Ontario electoral district | |||
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Nipissing—Timiskaming in relation to the other Ontario ridings
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal |
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 90,996 | ||
Electors (2015) | 70,342 | ||
Area (km²) | 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 Canadian House of Commons 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:
This riding lost small portions of territory to Timmins—James Bay and gained a small portion from Nickel Belt during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 6.6% Native Canadian
Languages: 76.7% English, 18.0% French
Average income: $23,848
This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:
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.
Note: This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.