Nipissing (provincial electoral district)

Nipissing

Ontario electoral district

Nipissing in relation to other electoral districts

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Vic Fedeli
Progressive Conservative

District created

1890

First contested

1890

Last contested

2014

Demographics

Population (2001)

74,915

Electors (2007)

57,124

Area (km²)

8,383

Pop. density (per km²)

8.9

Census divisions

Nipissing, Parry Sound

For the former federal electoral district, see Nipissing (electoral district)

Nipissing is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It is located in the northeastern part of Ontario, centred on the city of North Bay.

History

The district was first contested in the 1890 election, but was divided into the separate districts of Nipissing East and Nipissing West for the 1902 election. By 1908, however, demographic changes resulted in Nipissing West being divided into two new districts, Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls, and the single riding of Nipissing was thus reconstituted and has been represented consistently in the Legislative Assembly ever since.

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 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]

In 1996, it was defined to consist of parts of the eastern part of territorial district of Parry Sound, and the western part of the Territorial District of Nipissing.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Nipissing—Timiskaming riding.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Nipissing
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
7th	1890 − 1894		John Loughrin	Liberal
8th	1894 − 1898
9th	1898 − 1902
**Riding split into Nipissing East and Nipissing West from 1902 to 1908**
*Nipissing East split into* Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls — Nipissing restored**
12th	1908 − 1911		Henri Morel	Conservative
13th	1911 − 1914
14th	1914 − 1919
15th	1919 − 1923		Joseph Marceau	Liberal
16th	1923 − 1926		Henri Morel	Conservative
17th	1926 − 1929
18th	1929 − 1930
18th	1930 − 1934		Charles Robert Harrison	Conservative
19th	1934 − 1935		Théodore Legault	Liberal
19th	1935 − 1937		Joseph Marceau	Liberal
20th	1937 − 1943		Joseph Élie Cholette	Liberal
21st	1943 − 1945		Arthur Allen Casselman	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945 − 1948		Victor Martin	Liberal
23rd	1948 − 1951		William Bruce Harvey	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951 − 1954		William Bruce Harvey	Progressive Conservative
24th	1954 − 1955		Jean Marc Chaput	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955 − 1959		Jean Marc Chaput	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959 − 1963		Leo Troy	Liberal
27th	1963 − 1965		Leo Troy	Liberal
27th	1965 − 1967		Richard Smith	Liberal
28th	1967 − 1971
29th	1971 − 1975
30th	1975 − 1977
31st	1977 − 1981		Mike Bolan	Liberal
32nd	1981 − 1985		Mike Harris	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985 − 1987
34th	1987 − 1990
35th	1990 − 1995
36th	1995 − 1998
37th	1999 − 2002
37th	2002 − 2003		Al McDonald	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003 − 2007		Monique Smith	Liberal
39th	2007 − 2011		Monique Smith	Liberal
40th	2011 − 2014		Vic Fedeli	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014 − Present		Vic Fedeli	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	13,085	41.81	-8.30
	Liberal	Catherine Whiting	8,381	26.78	-1.81
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	8,055	25.74	+7.60
	Green	Nicole Peltier	1,198	3.83	+0.67
	Libertarian	Derek Elliott	365	1.17
	Independent	Patrick Clement	210	0.67
Total valid votes			31,294	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.25
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Vic Fedeli	15,381	50.11	+9.40
	Liberal	Catherine Whiting	8,775	28.59	-13.52
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	5,567	18.14	+5.50
	Green	Scott Haig	971	3.16	-0.65
Total valid votes			30,694	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			152	0.49
Turnout			30,846	51.86
Eligible voters			59,481
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.46
Source: Election Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Monique Smith	13,781	42.11	-7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Vrebosch	13,323	40.71	-0.55
	New Democratic	Henri Giroux	4,136	12.64	+5.45
	Green	Amy Brownridge	1,248	3.81	*
	Family Coalition	Suzanne Plouffe	238	0.73
Total valid votes			32,726	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.47

^ Changed based on redistributed results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Monique Smith	18,003	49.84	+6.70
	Progressive Conservative	Al McDonald	14,978	41.47	-8.95
	New Democratic	Terry O'Connor	2,613	7.23	+2.37
	Green	Jaimie Board	528	1.46	+0.51
Total valid votes			36,122	100.00

Ontario provincial by-election, May 2, 2002, resignation of Mike Harris
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Al McDonald	13,989	45.54	-4.88
	Liberal	George Maroosis	13,970	45.48	+2.34
	New Democratic	Wendy Young	1,821	5.93	+1.07
	Green	Todd Lucier	940	3.06	+2.11
Total valid votes			30,720	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Harris	19,498	50.42
	Liberal	George Maroosis	16,682	43.14
	New Democratic	Wendy Young	1,878	4.86
	Green	Jaimie Board	366	0.95
	Natural Law	Michaele Morris	246	0.64
Total valid votes			38,670	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	23,095	72.9
	Mixed member proportional	8,596	27.1
	Total valid votes	31,691	100.0

Notes

↑ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District 057, Nipissing". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Nipissing" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

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

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario