Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district)

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Kenora—Rainy River

Ontario electoral district
Kenora—Rainy River in relation to other electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Howard Hampton NDP
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2001)	78,758
Electors (2007)	44,755
Area (km²)	336,783
Pop. density (per km²)	0.23
Census divisions	Kenora, Rainy River
Census subdivisions	Chapple, Dryden, Emo, Fort Frances, Kenora, Rainy River, Sioux Lookout

For the current federal electoral district, see Kenora—Rainy River

Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding) in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It was created from Kenora, most of Rainy River and part of Lake Nipigon. The boundaries of the new district corresponded with the Kenora—Rainy River federal riding, until it was abolished in 2003. The provincial riding will continue to exist.

The riding is represented by Howard Hampton, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding includes the western three quarters of Kenora District, the western three quarters of the Rainy River District and the northwest corner of the Thunder Bay District.

Contents 1 History 2 Election results 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] History

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 Kenora—Rainy River, 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.^[1]

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Howard Hampton	14,381	60.76	0.7
	Liberal	Mike Wood	5,750	24.29	-1.6
	Progressive Conservative	Penny Lucas	2,767	11.69	-1.1
	Green	Jo Jo Holiday	771	3.26	2.1

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	15494	69.9%
	Mixed member proportional	6684	30.1%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Howard Hampton	15,666	60.1	+15.4
	Liberal	Geoff McClain	6,746	25.9	-9.2
	Progressive Conservative	Cathe Hoszowski	3,343	12.8	-4.4
	Green	Dan King	305	1.2	-

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Howard Hampton	14,269	44.7
	Liberal	Frank Miclash	11,209	35.1
	Progressive Conservative	Lynn Beyak	5,483	17.2
	Independent	Richard Bruyere	934	2.9

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results

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