Timmins—James Bay (provincial electoral district)

Timmins—James Bay was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2018. Its population in 2001 was 84,001.

For the federal electoral district, see Timmins—James Bay.
Timmins—James Bay
Ontario electoral district
Timmins—James Bay in relation to other electoral districts in Northern Ontario
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1999
District abolished2018
First contested1999
Last contested2014
Demographics
Population (2001)71,648
Electors (2007)48,516
Area (km²)250,557
Census divisionsDistrict of Cochrane, District of Timiskaming, District of Kenora

The district included the extreme eastern part of the District of Kenora, all of the District of Cochrane except for the central western part, and a small part south of Timmins, and all of the District of Timiskaming except for the extreme southeastern part.

Geography

Timmins—James Bay consisted of

  • the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn from the northeast corner of the most northerly point of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay (Albany River) due north to Hudson Bay;
  • the Territorial District of Cochrane, excluding the part bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the northern limits of the townships of Boyce, Boyce, Shuel, Mulloy, Fintry, Auden, Rogers, Fushimi, Bannerman, Ritchie, Mulvey, Goldwin, Sweet, Hillmer, McKnight, Boyle, Mowbray, Howells, Sheldon, Pinard and Mewhinney, south along the eastern boundaries of the townships of Mewhinney, Bourassa, Tolmie, Menapia, Beniah, Colquhoun and Calder, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Ottaway, south along the western boundaries of the townships of Ottaway, Beck, Lucas and Prosser, and west along the southern boundaries of the townships of Carnegie, Reid, Thorburn, Moberly, Aitken, Poulett, Watson and Lisgar, to the southwestern limit of the territorial district;
  • the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming bounded by a line drawn from the northeast corner of the Township of Harris, west along the northern boundaries of the townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, and south along the western boundaries of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand and Leo to the southern limit of the territorial district.

History

Timmins—James Bay was created in 1999 from all of Cochrane North and part of Cochrane South. At that time, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes.

It consisted initially of:

  • the part of the Territorial District of Cochrane lying west and north of a line drawn from the southeast corner of the City of Timmins north and west along the east and north limits of the city north along the east boundaries of the Townships of Prosser, Lucas, Beck and Ottaway, west and north al;ong the south and west boundary of the Township of Clute, north along the east boundary of the Township of Colquhoun, and east along the south boundaries of the Townships of Marven, Thorning, Potter, Sangster, Bragg, Newman, Tomlinson, Hurtubise and St. Laurent,
  • the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn north from the most northerly northeast corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay to Hudson Bay.

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]

Prior to the 2018 provincial election, the Ontario government's Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission proposed dividing Timmins—James Bay into one riding for the city of Timmins, to be named Timmins, and another riding for the remainder of the current district, to be named Mushkegowuk—James Bay.[2] The creation of Mushkegowuk—James Bay, Timmins, and Kiiwetinoong (another new northern riding) were approved with the passage of the Representation Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[3]

Members
Timmins—James Bay
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Cochrane North and Cochrane South
37th  1999–2003     Gilles Bisson New Democratic
38th  2003–2007
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
Riding dissolved into Timmins and Mushkegowuk—James Bay

Election results
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGilles Bisson11,75651.39+1.92
LiberalSylvie Fontaine5,52724.32+11.95
Progressive ConservativeSteve Black5,22622.72-13.97
GreenBozena Hrycyna4031.31+0.31
Confederation of RegionsFauzia Sadiq600.27
Total valid votes 22,972100.00
New Democratic hold Swing -5.02
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGilles Bisson11,47949.47-2.70
Progressive ConservativeAl Spacek8,51536.69+28.08
LiberalLeonard Rickard2,87012.37-25.15
GreenAngela Plant2331.00-0.70
FreedomRobert Neron1080.47 
Total valid votes 23,205100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 830.36
Turnout 23,28846.84
Eligible voters 49,723
New Democratic hold Swing -15.39
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGilles Bisson13,17652.17+2.47
LiberalPat Boucher9,72937.52-3.64
Progressive ConservativeSteve Kidd2,1918.61+0.2
GreenLarry Verner4371.70+0.97
Total valid votes 25,533 100.00
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGilles Bisson14,94149.70-3.20
LiberalMichael Doody12,37341.16+8.34
Progressive ConservativeMerv Russell2,5278.41-4.86
GreenMarsha Kriss2190.73
Total valid votes 30,060 100.00
1999 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticGilles Bisson16,50452.90
LiberalYves Malette10,23832.82
Progressive ConservativeMarcel Pelchat4,13913.27
IndependentEd Walsh3161.01
Total valid votes 31,197 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 18,494 77.3
Mixed member proportional 5,433 22.7
Total valid votes 23,927 100.0

Notes
  1. Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries” Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "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.
  3. "New Ridings Created in Northern Ontario". Newsroom. Government of Ontario. October 24, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  4. Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 093 Timmins-James Bay". Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Timmins—James Bay" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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