Thunder Bay—Atikokan

Thunder Bay—Atikokan was a federal electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. The federal riding was created in 1976, from parts of Fort William and Thunder Bay ridings. It became a provincial riding in 1999.

Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished2003
First contested1979
Last contested2000

It initially consisted of the part of the Territorial District of Rainy River east of the 4th Meridian, including the whole of the Township of Atikokan; and the southwest part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay, including the southern part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Thunder Bay—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Superior North ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Fort William and Thunder Bay
31st  1979–1980     Paul McRae Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Iain Angus New Democratic
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Stan Dromisky Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Thunder Bay—Rainy River
and Thunder Bay—Superior North

Election results

1979 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalPaul McRae11,921
New DemocraticIain Angus11,667
Progressive ConservativeKen Moffatt10,392
LibertarianNora Ronis92
CommunistWalter E. Rogers84
Marxist–LeninistDoris Stevens29
1980 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalPaul McRae13,234
New DemocraticIain Angus13,150
Progressive ConservativeKen Moffat7,225
LibertarianNora Ronis87
Marxist–LeninistDianne Robinson35
1984 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  New Democratic Iain Angus 14,715
  Progressive Conservative Ken Boshcoff 12,040
  Liberal Dale Willoughby 8,704
1988 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  New Democratic Iain Angus 13,132
  Liberal Stan Dromisky 11,968
  Progressive Conservative Ken Boshcoff 11,454
CommunistPaul Pugh75
1993 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Stan Dromisky 19,947
  New Democratic Iain Angus 6,555
ReformColyne Gibbons5,380
  Progressive Conservative Tony Stehmann 2,836
1997 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Stan Dromisky 14,287
  New Democratic Jack Drewes 8,117
ReformSandy Smith5,642
  Progressive Conservative Rick Potter 5,443
2000 Canadian federal election: Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalStan Dromisky11,44937.0%
AllianceDavid Richard Leskowski9,06729.3%
New DemocraticRick Baker6,02319.5%
Progressive ConservativeIan M. Sinclair3,65211.8%
GreenKristin Boyer7692.5%
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