Nickel Belt (provincial electoral district)

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Nickel Belt

Ontario electoral district
Nickel Belt in relation to other electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		France Gélinas NDP
District created
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2001)	79,661
Electors (2007)	58,293
Area (km²)	25,504
Pop. density (per km²)	3.1
Census divisions	Sudbury District, Greater Sudbury
Census subdivisions	Markstay-Warren, French River, St. Charles, Killarney

Nickel Belt is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The district is located in Northern Ontario and includes much of the eastern and southern parts of the District of Sudbury, as well as most of Greater Sudbury outside of the city's urban core. Communities include Lively, Onaping, Levack, Dowling, Chelmsford, Naughton, Azilda, Coniston, Wahnapitae, Garson, Val Caron, Val Thérèse, Hanmer and Capreol.

Contents 1 Boundary redistribution 2 Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Election results since 1977 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Boundary redistribution

Prior to redistribution in 1998, the district included all of Sudbury District except the southeastern portion, as well as the western half of what was then the Regional Municipality of Sudbury (Walden, Rayside-Balfour and Onaping Falls). The eastern half of the current Nickel Belt comprised the separate district of Sudbury East.

In 1998, 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 Nickel Belt, 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.^[1]

This change primarily affects the Walden area, which is part of the Sudbury riding federally but remains in Nickel Belt provincially, and the West Nipissing area, which is part of Nickel Belt federally but remains in Nipissing provincially.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Sudbury prior to 1955
25th	1955-1959		Rhéal Bélisle	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959-1963
27th	1963-1967		Gaston Demers	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967-1971
29th	1971-1975		Floyd Laughren	New Democrat
30th	1975-1977
31st	1977-1981
32nd	1981-1985
33rd	1985-1987
34th	1987-1990
35th	1990-1995
36th	1995-1998
	1998 by-1999		Blain Morin	New Democrat
See also Sudbury East prior to 1999
37th	1999-2003		Shelley Martel	New Democrat
38th	2003-2007
39th	2007-present		France Gélinas	New Democrat

[edit] Election results since 1977

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	France Gélinas	15,126	46.6	0.08
	Liberal	Ron Dupuis	12,341	38.0	-0.64
	Progressive Conservative	Renée Germain	3,264	10.1	-3.39
	Green	Fred Twilley	1,368	4.2	2.85
	Family Coalition	Richard St-Denis	341	1.1

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	21313	68.9%
	Mixed member proportional	9609	31.1%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Shelley Martel	16,567	46.52	+4.57
	Liberal	Alex McCauley	13,759	38.64	+9.89
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Kilgour	4,804	13.49	-15.81
	Green	Robert Nevin	479	1.35

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Shelley Martel	14,833	41.95	+1.08
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Courtemanche	10,359	29.30	-1.51
	Liberal	Ron Dupuis	10,165	28.75	+0.43

By-election: October, 1998 resignation of Floyd Laughren
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Blain Morin	5,537	40.88	-5.66
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Courtemanche	4,173	30.81	+11.60
	Liberal	Frank Madigan	3,836	28.32	-3.93

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Floyd Laughren	8,007	46.54	-12.00
	Liberal	Betty Rheaume	5,549	32.25	+12.98
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Deburger	3,305	19.21	+13.51
	Independent	Michel Chartrand	225	1.31
	Natural Law	Grace Tancock	119	0.69

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Floyd Laughren	9,925	58.54	+0.33
	Liberal	Betty Rheaume	3,267	19.27	-3.56
	Confederation of Regions	Gren Rogers	2,796	16.49
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Demers	967	5.70	-13.26

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Floyd Laughren	9,849	58.21	+5.84
	Liberal	Leo Pevato	3,863	22.83	+9.58
	Progressive Conservative	Evelyn Dutrisac	3,208	18.96	-15.31

Ontario general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Floyd Laughren	8,912	52.37	-2.48
	Progressive Conservative	Evelyn Dutrisac	5,849	34.37	+21.94
	Liberal	Trudy Bolduc	2,255	13.25	-19.47

Ontario general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Floyd Laughren	8,451	54.85	-2.60
	Liberal	Elmer Sopha	5,041	32.72	+14.12
	Progressive Conservative	Andre Lalande	1,915	12.43	-11.52

Ontario general election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	New Democrat	Floyd Laughren	9,410	57.45
	Progressive Conservative	Marty McAllister	3,923	23.95
	Liberal	Paul Adam	3,046	18.60

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Elections Ontario web site, “New Electoral Boundaries”

[edit] External links

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

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