Thunder Bay—Rainy River

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Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Ontario electoral district


Thunder Bay—Rainy River in relation to the other area ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Ken Boshcoff
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 85,153
Electors (2006) 63,180
Area (km²) 39,554
Pop. density (per km²) 2.2
Census divisions Thunder Bay District, Rainy River District
Census subdivisions Thunder Bay, Fort Frances, Oliver Paipoonge, Atikokan, Neebing

Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It first elected a member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan ridings

It consists of the Territorial District of Rainy River, and the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay lying south and west of a line drawn from the western limit of the territorial district east along the 6th Base Line, south along longitude 90o00( W, Dog River and the western shoreline of Dog Lake, west along the northern boundary of the Township of Fowler, south along its western boundary, and east along its southern boundary, south along the Kaministiquia River, east along the northern limit of the Township of Oliver Paipoonge, south along its eastern limit and along Pole Line Road, north along Thunder Bay Expressway (Highways 11 and 17), east along Harbour Expressway and Main Street to 110th Avenue, and due east to the eastern limit of the City of Thunder Bay, along that limit to the northeast corner of the Township of Neebing, and southeast to the US border.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Kenora—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Atikokan prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Ken Boshcoff Liberal
39th 2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ken Boshcoff 13,525
     New Democrat John Rafferty 12,862
     Conservative David Leskowski 10,485
     Green Russ Aegard 1,189
     Marijuana Doug MacKay 424


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ken Boshcoff 14,290
     New Democrat John Rafferty 10,781
     Conservative David Leskowski 9,559
     Green Russ Aegard 856
     Marijuana Doug Thompson 547
     Christian Heritage Johannes Scheibler 267

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