Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)

Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1890 when it was created. The electoral district consists of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, bounded by Prince Township, and the Rankin Indian Reserve 15D.

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 Sault Ste. Marie, 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 of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Sault Ste. Marie
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created in 1890
10th	1902–1903		Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative
10th	1903–1904		Charles Napier Smith	Liberal
11th	1904–1908		Charles Napier Smith	Liberal
12th	1908–1911		William Hearst	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		James Cunningham	Labour
16th	1923–1926		James Lyons	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Augustus Roberts	Liberal
20th	1937–1937		Richard McMeekin	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Colin Campbell	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		George Isaac Harvey	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955		Harry Lyons	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1962
26th	1962–1963		Arthur Wishart	Progressive Conservative
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		John Rhodes	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1978
31st	1978–1981		Russ Ramsay	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985		Russ Ramsay	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987		Karl Morin-Strom	New Democratic
34th	1987–1990		Karl Morin-Strom	New Democratic
35th	1990–1995		Tony Martin	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007		David Orazietti	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	17,490	58.53	+3.59
	New Democratic	Celia Ross	7,611	25.47	-5.40
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Fremlin	3,703	12.39	+0.56
	Green	Kara Flannigan	965	3.23	+1.46
	Libertarian	Austin Williams	115	0.38
Total valid votes			29,884	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.50
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	16,109	54.95	-5.20
	New Democratic	Celia Ross	9,037	30.83	+4.44
	Progressive Conservative	Jib Turner	3,477	11.86	+4.61
	Green	Luke Macmichael	519	1.77	-2.55
	Family Coalition	Matthew Hunt	172	0.59	-1.29
Total valid votes			29,314	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			147	0.50
Turnout			29,461	49.35
Eligible voters			59,698
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.82
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	19,313	60.15	+3.11
	New Democratic	Jeff Arbus	8,474	26.39	-5.98
	Progressive Conservative	Josh Pringle	2,329	7.25	-0.36
	Green	André Riopel	1,386	4.32	+3.07
	Family Coalition	Bill Murphy	605	1.88	+0.16
Total valid votes			32,107	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Orazietti	20,050	57.04	+29.45
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	11,379	32.37	-10.86
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Willson	2,674	7.61	-20.79
	Family Coalition	Al Walker	606	1.72
	Green	Dan Brosemer	441	1.25
Total valid votes			35,150	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	15,949	43.23
	Progressive Conservative	James Caicco	10,477	28.4
	Liberal	Terry Sheehan	10,180	27.59
	Natural Law	Colleen Hibbs	288	0.78
Total valid votes			36,894	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	22,830	73.8
	Mixed member proportional	8,105	26.2
	Total valid votes	30,935	100.0

References

↑ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”
↑ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 079 Sault Ste. Marie". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Sault Ste. Marie" (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

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