Nipissing—Timiskaming
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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::summary Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| province | Ontario |
| image | |
| caption | Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election |
| fed-status | active |
| fed-district-number | 35070 |
| fed-created | 2003 |
| fed-election-first | 2004 |
| fed-election-last | 2025 |
| fed-rep | Pauline Rochefort |
| fed-rep-party | Liberal |
| demo-pop-ref | |
| demo-area-ref | |
| 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, Callander, Powassan, Bonfield, Mattawa, Nipissing, Nipissing, Englehart |
| :: |
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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".
Nipissing—Timiskaming consists of:
- the Territorial District of Nipissing, excluding:
- the Municipality of West Nipissing;
- the southeast part of the district;
- the Town of Kearney;
- in the Territorial District of Parry Sound, the Town of Powassan and the townships of Nipissing and North Himsworth; and
- the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming lying south and east of a line drawn from the eastern limit of the district west along the northern border of the Townships of Harris, Dymond, Hudson, Lundy, Auld and Speight, south along the western border of the townships of Speight, Van Nostrand, Leo and Medina to the southern limit of the district.
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 Pauline Rochefort, a member of the Liberal Party.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census
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:
| FromYr = 2004 | ToYr = 2006 | Assembly# = 38 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Anthony Rota | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 2006 | ToYr = 2008 | Assembly# = 39 | FromYr = 2008 | ToYr = 2011 | Assembly# = 40 | FromYr = 2011 | ToYr = 2015 | Assembly# = 41 | CanParty = Conservative | RepName = Jay Aspin | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 2015 | ToYr = 2019 | Assembly# = 42 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Anthony Rota | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 2019 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 43 | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2025 | Assembly# = 44 | FromYr = 2025 | Assembly# = 45 | RepName = Pauline Rochefort | RepTerms# = 1
Election results
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 19,007 | ||
| Conservative | 16,438 | ||
| New Democratic | 12,031 | ||
| People's | 4,088 | ||
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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. The riding lost two Conservative voting areas in the north (Hudson Township and Harris Township) while gaining the Nipissing 10 Indian Reserve, where the Tories finished third.
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| 2011 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 15,405 | ||
| Conservative | 15,369 | ||
| New Democratic | 8,919 | ||
| Green | 2,520 | ||
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Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.
References
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
References
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
- Fitzpatrick, Meagan. (27 March 2012). "Robocalls trigger legal challenges in 7 ridings". CBC News.
- 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".
- "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".
- [http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35070&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nipissing—Timiskaming, 30 September 2015]
- [http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates]
- [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2016 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
- "redecoupage-federal-redistribution".
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