Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)

Timiskaming—Cochrane

Ontario electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

John Vanthof
New Democratic

District created

1999

First contested

1999

Last contested

2014

Demographics

Population (2001)

69,901

Electors (2007)

47,700

Area (km²)

40,645

Pop. density (per km²)

1.7

Census divisions

Timiskaming, Cochrane District, Sudbury District, Nipissing District

For the former federal electoral district, see Timiskaming—Cochrane

Timiskaming—Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in northern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

History

The riding was created in 1999 from parts of Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskaming, Nickel Belt, Sudbury East and Nipissing.

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 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]

Geography

The riding includes the southeastern corner of the Cochrane District, all of Timiskaming, the southeastern corner of the Sudbury District, and the northern third of Nipissing District.

Included in the riding are the city of Temiskaming Shores and the towns of Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake, McGarry, Englehart, Earlton, Cobalt, West Nipissing, Verner and French River.

Members

Timiskaming—Cochrane
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cochrane North, Cochrane South, Timiskaming, Nickel Belt, Sudbury East and Nipissing
37th	1999 − 2003		David Ramsay	Liberal
38th	2003 − 2007
39th	2007 − 2011
40th	2011 − 2014		John Vanthof	New Democratic
41st	2014 − Present		John Vanthof	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	14,651	55.03	+4.91
	Liberal	Sébastien Goyer	6,161	23.14	-2.78
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Politis	4,656	17.49	-3.69
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Gino Chitaroni	625	2.35	+0.80
	Green	Cody Fraser	529	1.99	+0.75
Total valid votes			26,622	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.85
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	12,633	50.12	+9.57
	Liberal	Denis Bonin	6,532	25.92	-16.98
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Aulbrook	5,337	21.18	+7.63
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Gerry Courville	391	1.55
	Green	Tina Danese	312	1.24	-1.76
Total valid votes			25,205	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			91	0.36
Turnout			25,296	50.04
Eligible voters			50,554
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.28
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Ramsay	11,588	42.90	-16.66
	New Democratic	John Vanthof	10,954	40.55	+22.07
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Shearer	3,659	13.55	-6.83
	Green	Patrick East	811	3.00	+1.43
Total valid votes			27,012	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Ramsay	18,499	59.56	+11.18
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Brassard	6,330	20.38	-9.36
	New Democratic	Ben Lefebvre	5,741	18.48	-3.39
	Green	Paul O. Palmer	489	1.57	+1.57
Total valid votes			31,059	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Ramsay	16,877	48.38
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Brassard	10,374	29.74
	New Democratic	Len Wood	7,631	21.88
Total valid votes			34,882	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,907	76.5
	Mixed member proportional	6,130	23.5
	Total valid votes	26,037	100.0

References

↑ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 092 Timiskaming-Cochrane". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Timiskaming—Cochrane" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results
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

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