Thunder Bay—Superior North (provincial electoral district)

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Thunder Bay—Superior North

Ontario electoral district
Thunder Bay—Superior North in relation to the other northern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Michael Gravelle Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2001)	75,237
Electors (2007)	51,421
Area (km²)	80,619
Pop. density (per km²)	0.93
Census divisions	Thunder Bay District
Census subdivisions	Thunder Bay

For the current federal electoral district, see Thunder Bay—Superior North

Thunder Bay—Superior North is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario.

It consists of the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay including the northern part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Election results 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Thunder Bay—Superior North consists of the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay

• lying east of a line drawn from the northern limit the territorial district due south to the northeast corner of the Township of Bulmer, and south along the eastern boundaries of the townships of Bulmer, Fletcher, Furlonge, McLaurin and Bertrand, east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90o00( W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west, along the north, west and south boundaries of the Township of Fowler, south along the Kaministiquia River, east along the northern limit of the Township of Oliver Paipoonge, south along its eastern limit and along Pole Line Road, north along Thunder Bay Expressway (Highways 11 and 17), east along Harbour Expressway and Main Street to 110th Avenue, then due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, then southeast to the US border; and
• excluding the part lying south and east of a line drawn from the southwest corner of the Township of Downer due west to a line drawn due south from the southeast corner of the Township of Bain, due south to a line drawn due west from the southwest corner of the Township of McGill, due east to longitude 86o00( W, south along that longitude, and west along the White River to Lake Superior.

[edit] History

The district was created from Port Arthur and Lake Nipigon in 1999 when 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.^[1]

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Gravelle	13,372	46.79	-25.66
	New Democrat	Jim Foulds	10,936	38.27	23.25
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Hobbs	2,688	9.41	-0.21
	Green	Dawn Kannegiesser	1,582	5.54	2.63

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	18643	67.7%
	Mixed member proportional	8903	32.3%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Gravelle	21,938	72.45	11.55
	New Democrat	Bonnie Satten	4,548	15.02	-3.53
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Sylvester	2,912	9.62	-8.36
	Green	Carl Rose	882	2.91	1.70

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Gravelle	19,249	60.9
	New Democrat	Nathalie Galesloot	5,864	18.55
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Linkewich	5,683	17.98
	Independent	Robert Woito	431	1.36
	Green	Carl Rose	382	1.21

[edit] Notes

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

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario Results:
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results

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