Nipissing—Timiskaming Explained

Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:35070
Fed-Created:2003
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Anthony Rota
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:90996
Demo-Electors:70342
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:15313
Demo-Cd:Nipissing District, Parry Sound District
Demo-Csd:North Bay, Temiskaming Shores, East Ferris, Powassan, Callander, Bonfield, Mattawa

Nipissing—Timiskaming is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The riding was formed by the amalgamation of the former Nipissing riding with the southeastern portion of the former Timiskaming—Cochrane riding. The 2011 electoral results in this riding were challenged in court on the grounds that there were "irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election".[3]

Nipissing—Timiskaming consists of:

This riding lost small portions of territory to Timmins-James Bay and gained a small portion from Nickel Belt during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

The seat's present federal MP is Anthony Rota, the former Speaker of the House.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]

Ethnic groups: 81.7% White, 14.9% Indigenous, 1.0% South Asian
Languages: 79.6% English, 13.8% French

Religions: 58.9% Christian (36.3% Catholic, 6.1% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 1.1% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.4% Other), 39.2% None

Median income: $39,600 (2020)
Average income: $49,400 (2020)

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 19,007 36.86
 16,438 31.88
 12,031 23.33
 4,088 7.93

Despite the fact that 99% of this riding stayed the same after the 2012 redistribution, based on the results of the 2011 election — in which Aspin defeated Rota by a margin of just 18 votes — the minor boundary changes were enough to make the seat a notional Liberal riding.[6] The riding lost two Conservative voting areas in the north (Hudson Township and Harris Township) while gaining the Nipissing 10 Indian Reserve,[7] where the Tories finished third.

2011 federal election redistributed results
PartyVote%
 15,405 36.49
 15,369 36.41
 8,919 21.13
 2,520 5.97

Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.

See also

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. News: Fitzpatrick. Meagan. Robocalls trigger legal challenges in 7 ridings. 29 March 2012. CBC News. 27 March 2012.
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Nipissing--Timiskaming [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario ]. 2023-04-04 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  6. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2016 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  7. Web site: redecoupage-federal-redistribution. 2021-07-18. www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca.