"

Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

History

The riding was created in 1999 from parts of Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskaming, Nickel Belt, Sudbury East and Nipissing.

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 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”] ]

Geography

The riding includes the southeastern corner of the Cochrane District, all of Timiskaming, the southeastern corner of the Sudbury District, and the northern third of Nipissing District.

Included in the riding are the towns of Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake, Virginiatown, Englehart, Earlton, New Liskeard, Haileybury, Cobalt, Sturgeon Falls, Cache Bay, Verner and Noëlville.

It has been represented since its creation by David James Ramsay, a Liberal.

Election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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David James Ramsay
align="right"|11,588
align="right"|42.90
align="right"|-16.66
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John Vanthof
align="right"|10,954
align="right"|40.55
align="right"|22.07
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Doug Shearer
align="right"|3,659
align="right"|13.55
align="right"| -6.83
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Patrick East
align="right"|811
align="right"|3.00
align="right"|1.43

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
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David James Ramsay
align="right"|18499
align="right"|59.56
align="right"|11.18
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Rick Brassard
align="right"|6330
align="right"|20.38
align="right"|-9.36
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Ben Lefebvre
align="right"|5741
align="right"|18.48
align="right"|-3.39
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Paul O. Palmer
align="right"|489
align="right"|1.57
align="right"|1.57

OntElec5|1999
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David James Ramsay
align="right"|16877
align="right"|48.38
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Rick Brassard
align="right"|10374
align="right"|29.74
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Len Wood
align="right"|7631
align="right"|21.88

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=92&lang=en-ca 2007 results]