Thunder Bay—Rainy River

Ontario electoral district

Thunder Bay—Rainy River in relation to the other area ridings

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

John Rafferty
New Democratic

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

82,984

Electors (2011)

62,018

Area (km²)^[2]

32,696.83

Pop. density (per km²)

2.5

Census divisions

Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District

Census subdivisions

Thunder Bay, Fort Frances, Oliver Paipoonge, Atikokan, Neebing

Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It first elected a member in the 2004 federal election.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan ridings

It consists of the Territorial District of Rainy River, and the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay lying south and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90o00( W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Fowler, south along its western boundary, and east along its southern boundary, 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, and due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, and southeast to the US border.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Thunder Bay—Rainy River Riding created from Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan
38th	2004 − 2006	Ken Boshcoff	Liberal
39th	2006 − 2008	Ken Boshcoff	Liberal
40th	2008 − 2011	John Rafferty	New Democratic
41st	2011 − Present	John Rafferty	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	18,085	48.7	+8.4	–
	Conservative	Maureen Comuzzi-Stehmann	10,097	27.2	+3.6	–
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	8,067	21.7	-10.6	–
	Green	Ed Shields	909	2.4	-1.4	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,158	100.0
Total rejected ballots			130	0.3	–
Turnout			37,288	60.1	–
Eligible voters			62,018	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	14,478	40.3	+6.9	$80,937
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	11,589	32.3	-2.8	$63,482
	Conservative	Richard Neumann	8,466	23.6	-3.6	$44,136
	Green	Russ Aegard	1,377	3.8	+0.7	$1,292
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,910	100.0	$93,852

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	13,525	35.1	-4.3
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	12,862	33.4	+3.7
	Conservative	David Leskowski	10,485	27.2	+0.9
	Green	Russ Aegard	1,189	3.1	+0.7
	Marijuana	Doug MacKay	424	1.1	-0.4
Total valid votes			38,485	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ken Boshcoff	14,290	39.4
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	10,781	29.7
	Conservative	David Leskowski	9,559	26.3
	Green	Russ Aegard	856	2.4
	Marijuana	Doug Thompson	547	1.5
	Christian Heritage	Johannes Scheibler	267	0.7
Total valid votes			36,300	100.0

References

"(Code 35090) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

Federal ridings in Northern Ontario

New Democratic	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Nickel Belt Sudbury Thunder Bay—Rainy River Timmins—James Bay

Conservative	Kenora Nipissing—Timiskaming Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie

Green	Thunder Bay—Superior North*

* MP Bruce Hyer was elected as a New Democrat, but quit the party on April 23, 2012. He joined the Green Party on December 13, 2013.

Federal ridings in Ontario

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

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See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario