Timmins—James Bay

Timmins—James Bay
Ontario electoral district

Timmins—James Bay in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Charlie Angus
New Democratic

District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 83,104
Electors (2015) 60,202
Area (km²)[2] 251,599
Pop. density (per km²) 0.33
Census divisions Cochrane District, Timiskaming District
Census subdivisions Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Black River-Matheson, Moosonee, Marten Falls, Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Moose Factory
For the provincial electoral district, see Timmins—James Bay (provincial electoral district).

Timmins—James Bay (French: Timmins—Baie James) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 84,001.

The district includes the extreme eastern part of the District of Kenora, all of the District of Cochrane except for the central western part, and a small part south of Timmins, and all of the District of Timiskaming except for the extreme southeastern part.

Geography

Timmins—James Bay consists of

History

Timmins—James Bay was created in 1996 from parts of Cochrane—Superior and Timiskaming—Cochrane ridings.

It consisted initially of:

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

This riding gained a fraction of territory from Nipissing—Timiskaming during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Timmins—James Bay
Riding created from Cochrane—Superior
and Timiskaming—Cochrane
36th  1997–2000     Réginald Bélair Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006     Charlie Angus New Democratic
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticCharlie Angus 15,974 42.85 -7.1
LiberalTodd Lever 12,940 34.72 +18.74
ConservativeJohn P. Curley 7,605 20.4 -11.48
GreenMax Kennedy 752 2.02 -0.18
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,271100.0   $244,399.85
Total rejected ballots 266
Turnout 37,53761.84+10.84
Eligible voters 60,692
New Democratic hold Swing -12.89
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 16,833 49.95
  Conservative 10,743 31.88
  Liberal 5,387 15.98
  Green 740 2.20
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticCharlie Angus 16,738 50.4 -6.1
ConservativeBill Greenberg 10,526 31.7 +13.5
LiberalMarilyn Wood 5,230 15.7 -6.5
GreenLisa Bennett 724 2.2 -0.9
Total valid votes/Expense limit 33,218 100.0
Total rejected ballots 184 0.6 +0.1
Turnout 33,402 56.5 +5.5
Eligible voters 59,136
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticCharlie Angus 17,188 56.5 +6.0 $63,948
LiberalPaul Taillefer 6,740 22.2 -12.1 $ 31,909
ConservativeBill Greenberg 5,536 18.2 +4.6 $29,651
GreenLarry Verner 938 3.1 +1.5 $133
Total valid votes/Expense limit 30,402 100.0$97,746
Total rejected ballots 133 0.4
Turnout 30,535 51.0
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticCharlie Angus 19,150 50.5 +9.1
LiberalRobert Riopelle 13,028 34.3 -5.3
ConservativeKen Graham 5,164 13.6 -3.1
GreenSahaja Freed 610 1.6 -0.7
valid votes 37,952100.0
New Democratic hold Swing +7.2
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticCharlie Angus 14,138 41.4 +19.7
LiberalRay Chénier 13,525 39.6 -14.9
ConservativeAndrew Van Oosten 5,682 16.7 -6.2
GreenMarsha Gail Kriss 767 2.3
Total valid votes 34,112100.0

Note: Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRéginald Bélair 16,335 54.2 +4.0
New DemocraticLen Wood 9,385 31.1 -4.5
AllianceJames Gibb 3,356 11.1 +3.8
Progressive ConservativeDaniel Clark 1,053 3.5 -3.2
Total valid votes 30,129 100.0

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRéginald Bélair 16,829 50.3
New DemocraticCid Samson 11,945 35.7
ReformDonna Ferolie 2,464 7.4
Progressive ConservativeJodi MacDonald 2,251 6.7
Total valid votes 33,489 100.0

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