Nipissing—Timiskaming

Nipissing—Timiskaming
Ontario electoral district
Nipissing—Timiskaming in relation to the other Ontario ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Anthony Rota
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 90,996
Electors (2015) 70,342
Area (km²)[2] 15,313
Pop. density (per km²) 5.9
Census divisions Nipissing District, Parry Sound District
Census subdivisions North Bay, Temiskaming Shores, East Ferris, Powassan, Callander, Bonfield, Mattawa

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".[3]

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.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 6.6% Native Canadian
Languages: 76.7% English, 18.0% French
Average income: $23,848

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Nipissing—Timiskaming
Riding created from Nipissing and Timiskaming—Cochrane
38th  2004–2006     Anthony Rota Liberal
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Jay Aspin Conservative
42nd  2015–Present     Anthony Rota Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Rota25,35751.88+15.39$111,880.91
ConservativeJay Aspin14,32529.31-7.10$88,713.85
New DemocraticKathleen Jodouin7,93616.24-4.89$25,717.06
GreenNicole Peltier1,2572.57-3.40$2,243.82
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,875100.00 $218,149.29
Total rejected ballots 2240.46
Turnout 49,09969.33
Eligible voters 70,820
Liberal notional hold Swing +11.24
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

Despite the fact that 99% of this riding stays 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 loses two Conservative voting areas in the north (Hudson Township and Harris Township) while gaining the Nipissing 10 Indian Reserve, where the Tories finished third.

2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Liberal15,40536.49
  Conservative15,36936.41
  New Democratic8,91921.13
  Green2,5205.97
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJay Aspin15,49536.7+4.4
LiberalAnthony Rota15,47736.6-8.0
New DemocraticRona Eckert8,78120.8+5.0
GreenScott Daley2,5186.0-0.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit 42,271 100.0
Total rejected ballots 225 0.5+0.1
Turnout 42,496 60.5+6.8
Eligible voters 70,244
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.2

Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAnthony Rota18,51044.60.1$77,997
ConservativeJoe Sinicrope13,43232.32.2$81,801
New DemocraticDianna Allen6,58215.81.5$8,409
GreenCraig Bridges2,8086.8+3.3$10,803
Canadian ActionAndrew Moulden2040.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,536 100.0$87,383
Total rejected ballots 167 0.40.0
Turnout 41,703~58.2-9.4
Liberal hold Swing +2.1
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAnthony Rota21,39344.7+2.4
ConservativePeter Chirico16,51134.52.6
New DemocraticDave Fluri8,26817.3+0.3
GreenMeg Purdy1,6983.5+0.4
Total valid votes 47,870100.0
Total rejected ballots 211 0.4-0.1
Turnout 48,08167.6+5.2
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAnthony Rota18,25442.3
ConservativeAl McDonald16,00137.1
New DemocraticDave Fluri7,35417.0
GreenLes Wilcox1,3293.1
Canadian ActionRoss MacLean2040.5
Total valid votes 43,142 100.0
Total rejected ballots 2220.5
Turnout 43,36462.4

See also

References

  • "(Code 35057) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. Fitzpatrick, Meagan (27 March 2012). "Robocalls trigger legal challenges in 7 ridings". CBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nipissing—Timiskaming, 30 September 2015
  5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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