Thunder Bay—Atikokan (provincial electoral district)

Thunder Bay—Atikokan

Ontario electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Bill Mauro Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2001)	76,009
Electors (2007)	55,007
Area (km²)	24,660
Pop. density (per km²)	3.1

For the former federal electoral district, see Thunder Bay—Atikokan

Thunder Bay—Atikokan is a provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The electoral district was created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River in 1999 when 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 Thunder Bay—Atikokan, 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.

Members

Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River
37th	1999–2003		Lyn McLeod	Liberal
38th	2003–2007		Bill Mauro	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2001–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	15,177	52.94	+13.97
	New Democratic	Mary Kozorys	8,072	28.16	-9.15
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Wilson	3,776	13.17	-8.79
	Green	John Northey	964	3.36	+1.93
	Libertarian	Joe Talarico	546	1.90
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Ed Deibel	131	0.46
Total valid votes			28,666	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.56
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	10,319	38.97	+1.28
	New Democratic	Mary Kozorys	9,881	37.31	-0.21
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Gilbert	5,815	21.96	+1.55
	Green	Jonathan Milnes	379	1.43	-2.95
	Independent	Marvin Robert McMenemy	86	0.32
Total valid votes			26,480	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			98	0.37
Turnout			26,578	46.61
Eligible voters			57,027
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.75
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	10,928	37.69	-20.55
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	10,878	37.52	+15.88
	Progressive Conservative	Rebecca Johnson	5,918	20.41	+2.78
	Green	Russ Aegard	1,270	4.38	+1.89
Total valid votes			28,994	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	17,735	58.25	-5.78
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	6,582	21.62	+4.86
	Progressive Conservative	Brian McKinnon	5,365	17.62	-1.59
	Green	Kristin Boyer	762	2.5
Total valid votes			30,444	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lyn McLeod	20,268	64.03
	Progressive Conservative	John Henderson	6,081	19.21
	New Democratic	Jack Drewes	5,304	16.76
Total valid votes			31,653	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,153	67.9
	Mixed member proportional	9,056	32.1
	Total valid votes	28,209	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results