Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district)

For the former federal electoral district, see Kenora—Rainy River (federal electoral district).

Kenora—Rainy River
Ontario electoral district
Kenora—Rainy River in relation to other Northern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 		 
Greg Rickford
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested1999
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]53,027
Electors (2018)[2]37,442
Area (km²)[1]45,201
Pop. density (per km²)1.2
Census division(s)Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay District
Census subdivision(s)Chapple, Dryden, Emo, Fort Frances, Kenora, Rainy River

Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding) in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It was created from Kenora, most of Rainy River and part of Lake Nipigon. The boundaries of the new district corresponded with the Kenora—Rainy River federal riding, until it was abolished in 2003. The provincial riding will continue to exist.

Greg Rickford of the Progressive Conservatives was elected its MPP in 2018. The riding was previously represented by Sarah Campbell for the NDP and Howard Hampton, former leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding includes the western three quarters of Kenora District, the western three quarters of the Rainy River District and the northwest corner of the Thunder Bay District.

History

Kenora—Rainy River boundaries from 1999-2018.

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, including Kenora—Rainy River, 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.[3]

Prior to the 2018 provincial election, the Ontario government's Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission proposed dividing Kenora—Rainy River into one riding for the urbanized southern portion of the current district, which will retain the name Kenora—Rainy River, and one riding for the predominantly Indigenous northern portion of the current district, to be named Kiiwetinoong.[4] The creation of Kiiwetinoong and Mushkegowuk—James Bay, another new northern riding, were approved with the passage of the Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[5]

Members

Kenora—Rainy River
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Kenora, Rainy River and Lake Nipigon
37th  1999–2003     Howard Hampton New Democratic
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014 Sarah Campbell
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     Greg Rickford Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present

Election results

2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Greg Rickford 9,567 59.57 +11.01 $56,299
New Democratic JoAnne Formanek Gustafson 3,199 19.92 −17.41 $14,415
Liberal Anthony Leek 1,823 11.35 +0.77 $32,991
Green Catherine Kiewning 608 3.79 +0.26 $1,339
New Blue Kelvin Boucher-Chicago 393 2.45   $4,074
Ontario Party Larry Breiland 276 1.72   $0
Consensus Ontario Richard A. Jonasson 98 0.61   $0
Independent Mi'Azhikwan 95 0.59   $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 16,059 98.56 -0.48 $66,892
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 235 1.44 +0.48
Turnout 16,294 40.21 -13.91
Eligible voters 40,231
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +14.21
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Greg Rickford 9,748 48.57 +23.08
New Democratic Glen Archer 7,493 37.33 -18.32
Liberal Karen Kejick 2,123 10.58 -5.19
Green Ember McKillop 707 3.52 +0.45
Total valid votes 20,071 100.0  
Turnout 56.6
Eligible voters 35,457
Source: Elections Ontario[6]
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sarah Campbell 12,889 55.65 +6.02
Progressive Conservative Randy Nickle 5,905 25.49 -12.16
Liberal Anthony Leek 3,652 15.77 +5.79
Green Tim McKillop 711 3.07 +1.30
Total valid votes 23,157 100.00
New Democratic hold Swing +9.02
Source:Elections Ontario[7]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sarah Campbell 10,949 49.62 -11.00
Progressive Conservative Rod McKay 8,307 37.65 +25.95
Liberal Anthony Leek 2,202 9.98 -14.44
Green Jo Jo Holiday 391 1.77 -1.49
Northern Ontario Heritage Charmaine Romaniuk 216 0.98
Total valid votes 22,065 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 65 0.29
Turnout 22,130 45.75
Eligible voters 48,369
New Democratic hold Swing -18.48
Source: Elections Ontario[8]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Howard Hampton 14,281 60.62 +0.87
Liberal Mike Wood 5,752 24.42 -1.31
Progressive Conservative Penny Lucas 2,757 11.70 -1.05
Green Jo Jo Holiday 769 3.26 +1.49
Total valid votes 23,559 100.00
  New Democrat hold Swing +1.09

^ Change is from redistributed results

2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Howard Hampton 15,666 60.12 +15.38
Liberal Geoff McClain 6,746 25.69 -9.45
Progressive Conservative Cathe Hoszowski 3,343 12.83 -4.36
Green Dan King 305 1.17
Total valid votes 26,060 100.0
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Howard Hampton 14,269 44.74
Liberal Frank Miclash 11,209 35.14
Progressive Conservative Lynn Beyak 5,483 17.19
Independent Richard Bruyere 934 2.93
Total valid votes 31,895 100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 15,494 69.9
Mixed member proportional 6,684 30.1
Total valid votes 22,178 100.0

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Kenora—Rainy River". Elections Ontario. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. ^ "Election Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Ontario to create two new ridings in the north, one to be primarily Indigenous". National Post. The Canadian Press. August 8, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "New Ridings Created in Northern Ontario". Newsroom. Government of Ontario. October 24, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District 035, Kenora-Rainy River". Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  8. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kenora—Rainy River" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2014.[permanent dead link‍]

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