Nickel Belt (federal electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:35069
Fed-Created:1952
Fed-Abolished:2023
Fed-Election-First:1953
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Marc Serré
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2021
Demo-Pop:94947
Demo-Electors:78267
Demo-Electors-Date:2021
Demo-Area:26564.18
Demo-Cd:Greater Sudbury, Sudbury District plus small portions of Timiskaming, Manitoulin, Nipissing and Parry Sound
Demo-Csd:Biscotasing, Cartier, French River, Gogama, Greater Sudbury, Killarney, Markstay-Warren, St. Charles, West Nipissing, Whitefish Lake

Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.

Geography

It consists of:

History

The riding of Nickel Belt was created in 1952 from parts of Algoma East, Algoma—Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound-Muskoka, Sudbury and Timiskaming—Cochrane ridings. It has traditionally included much of the Sudbury District and small parts of the Algoma, Nipissing and Timiskaming Districts, along with all but the urban core of Greater Sudbury.

It consisted initially of parts of the territorial districts of Sudbury and Algoma, and excluding the city of Sudbury, town of Copper Cliff, and the township of McKim. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of parts of the territorial districts of Sudbury excluding the City of Sudbury and the Town of Copper Cliff, and the northeast part of the territorial district of Manitoulin.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the southern part of Regional Municipality of Sudbury, the southeast part of the Territorial District of Sudbury, and the part of the Territorial District of Manitoulin including and lying east of the Townships of Killarney, and Rutherford and George Island.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the southern part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury; the geographic townships of Cartier, Cascaden, Foy, Hart, Harty, Hess and Moncrieff and that part of the geographic Township of Trill not within the Town of Walden in the Territorial District of Sudbury; Wahnapitei Indian reserve No. 11; and Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve No. 6.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding lost fractions of territory to Nipissing—Timiskaming and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 81.0% White, 16.8% Indigenous

Languages: 58.3% English, 34.6% French

Religions: 69.4% Christian (55.0% Catholic, 3.0% United Church, 2.6% Anglican, 8.8% Other), 29.3% None

Median income: $45,600 (2020)

Average income: $55,100 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 24,276 54.99
 12,373 28.03
 6,210 14.07
 1,231 2.79
 Others 59 0.13

|align="left" colspan=2|New Democratic Party gain from Liberal|align="right"|Swing|align="right"| +12.42|align="right"|

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

See also

References

Notes

46.96°N -81.51°W

Notes and References

  1. [#2021fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2021fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Nickel Belt [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario ]. 2023-04-05 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2015 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections