Thunder Bay (electoral district)

Thunder Bay was a federal electoral district in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fort William, Kenora—Rainy River and Port Arthur ridings.

It consisted of the eastern part of the territorial district of Rainy River; (b) the territorial district of Thunder Bay excluding the Cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble, Strange, Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware; the southeastern part of the territorial district of Kenora; part of the Patricia Portion of the territorial district of Kenora; and the western part of the territorial district of Algoma.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Cochrane North, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Atikokan and Thunder Bay—Nipigon ridings.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal B. Keith PENNER 9,540
     New Democratic Party Douglas M. SLY 6,081
     Progressive Conservative George C. WARDROPE 4,904
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Keith PENNER 11,048
     New Democratic Party Ike MUTCH 6,309
     Progressive Conservative Harvey SMITH 5,095
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Keith PENNER 11,435
     New Democratic Party Carson HOY 5,475
     Progressive Conservative Berek KADIKOFF 4,021

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