Thunder Bay—Atikokan (provincial electoral district)

Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Kevin Holland; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	75,920
Electors (2018)	59,996
Area (km²)	25,653
Pop. density (per km²)	3
Census division(s)	Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District

Thunder Bay—Atikokan is a provincial electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The electoral district was created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River in 1999 when 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 Thunder Bay—Atikokan, 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.^[2]

Members

Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from Port Arthur, Fort William, Lake Nipigon and Rainy River*
37th	1999–2003		Lyn McLeod	Liberal
38th	2003–2007		Bill Mauro
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Judith Monteith-Farrell	New Democratic
43rd	2022–present		Kevin Holland	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Holland	9,657	36.31	+13.08	$57,863
	New Democratic	Judith Monteith-Farrell	8,759	32.93	−3.33	$84,682
	Liberal	Rob Barrett	6,486	24.39	−11.62	$43,988
	Green	Eric Arner	781	2.94	+0.23	$509
	New Blue	David Tommasini	529	1.99		$2,767
	Ontario Party	Dan Criger	248	0.93		$0
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Kenneth Jones	138	0.52	−0.92	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			26,598	99.39	+0.36	$97,107
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			163	0.61	-0.36
Turnout			26,761	43.09	-11.65
Eligible voters			61,879
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.20
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Judith Monteith-Farrell	11,793	36.26	+8.15
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	11,712	36.01	-16.97
	Progressive Conservative	Brandon Postuma	7,555	23.23	+10.04
	Green	John Northey	880	2.71	-0.66
	Northern Ontario	David Bruno	469	1.44	+0.99
	Libertarian	Dorothy Snell	116	0.36	-1.55
Total valid votes			32,525	99.03
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			317	0.97	+0.17
Turnout			32,842	54.74	+5.72
Eligible voters			59,996
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.56
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	15,176	52.98	+14.01
	New Democratic	Mary Kozorys	8,052	28.11	-9.20
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Wilson	3,779	13.19	-8.77
	Green	John Northey	964	3.37	+1.94
	Libertarian	Joe Talarico	547	1.91
	Northern Ontario Heritage	Ed Deibel	129	0.45
Total valid votes			28,647	99.20
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			231	0.80
Turnout			28,878	49.02
Eligible voters			58,908
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.56
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	10,319	38.97	+1.28
	New Democratic	Mary Kozorys	9,881	37.31	-0.21
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Gilbert	5,815	21.96	+1.55
	Green	Jonathan Milnes	379	1.43	-2.95
	Independent	Marvin Robert McMenemy	86	0.32
Total valid votes			26,480	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			98	0.37
Turnout			26,578	46.61
Eligible voters			57,027
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.75
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	10,928	37.69	-20.55
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	10,878	37.52	+15.88
	Progressive Conservative	Rebecca Johnson	5,918	20.41	+2.78
	Green	Russ Aegard	1,270	4.38	+1.89
Total valid votes			28,994	100.00

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Mauro	17,735	58.25	-5.78
	New Democratic	John Rafferty	6,582	21.62	+4.86
	Progressive Conservative	Brian McKinnon	5,365	17.62	-1.59
	Green	Kristin Boyer	762	2.5
Total valid votes			30,444	100.00

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lyn McLeod	20,268	64.03
	Progressive Conservative	John Henderson	6,081	19.21
	New Democratic	Jack Drewes	5,304	16.76
Total valid votes			31,653	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19,153	67.9
	Mixed member proportional	9,056	32.1
	Total valid votes	28,209	100.0

Notes

Sources

Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results
Map of riding for 2018 election

48°52′N 90°02′W / 48.86°N 90.04°W / 48.86; -90.04

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