Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district)

Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding) in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It was created from Kenora, most of Rainy River and part of Lake Nipigon. The boundaries of the new district corresponded with the Kenora—Rainy River federal riding, until it was abolished in 2003. The provincial riding will continue to exist.

The riding is represented by Sarah Campbell for the NDP and was previously represented by Howard Hampton, former leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding includes the western three quarters of Kenora District, the western three quarters of the Rainy River District and the northwest corner of the Thunder Bay District.

History

In 1996, 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 Kenora—Rainy River, 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]

Members

Kenora—Rainy River
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kenora, Rainy River and Lake Nipigon
37th	1999–2003		Howard Hampton	New Democratic
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Sarah Campbell	New Democratic
41st	2014–Present		Sarah Campbell	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Sarah Campbell	12,889	55.65	+6.02
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Nickle	5,905	25.49	-12.16
	Liberal	Anthony Leek	3,652	15.77	+5.79
	Green	Tim McKillop	711	3.07	+1.30
Total valid votes			23,157	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+9.02
Source:Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Sarah Campbell	10,949	49.62	-11.00
	Progressive Conservative	Rod McKay	8,307	37.65	+25.95
	Liberal	Anthony Leek	2,202	9.98	-14.44
	Green	Jo Jo Holiday	391	1.77	-1.49
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Charmaine Romaniuk	216	0.98
Total valid votes			22,065	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			65	0.29
Turnout			22,130	45.75
Eligible voters			48,369
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-18.48
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Howard Hampton	14,281	60.62	+0.87
	Liberal	Mike Wood	5,752	24.42	-1.31
	Progressive Conservative	Penny Lucas	2,757	11.70	-1.05
	Green	Jo Jo Holiday	769	3.26	+1.49
Total valid votes			23,559	100.00
	New Democrat hold		Swing	+1.09

^ Change is from redistributed results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Howard Hampton	15,666	60.12	+15.38
	Liberal	Geoff McClain	6,746	25.69	-9.45
	Progressive Conservative	Cathe Hoszowski	3,343	12.83	-4.36
	Green	Dan King	305	1.17
Total valid votes			26,060	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Howard Hampton	14,269	44.74
	Liberal	Frank Miclash	11,209	35.14
	Progressive Conservative	Lynn Beyak	5,483	17.19
	Independent	Richard Bruyere	934	2.93
Total valid votes			31,895	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	15,494	69.9
	Mixed member proportional	6,684	30.1
	Total valid votes	22,178	100.0

Notes

↑ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District 035, Kenora-Rainy River". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Kenora—Rainy River" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 51°N 92°W / 51°N 92°W / 51; -92

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