- Nipissing—Timiskaming
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Nipissing—Timiskaming Ontario electoral district Nipissing—Timiskaming in relation to the other Ontario ridings Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP
ConservativeDistrict created 2003 First contested 2004 Last contested 2011 District webpage profile, map Demographics Population (2006) 90,963 Electors (2011) 70,178 Area (km²) 16,160 Pop. density (per km²) 5.6 Census divisions Nipissing District, Parry Sound District Census subdivisions North Bay, Temiskaming Shores, East Ferris, Powassan, Callander, Bonfield, Mattawa Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern portion of the former Timiskaming—Cochrane riding.
Nipissing—Timiskaming consists of:
- the Territorial District of Nipissing, excluding:
- the Town of West Nipissing;
- the southeast part of the district;
- the Town of Kearney;
- in the Territorial District of Parry Sound, the Town of Powassan and the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth; and
- the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern limit of the district west along the northern border of the Townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, south along the western border of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand, Leo and Medina to the southern limit of the district.
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Demographics
Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 6.6% Native Canadian
Languages: 76.7% English, 18.0% French
Average income: $23,848Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:
Parliament Years Member Party Nipissing and Timiskaming—Cochrane prior to 2003 38th 2004–2006 Anthony Rota Liberal 39th 2006–2008 40th 2008–2011 41st 2011–present Jay Aspin Conservative Election results
Canadian federal election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Jay Aspin 15,495 36.7 +4.4 - Liberal Anthony Rota 15,477 36.6 -8.0 - New Democrat Rona Eckert 8,781 20.8 +5.0 - Green Scott Daley 2,518 6.0 -0.8 - Total valid votes/Expense limit 42,271 100.0 - Total rejected ballots 225 0.5 +0.1 Turnout 42,496 60.5 +6.8 Eligible voters 70,244 Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount due to the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.
Canadian federal election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Anthony Rota 18,510 44.6 –0.1 $77,997 Conservative Joe Sinicrope 13,432 32.3 –2.2 $81,801 New Democrat Dianna Allen 6,582 15.8 –1.5 $8,409 Green Craig Bridges 2,808 6.8 +3.3 $10,803 Canadian Action Andrew Moulden 204 0.5 - Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,536 100.0 $87,383 Total rejected ballots 167 0.4 0.0 Turnout 41,703 ~58.2 -9.4 Canadian federal election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Anthony Rota 21,393 44.7 +2.4 Conservative Peter Chirico 16,511 34.5 –2.6 New Democrat Dave Fluri 8,268 17.3 +0.3 Green Meg Purdy 1,698 3.5 +0.4 Total valid votes 47,870 100.0 Total rejected ballots 211 0.4 Turnout 48,081 67.6 Canadian federal election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Anthony Rota 18,254 42.3 Conservative Al McDonald 16,001 37.1 New Democrat Dave Fluri 7,354 17.0 Green Les Wilcox 1,329 3.1 Canadian Action Ross MacLean 204 0.5 Total valid votes 43,142 100.0 Total rejected ballots 222 0.5 Turnout 43,364 62.4 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
Sources
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
New Democratic Conservative Categories:- Ontario federal electoral districts
- Politics of North Bay, Ontario
- the Territorial District of Nipissing, excluding:
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