Ontario electoral district | |||
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Timmins—James Bay in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
New Democratic |
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District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 83,104 | ||
Electors (2015) | 60,202 | ||
Area (km²) | 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 |
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.
Timmins—James Bay consists of
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.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
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.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.