Nipissing—Timiskaming
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Nipissing—Timiskaming in relation to the other Ontario ridings | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 90,996 | ||
Electors (2015) | 70,342 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 15,313 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 5.9 | ||
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. The 2011 electoral results in this riding were challenged in court on the grounds that there were "irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election".[3]
Nipissing—Timiskaming consists of:
- the Territorial District of Nipissing, excluding:
- the Municipality 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.
This riding lost small portions of territory to Timmins—James Bay and gained a small portion from Nickel Belt during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Demographics
Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 6.6% Native Canadian
Languages: 76.7% English, 18.0% French
Average income: $23,848
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Nipissing—Timiskaming Riding created from Nipissing and Timiskaming—Cochrane |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Anthony Rota | Liberal | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Jay Aspin | Conservative | |
42nd | 2015–Present | Anthony Rota | Liberal |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Anthony Rota | 25,357 | 51.88 | +15.39 | – | |||
Conservative | Jay Aspin | 14,325 | 29.31 | -7.10 | – | |||
New Democratic | Kathleen Jodouin | 7,936 | 16.24 | -4.89 | – | |||
Green | Nicole Peltier | 1,257 | 2.57 | -3.40 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,875 | 100.00 | $217,533.50 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 224 | 0.46 | ||||||
Turnout | 49,099 | 69.33 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 70,820 | |||||||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +11.24 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
Despite the fact that 99% of this riding stays the same after the 2012 redistribution, based on the results of the 2011 election — in which Aspin defeated Rota by a margin of just 18 votes — the minor boundary changes were enough to make the seat a notional Liberal riding. The riding loses two Conservative voting areas in the north (Hudson Township and Harris Township) while gaining the Nipissing 10 Indian Reserve, where the Tories finished third.
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 15,405 | 36.49 | |
Conservative | 15,369 | 36.41 | |
New Democratic | 8,919 | 21.13 | |
Green | 2,520 | 5.97 |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Jay Aspin | 15,495 | 36.7 | +4.4 | – | |||
Liberal | Anthony Rota | 15,477 | 36.6 | -8.0 | – | |||
New Democratic | 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 | – | – | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.2 |
Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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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 Democratic | 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 | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Anthony Rota | 21,393 | 44.7 | +2.4 | ||||
Conservative | Peter Chirico | 16,511 | 34.5 | –2.6 | ||||
New Democratic | 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 | -0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 48,081 | 67.6 | +5.2 | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Anthony Rota | 18,254 | 42.3 | |||||
Conservative | Al McDonald | 16,001 | 37.1 | |||||
New Democratic | 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
References
- "(Code 35057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Meagan (27 March 2012). "Robocalls trigger legal challenges in 7 ridings". CBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nipissing—Timiskaming, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections