Thunder Bay—Atikokan (provincial electoral district) explained

Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1999
Prov-Election-First:1999
Prov-Election-Last:2022
Prov-Rep:Kevin Holland
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:75920
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Electors:59996
Demo-Electors-Date:2018
Demo-Area:25653
Demo-Cd:Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District

Thunder Bay—Atikokan is a provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The electoral district was created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River in 1999 when 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, including Thunder Bay—Atikokan, 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.[2]

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post19,15367.9
Mixed member proportional9,05632.1
Total valid votes28,209100.0

Notes

  1. Web site: Voter Information Service. 14 June 2024.
  2. http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/en/new_electoral_boundaries_en.shtml Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”

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