Timiskaming—Cochrane

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Timiskaming—Cochrane was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It was located in the northeast part of Ontario. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Cochrane—Superior, Nipissing, Timiskaming—French River and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

Timiskaming—Cochrane consisted of the Territorial District of Timiskaming excluding a portion including and to the west of the townships of Douglas and Geikie; the southeast part of the Territorial District of Cochrane; the eastern part of the Territorial District of Sudbury; and the northwest part of the Territorial District of Nipissing.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Nickel Belt, Nipissing—Timiskaming and Timmins—James Bay ridings.

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1997: Timiskaming—Cochrane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben SERRÉ	20,580
	Progressive Conservative	John HODGSON	4,886
	New Democratic Party	Marie-Jeanne LACROIX	4,623
	Reform	Norm STEWART	4,541

Canadian federal election, 2000: Timiskaming—Cochrane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben SERRÉ	19,403
	Canadian Alliance	Dan LOUIE	5,840
	Progressive Conservative	William J. STAIRS	2,603
	New Democratic Party	Ambrose RAFTIS	2,461
	Green	Joseph GOLD	790