Sault Ste. Marie (electoral district)

Ontario electoral district
Sault Ste. Marie in relation to other northern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Bryan Hayes Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	89,028
Electors (2011)	69,272
Area (km²)	7,355
Pop. density (per km²)	12.1
Census divisions	Algoma District
Census subdivisions	Sault Ste. Marie

This article is about the federal electoral district of Sault Ste. Marie. For information about the provincial electoral district, see Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district).

Sault Ste. Marie is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

In 2004, due to population changes in boundary distribution, the riding expanded significantly to include a significant portion of the Algoma District, from Bruce Mines and St. Joseph Island in the east to the Montreal River in the north.

Electoral district

The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Algoma West riding. For most of its history, the riding included only the city of Sault Ste. Marie and some immediately surrounding communities.

It consisted initially of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the Township of Prince. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie east of Allen's Side Road and south of the Second Line.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie lying south of Third Line and the part of Rankin Location 15D lying within the city limits.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the City of Sault Ste. Marie.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described below.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Algoma West prior to 1968
28th	1968–1972		Terrence Murphy	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Cyril Symes	New Democratic
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984		Ron Irwin	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		James Kelleher	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Steve Butland	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Ron Irwin	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Carmen Provenzano	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Tony Martin	New Democratic
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Bryan Hayes	Conservative

Geography

The Sault Ste. Marie riding includes St. Joseph Island, Michipicoten Island, North and South Sandy Islands, Batchawana Island, Ile Parisienne and Campement d'Ours Island

Communities include:

• Bar River
• Batchawana Bay
• Bruce Mines
• Echo Bay
• Garden River 14
• Goulais Bay 15A
• Gros Cap
• Heyden
• Hilton Beach
• Laird
• Montreal River Harbour
• Pancake Bay
• Rankin Location 15D
• Sault Ste. Marie

According to Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries of this riding as of the 39th General Election are:

"Consisting of that part of the Territorial District of Algoma lying westerly and southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America with the southeast corner of the Township of Plummer Additional; thence northerly and westerly along the easterly and northerly limits of said township to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Galbraith; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the geographic townships of Galbraith, Morin, Kane, Hurlburt, Jollineau, Menard, Pine, Hoffman and Butcher to the southerly limit of the Territorial District of Sudbury; thence westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said territorial district to the Montreal River; thence generally westerly along said river to the northerly boundary of the geographic Township of Home; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of the geographic townships of Home and Peever to the northern shore of Lake Superior; thence S 45°00' W to the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America."

See the map of Sault Ste. Marie riding.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bryan Hayes	18,328	41.14	+3.72	-
	New Democrat	Tony Martin	16,467	37.23	-3.20	-
	Liberal	Christian Provenzano	8,343	18.86	+2.10	-
	Green	Luke MacMichael	945	2.14	-2.19	-
	Christian Heritage	Randy Riauka	111	0.25	-	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Mike Taffarel	38	0.09	-0.11	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,232	100.00
Total rejected ballots			228	0.51	+0.11
Turnout			44,460	64.92
Eligible voters			68,483

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Tony Martin	16,572	40.43	+1.55	$83,315
	Conservative	Cameron Ross	15,461	37.72	+13.72	$81,335
	Liberal	Paul Bichler	6,870	16.76	-17.46	$35,748
	Green	Luke Macmichael	1,774	4.33	+2.28	$2,677
	First Peoples	Cory McLeod	235	0.57	+0.08
	Marxist–Leninist	Mike Taffarel	81	0.20	+0.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,993	100.00		$83,824
Total rejected ballots			165	0.40	-1.25
Turnout			41,158

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Tony Martin	17,979	38.88	+0.59	$67,448
	Liberal	Christian Provenzano	15,825	34.22	-2.33	$69,803
	Conservative	Kenneth Walker	11,099	24.00	+0.88	$67,369
	Green	Mark Viitala	1,056	2.28	+0.39	$1,453
	First Peoples	Guy Dumas	225	0.49		$871
	Marxist–Leninist	Mike Taffarel	59	0.13	-0.03	$184
Total valid votes			46,243	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192	1.65	+0.59
Turnout			46,435	67.8

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Tony Martin	16,512	38.29	+13.52
	Liberal	Carmen Provenzano	15,760	36.55	-14.24
	Conservative	Cameron Ross	9,969	23.12	+1.12
	Green	Julie Emmerson	814	1.89	-0.20
	Marxist–Leninist	Mike Taffarel	67	0.16
Total			43,122	100.00

* Changes for the Conservative Party are from the combined total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes in 2000.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carmen Provenzano	18,867	50.79	+6.30
	New Democrat	Bud Wildman	9,202	24.77	-2.35
	Canadian Alliance	David Ronald Rose	7,006	18.86	-1.01
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lawson	1,168	3.14	-4.80
	Green	Kathie Brosemer	776	2.09
	Canadian Action	Martin Bruce Odber	128	0.34
Total			37,147	100.00

* Changes for the Canadian Alliance are from the Reform votes in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Carmen Provenzano	16,871	44.49	-8.42
	New Democrat	Phyllis Dietrich	10,283	27.12	+4.95
	Reform	David Rose	7,536	19.87	+3.64
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Lawson	3,010	7.94	+0.15
	Natural Law	Colleen Hibbs	219	0.58	+0.20
Total			37,919	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Irwin	21,407	52.91	+20.91
	New Democrat	Steve Butland	8,970	22.17	-13.11
	Reform	Paul Mathewson	6,566	16.23	+16.23
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Nori	3,152	7.79	-24.93
	National	Henry A. Roess	209	0.52
	Natural Law	Chris Evans	155	0.38
Total			40,459	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Steve Butland	14,595	35.28	+3.76
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Kelleher	13,533	32.72	-5.88
	Liberal	Joe Sniezek	13,237	32.00	+2.70
Total			41,365	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Kelleher	13,135	38.60	+25.68
	New Democrat	Karl Morin-Strom	10,726	31.52	-7.42
	Liberal	Ron Irwin	9,972	29.30	-18.66
	Commonwealth	Charles L. Rooney	198	0.58
Total			34,031	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Irwin	15,449	47.96	+12.29
	New Democrat	Cyril Symes	12,542	38.94	+1.68
	Progressive Conservative	Penny Hanson	4,161	12.92	-13.79
	Marxist–Leninist	Mike Taffarel	59	0.18	+0.06
Total			32,211	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Cyril Symes	12,089	37.26	-13.24
	Liberal	Terry Murphy	11,574	35.67	-5.41
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Cunningham	8,668	26.71	+18.49
	Communist	Richard Orlandini	79	0.24	+0.04
	Marxist–Leninist	Mike Taffarel	38	0.12
Total			32,448	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Cyril Symes	19,044	50.50	+13.79
	Liberal	Alex Sinclair	15,490	41.08	+5.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bob de Fazio	3,098	8.22	-19.10
	Communist	Gerrit van Houten	76	0.20
Total			37,708	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Cyril Symes	12,903	36.71	+13.51
	Liberal	C. Terrence Murphy	12,639	35.96	-3.87
	Progressive Conservative	L.B. Lou Lukenda	9,603	27.32	-9.34
Total			35,145	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	C. Terrence Murphy	12,527	39.83
	Progressive Conservative	Russ Ramsay	11,529	36.66
	New Democrat	Anne Valentine	7,297	23.20
	Independent	George Skov	102	0.32
Total			31,455	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Sault Ste. Marie riding from Elections Canada
• 1966-1987 Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 1987-2008 Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• StatsCan District Profile

External links

• Politwitter
• Project Democracy
• Pundit's Guide