Kenora—Rainy River (provincial electoral district)

Kenora—Rainy River

Ontario electoral district
Kenora—Rainy River in relation to other electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Sarah Campbell NDP
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2001)	78,758
Electors (2007)	44,755
Area (km²)	336,783
Pop. density (per km²)	0.23
Census divisions	Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay District
Census subdivisions	Chapple, Dryden, Emo, Fort Frances, Kenora, Rainy River, Sioux Lookout

For the former federal electoral district, see Kenora—Rainy River

Kenora—Rainy River is a provincial electoral district (riding) in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. It was created from Kenora, most of Rainy River and part of Lake Nipigon. The boundaries of the new district corresponded with the Kenora—Rainy River federal riding, until it was abolished in 2003. The provincial riding will continue to exist.

The riding is represented by Howard Hampton, former leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding includes the western three quarters of Kenora District, the western three quarters of the Rainy River District and the northwest corner of the Thunder Bay District.

History

In 1996, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts, including Kenora—Rainy River, are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.

Members

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1999-2003		Howard Hampton	New Democratic
38th	2003-2007
39th	2007-2011
40th	2011-present		Sarah Campbell	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Sarah Campbell	10,949	49.6	-11.16
	Progressive Conservative	Rod McKay	8,307	38.1	+26.41
	Liberal	Anthony Leek	2,202	9.9	-14.39
	Green	Jo Jo Holiday	391	1.8	-1.46
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Charmaine Romaniuk	216	1.0	-
Total valid votes			22,065	100.00

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Howard Hampton	14,381	60.76	0.7
	Liberal	Mike Wood	5,750	24.29	-1.6
	Progressive Conservative	Penny Lucas	2,767	11.69	-1.1
	Green	Jo Jo Holiday	771	3.26	2.1
Total valid votes			23,669	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Howard Hampton	15,666	60.1	+15.4
	Liberal	Geoff McClain	6,746	25.9	-9.2
	Progressive Conservative	Cathe Hoszowski	3,343	12.8	-4.4
	Green	Dan King	305	1.2	-
Total valid votes			24,663	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Howard Hampton	14,269	44.7	-
	Liberal	Frank Miclash	11,209	35.1	-
	Progressive Conservative	Lynn Beyak	5,483	17.2	-
	Independent	Richard Bruyere	934	2.9	-
Total valid votes			31,895	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	15,494	69.9
	Mixed member proportional	6,684	30.1
	Total valid votes	22,178	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results