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Algoma—Manitoulin

Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Ontario electoral district
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Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing electoral district
Coordinates: 46°23′10″N 82°38′54″W / 46.38611°N 82.64833°W / 46.38611; -82.64833Coordinates: 46°23′10″N 82°38′54″W / 46.38611°N 82.64833°W / 46.38611; -82.64833
Location of the federal constituency office (as of 7 May 2016)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Carol Hughes
New Democratic
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016) 79,483
Electors (2015) 62,230
Area (km²) 93,436.34
Pop. density (per km²) 0.85
Census divisions Algoma District, Cochrane District, Manitoulin District, Sudbury District
Census subdivisions Blind River, Chapleau, Elliot Lake, Espanola, Hearst, Kapuskasing, Manitouwadge, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Sables-Spanish Rivers, Wawa

Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The area was represented by the riding of Algoma from 1867 to 1904 and from 1968 to 1996 and then by Algoma—Manitoulin from 1996 to 2004.

The district includes the eastern, northern and central parts of Algoma District, the extreme northwestern part and extreme southwestern part of Sudbury District, the extreme southeastern part of Thunder Bay District, all of Manitoulin District, and western Cochrane District along the Trans Canada highway. Large communities include Elliot Lake, Kapuskasing, Hearst, Espanola, Wawa, Manitouwadge, Blind River, Sables-Spanish Rivers, Chapleau, and Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands. The area is 103,364 km2.

The electoral district was created in 2003. 71.7% of the population of the riding came from Algoma—Manitoulin, and 28.3% from Timmins—James Bay.

Algoma was created in the British North America Act and consisted of the Provisional Judicial District of Algoma District. In 1882, the district consisted of the area between the Provisional Thunder Bay District and the Province of Manitoba. In 1892, it consisted of all areas of Ontario west of the Nipissing electoral district, and also included Manitoulin Island and the islands around it. The district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed into Algoma East and Algoma West ridings.


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