Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (provincial electoral district)

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It is represented by John Yakabuski of the Progressive Conservative Party.

The population of the riding in 2006 was 98,803.

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke includes all of Renfrew County and a small section of Nipissing District around Algonquin Provincial Park.

The largest community in the riding is the city of Pembroke; other communities include Arnprior, Barry's Bay, Chalk River, Cobden, Deep River, Eganville, Killaloe, Petawawa and Renfrew.

Until recently, the riding was a Liberal stronghold both federally and provincially; however, a growing agricultural and religious base has turned this into one of the most conservative areas in Ontario. It was the only riding the Liberals had and lost in the 2003 provincial election.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Members of Provincial Parliament
4 Election Results
5 2007 Electoral Reform Referendum
6 Sources

Geography

The riding consists of

the County of Renfrew; and
the part of the Territorial District of Nipissing lying south and east of and including the townships of Deacon, Lister, Anglin, Dickson, Preston and Airy.

History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years		Party
37th	1999–2003	Sean Conway	Liberal
38th	2003–2007	John Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–present

Election Results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Yakabuski	27,594	70.8	+8.8
	Liberal	John O'Leary	6,231	16.0	-8.7
	New Democrat	Brian Dougherty	4,272	11.0	+3.4
	Green	Kyle Jones	569	1.5	-2.9
	Confederation of Regions	Murray Reid	309	0.8	+0.6
Total valid votes			38,795	100.0

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Yakabuski	24,981	62.4	+18.3
	Liberal	Sean Kelly	9,902	24.7	-18.0
	New Democrat	Felicite Stairs	3,039	7.6	-4.1
	Green	Mark MacKenzie	1,773	4.4	+2.9
	Family Coalition	Bruce Dean	290	0.7	-
	Confederation of Regions	Tilton Beaumont	80	0.2	-
Total valid votes			40,065	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Yakabuski	19,274	44.1	+3.8
	Liberal	Derek Nighbor	18,629	42.7	-10.7
	New Democrat	Felicite Stairs	5,092	11.7	+6.4
	Green	Chris Walker	671	1.5	+0.9
Total valid votes			43,666	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sean Conway	23,435	53.4	-
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Jordan	17,738	40.4	-
	New Democrat	Gerry Boyer	2,295	5.2	-
	Green	Thane C. Heins	287	0.7	-
	Natural Law	Andr Giordano	172	0.4	-
Total valid votes			43,927	100.0

2007 Electoral Reform Referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28,818	74.5
	Mixed member proportional	9,859	25.5
	Total valid votes	38,677	100.0

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell • Kingston and the Islands • Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington • Leeds—Grenville • Prince Edward—Hastings • Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke • Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

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See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Ontario